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LiqTech SiC Membranes Being Used in China for Protein Recovery

LiqTech International, Inc. is pleased to announce that LiqTech SiC membranes are currently being used in the recovery of protein in a foodstuff application in China.

20 Feb 2013

DRS to Transfer Microbolometer Technology to Cypress’s 65 nm Wafer Fabrication Facility

DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that DRS will transfer its state-of-the-art Microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared detectors to Cypress for high-volume manufacturing.

20 Feb 2013

Digital Optics Launches MEMS Autofocus Camera for Camera Modules

DigitalOptics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies, Inc., today introduced mems|cam™, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) autofocus camera module for smartphones.

20 Feb 2013

John Hopkins Researcher Receives CAREER Award for Novel Nanostructures for Cancer Treatment

A Johns Hopkins engineer who is designing cancer-fighting nano-size structures that could assemble themselves and deliver treatment to diseased tissue has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

20 Feb 2013

Lockheed Martin-NTU Laboratory to be Setup for Nanocopper Research

Lockheed Martin and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the science of nanotechnology, with special focus on nanocopper and related technologies for the commercial market.

20 Feb 2013

4SPIN From Contipro Can Turn Natural Biopolymers Into Nanofibers

Scientists at Contipro have created materials that can be programmed to function for a specific duration in the body before being fully absorbed. They have also developed the new apparatus 4SPIN, capable of creating structured nanofibers from such materials.

From Contipro 20 Feb 2013

National University Hospital in Seoul Acquires Leica TCS SP8 STED Super-Resolution Microscope

From February 2013, the Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (SNUH) in Korea offers super-sensitive and super-resolution imaging with the advanced high-end imaging system Leica TCS SP8 STED to its more than 400 researchers.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 19 Feb 2013

XEI Awarded Patent for Their Scientific Plasma Cleaning TEM Wand

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports on the recent announcement that the company has been awarded a patent for its innovative TEM Wand™ technology.

From XEI Scientific 19 Feb 2013

Netatmo Weather Station Utilizes ST MEMS Microphones and Sensors

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the world's leading MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer, and Netatmo, a designer and manufacturer of elegant lifestyle-enhancing products, today revealed ST's contributions to the award-winning Netatmo Urban Weather Station.

From STMicroelectronics 19 Feb 2013

Gigaphoton Launches Excimer Lasers for 450mm Wafer Production Applications

Gigaphoton, Inc., a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced today that its state-of-the-art GT64A ArF excimer lasers for scanners targeting 450mm wafer production are now available for order. The GT64A is the latest advancement in Gigaphoton's continuously evolving ArF platform.

19 Feb 2013

Northwestern Research in Nanotechnology Presented at AAAS

The cutting-edge work of six Northwestern University faculty members in data science, biomedical materials, nanotechnology, anthropology and communications science was presented last week at the 2013 annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The meeting was titled “The Beauty and Benefits of Science.”

19 Feb 2013

Photo Stencil Debuts Novel Nano Layer Stencil Coating at IPC APEX

Photo Stencil, LLC, a leading full-service provider of high-performance stencils and tooling, introduces its new Smart-Release™ nano layer stencil coating at IPC APEX Booth #1215. Tests performed at OnCore Manufacturing Services, LLC, Longmont, Colorado, showed that Smart-Release considerably reduced the frequency required for under-screen cleaning on the printer, saving time, money and consumables, reducing defects and contamination, and improving throughput. The test results demonstrated that over 40 prints before cleaning can be reached, with no deterioration in print quality or bridging.

19 Feb 2013

University of Manchester’s Approach towards Graphene

The European Commission has announced that it is providing 1bn euros over 10 years for research and development into graphene – the ‘wonder material’ isolated at The University of Manchester by Nobel Prize winners Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov.

19 Feb 2013

Gigaphoton Reports Achievement of 20W EUV Light Output for LPP Light Sources

Gigaphoton, Inc. a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced today that the company has achieved EUV light output equivalent to maximum of 20W for its laser-produced plasma (LPP) light sources for EUV lithography scanners.

19 Feb 2013

PI Release New Precise Digital Controller for Piezo Positioning Stages

Thanks to its high output power, the digital single-channel controller E-709.CHG from PI (Physik Instrumente) provides highly dynamic and nanometer-precise operation of piezo-based stages with high stiffness and electrical capacitance.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 18 Feb 2013