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LayTec Announces Sale of EpiCurve TT System to German University

LayTec is happy to announce the sale of an EpiCurve®TT system to the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. The tool will be used by the group of Prof. A. Hangleiter for R+D of GaN based long wavelength emitters, mainly green lasers and LEDs.

From LayTec GmbH 28 Apr 2009

Head of Brookhaven Lab's Instrumentation Division Receives IEEE Award

The IEEE's Long Island Section has honored Veljko Radeka, head of the Instrumentation Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with the Harold Wheeler Award.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 28 Apr 2009

JPK Instruments Appoints Leading Swiss Company as Exclusive Representatives in Switzerland

JPK Instruments, a world leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has appointed leading Swiss company, Bucher Biotec AG as their exclusive representatives in Switzerland.

From Bruker BioAFM 28 Apr 2009

Microtrace Announces Availability of Several Ready-to-Use Solutions for Product Security and Brand Protection

Microtrace, LLC, a leading manufacturer of traceable anti counterfeit taggant technologies, today announced enhancements to their Microtaggant® technology as well as the availability of several ready-to-use solutions for product security / brand protection.

28 Apr 2009

Appointment Boost Materials Science and Engineering at ASU

Nathan Newman, a professor in ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, has been selected as the first to hold the Lamonte H. Lawrence Chair in Solid State Science.

27 Apr 2009

Nanoscale Probes that Can Pinpoint the Location of Tumors

A team of investigators at Purdue University has developed nanoscale probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.

27 Apr 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Wins Queens Award for Enterprise 2009

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Cambridge facility has been awarded a Queens Award for Enterprise 2009 in the Outstanding Innovation category for the iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES instrument.

27 Apr 2009

Nanocantilevers Eliminating the Need for Electric Transducers and Expensive Laser Setups

As researchers push towards detection of single molecules, single electron spins and the smallest amounts of mass and movement, Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than the wavelength of light, that operate on photonic principles eliminating the need for electric transducers and expensive laser setups.

26 Apr 2009

With Extremely Short Wavelengths and Very High Intensities, Light-Matter Interaction Seems to be Different than Previously Accepted

By way of the classical photoeffect, Einstein proved in 1905 that light also has particle character. However, with extremely high light intensities, remarkable things happen in the process. Scientists of the Physikalisch...

24 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Lubricant Significantly Decreases Damaging Wear Pits on Gear Teeth

ApNano Materials, Inc., a cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that new test conducted at the FZG Gear Research Centre of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, clearly shows that ApNano Material's nanotechnology-based lubricant NanoLub significantly decreases damaging wear pits on gear teeth.

23 Apr 2009