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Tinted See-Thru Coating for Generating Electricity on Glass Windows Makes Use of Ultra-Small Solar Cells

New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NENE), today announced that, in addition to the active development of its MotionPower™ technologies for generating electricity by harvesting the kinetic energy of moving vehicles, the Company is continuing to further advance the development of its tinted transparent glass SolarWindows™ capable of generating electricity by coating glass surfaces with the world’s smallest known organic solar cells.

20 May 2009

NuSil Technology Introduces LS-3140 Encapsulating Gel

NuSil Technology, a cutting-edge manufacturer of silicone-based materials for aerospace, aircraft, electronics and photonics industries, is set to release its LS-3140 at EuroLED 2009. LS

20 May 2009

DFG Establishes 14 New Research Training Groups from Physics to Nanotechnology

Doctoral Researchers To Earn Doctorates in Topics such as Globalisation, Nanostructures and Civil Security Applications in Structured Programmes To further promote young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungs...

20 May 2009

Changing the Way Microscopic Particles are Manipulated

The way cells and biomolecules are moved from one position to another could be transformed thanks to a grant of £4 million. The EPSRC 4-year grant has been awarded to a collaborative research team led by Bruce Drinkwater, Professor of Ultrasonics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol.

20 May 2009

Fine Tuning with Piezoelectric Actuators from Noliac

Compensating for mechanical tolerances, piezoelectric actuators are used to fine tune position of mirrors in e.g. interferometers.

20 May 2009

Nanometrics Incorporated Announces Shipment of Lynx Cluster Metrology System

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced the shipment of a Lynx cluster metrology system.

19 May 2009

Carl Zeiss Honors M+W Zander Products with 2008 Supplier Award

Carl Zeiss SMT, the world's leading manufacturer of optical systems for chip fabrication, has honored M+W Zander Products with the 2008 Supplier Award. All suppliers were evaluated based on a criteria catalog containing the four main categories of quality, technology, logistics and pricing, as well as additional sub-criteria.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 19 May 2009

NeoPhotonics Named "Red Herring 100" List of Top Private Venture Technology Companies in North America for 2009

NeoPhotonics, a leading developer and vertically integrated manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit based components, modules and subsystems for use in telecommunications networks, today announced the company has bee...

From Lumentum Operations LLC 19 May 2009

Examining the Worldwide Markets for Organic Electronics

Reportlinker.com, a market research engine which allows users to search open access market research reports available on the internet, announces that a new market research report analyzing the worldwide markets for Organ...

18 May 2009

New Technique for Real-Time Detection of Freely Moving Individual Neutral Atoms

Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) in College Park, MD, and the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less than one-millionth of a second.

17 May 2009