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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and EPFL Ink Nanosciences Partnership Agreement

The Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) institute has signed an agreement of partnership with EPFL, Switzerland to jointly establish a laboratory for Nanosciences research.

18 Jul 2012

Tekmira’s Lipid Nanoparticle Technology Facilitates Alnylam’s Positive ALN-TTR02 Clinical Results

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a company specializing in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has reported its Phase 1 clinical trial results for ALN-TTR02, an RNAi therapeutic that uses Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle delivery platform to target transthyretin (TTR) for TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) treatment.

17 Jul 2012

STMicroelectronics Introduces 6-Axis Miniature MEMS Module with Motion-Recognition Capabilities

STMicroelectronics has unveiled an ultra-compact multi-sensor MEMS module equipped with programmable motion-recognition capabilities called the LSM330.

From STMicroelectronics 17 Jul 2012

Thomas Swan Appoint Dr. Andy Goodwin as Commercial Director of Their Advanced Materials Division

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. announced today that it has appointed Dr Andy Goodwin as Commercial Director for its Advanced Materials Division. Dr Goodwin will join Thomas Swan on 20th August this year and will be based at ...

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 17 Jul 2012

EIDEC Selects Luminescent’s DPS Software for EUV Mask Development Program

Luminescent Technologies, a computational metrology and inspection solution provider for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, has reported that its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) defect printability simulator (DPS) software has been adopted for EUVL Infrastructure Development Center (EIDEC)'s EUV mask development program.

13 Jul 2012

SMIC, Synopsys Report Availability of DesignWare IP on 40-nm Low-Leakage Process Technology

Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Synopsys have reported that a wide range of Synopsys DesignWare IP is available for SMIC 40-nm low-leakage (40LL) process technology.

13 Jul 2012

Tokyo Electron, imec to Speed Up Directed Self-Assembly Development

imec and Tokyo Electron have reported that they will speed up their Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) operations at imec’s new 300 mm fab-compatible DSA process line. The two companies have been working on DSA development over the last two years.

From IMEC 12 Jul 2012

USON Announces Video Consultation of Mathematical Tools of its Leak Tester for Nanotechnology Industry

USON has announced the offering of tailor-made videoconference consultations to demonstrate the built-in mathematical functions of its Optima vT Leak and Flow Tester to equipment makers serving the nanotech industry and looking for quicker leak test cycle times and continuous quality improvements without comprising Gage R&R.

From Uson L.P. 12 Jul 2012

Nanotechnology Knowledge Can Be Turned into Economic Growth

Sometimes it is difficult to understand the positive impact that the generation of knowledge around nanosciences has on the economy. But it is very simple when there is an opportunity to talk to Antonio Porro, coordinator of the Tecnalia Nano Programme.

11 Jul 2012

The Deadline for Entering the Nanochallenge and Polymerchallenge Business Plan Competition is July 19th

The deadline for entering Nanochallenge&Polymerchallenge will expire on July 19th. Two seed financing Prizes of 300.000€ each are available for the eight edition of Nanochallenge and Polymerchallenge, interna...

11 Jul 2012