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NanoDynamics Increases Production of Cell-Pore Products to Meet Demand in Filtering Waste Gas Streams

NanoDynamics, Inc. announced today the ramp-up of its Buffalo, N.Y. Cell-Pore™ production facility to meet the demands of the expanding waste gas odor control market. NanoDynamics’ Cell-Pore ceramics te...

6 Feb 2008

Future of Nanotechnology Will Depend on Public Viewpoint of Potential Risks and Benefits

When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology's potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert...

6 Feb 2008

Research Grant for Improving Food Safety with Nanotechnology

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading manufacturer of nano metals and alloys for applications in renewable energy, portable power, defense, electronics and other markets demanding advanced materials, today announced that it has...

6 Feb 2008

Presidential Candidates Encouraged to Talk Science

Michigan Tech has signed on to Science Debate 2008, a grassroots effort encouraging presidential candidates to address science and technology issues as part of the campaign. In doing so, the University became part of ...

6 Feb 2008

Revolutionary Nanotechnology Based Technique for Stem Cell Nerve Regrowth Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Cord Injury

A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury. David Nisbet from Monash University's Department of Ma...

6 Feb 2008

Printed Circuit Design and Fabrication Research and Design Partnership

Atotech will conduct R&D in copper-plating technology as part of a $5 million program being launched in partnership with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. A team ...

6 Feb 2008

BioDiscovery Releases ImaGene 8.0 for Expression and aCGH Microarray Analysis

BioDiscovery Inc., the leading developer of integrated software solutions for microarray based research announced today the release of ImaGene 8.0 for microarray image analysis. The new features include improved auto-gri...

6 Feb 2008

First CMOS RF Switches with GaAs Performance Shipped by Infineon

Infineon Technologies announced it is shipping in volume the world’s first RF switches that are manufactured in a CMOS-based process on silicon wafers and offer the equivalent performance of RF switches manufacture...

6 Feb 2008

Thin Film Solar Becomes Big Trend in Taiwan

Taiwan has always been a major place for thin-film technology and the semiconductor industry. Big players in the Taiwanese industry are now using this experience to explore and start new thin-film silicon solar productio...

6 Feb 2008

Formulator Microfluidic Liquid Handler Wins Award

Formulatrix, Inc. announced today that its new liquid handler, the Formulator, has won the Association for Laboratory Automation's prestigious New Product Award (NPA) Designation. The award was presented to Formulatr...

6 Feb 2008

National Science Foundation Asks For Funding of $6.85 billion

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. has presented the agency's proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over its actual FY 2008 budget. The additional ...

6 Feb 2008

Modeling Technique Explains Why a Single Nanotube Performs Better than Sensors Containing Several Nanotubes or Flat Planar Sensors

A new modeling technique explains for the first time why a single nanotube performs better than sensors containing several nanotubes or flat planar sensors and refutes a popular explanation for why smaller sensors work b...

6 Feb 2008

Portable Quantum Cascade Laser Sensor for the Fast Detection of a Large Number of Chemicals

Engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ranging...

6 Feb 2008

Model Demonstrates How a Crystal Goes From Being an Electrical Insulator to a Conductor

Squeeze a crystal of manganese oxide hard enough, and it changes from an electrical insulator to a conductive metal. In a report published online this week by the journal Nature Materials, researchers use computational m...

6 Feb 2008

Microchip Design 10 Times More Energy Efficient than Present Technology, Will Lead to Longer Battery Life for Mobile Telephones and Handheld Equipment

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantabl...

6 Feb 2008