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STMicroelectronics Expands Portfolio of Ultra-Compact, High-Performance MEMS Sensors

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the leading supplier of motion-sensing chips for consumer and portable applications(1), has expanded its portfolio of ultra-compact, high-performance MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System) sensors with a 3-axis accelerometer with absolute analog output.

From STMicroelectronics 30 Mar 2009

Enable IPC Completes Final Shipment of Ultracapacitor Electrode to IMDEA Energia

Enable IPC Corporation (Other OTC:EIPC.PK - News) today announced that it has made its final shipment of ultracapacitor electrodes to IMDEA Energia in Madrid, Spain. The shipment was made from the company's SolRayo f...

30 Mar 2009

Expansion Supports More Than 600 New High-Tech Jobs at CNSE's Albany Nanotech Complex

$150M, 350,000-Square-Foot Expansion Will Support More Than $1 Billion in New Investments and 600 New High-Tech Jobs at CNSE's Albany Nanotech Complex

30 Mar 2009

IBM Extends Research Partnership with University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

IBM Corp. has extended its research partnership with the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering for five more years. The continued research and development partnership is expected to ...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 30 Mar 2009

Applied Materials and DISCO to Develop Wafer Thinning Processes for TSVs Fabrication in 3-D Semiconductors

Applied Materials, Inc. and DISCO Corporation today announced a joint effort to develop wafer thinning processes for fabricating through-silicon vias (TSVs) in 3-dimensional (3-D) semiconductors. The two companies will b...

From Applied Materials Inc. 30 Mar 2009

Nova's Metrology Solution Selected for 45nm Copper

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, received a multiple tool ...

From Nova Measuring Instruments 30 Mar 2009

Merck to Sponsor Three-Year Joint R+D Program with QLight Nanotech

Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today at the NanoIsrael conference the signing of a researc...

30 Mar 2009

Scientists Design Way to Enhance TiO2 Catalytic Efficiency

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) catalysts are widely used for producing hydrogen gas for fuel cells. TiO2 is a photoactive material that converts sunlight into electronic charge, and then uses these charges to electrochemically ...

29 Mar 2009

Revolutionary Nanospring Technology Key to Enhanced Energy Density

GoNano Technologies, Inc., a Moscow, Idaho based nanotechnology company specializing in the development of high surface area Nanospring™ technology, recently received a Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $97,761 from the National Science Foundation to develop novel electrodes for next generation ultracapacitors.

29 Mar 2009

Alignment and Measurement of Electron Spin - New Step Towards Quantum Computers

The intrinsic rotation of electrons - the "spin" - remains unused by modern electronics. If use as an information carrier were possible, the processing power of electronic components would suddenly increase to a multiple of the present capacity.

28 Mar 2009