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US Files Two Major Clean Air Act Settlements to Reduce Air Emissions from Container Glass and Portland Cement Plants

The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the U...

21 Jan 2010

DTE Energy's $3 Million Investment in QD Vision

QD Vision, Inc., developer of Quantum Light nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, announced today that DTE Energy Ventures has invested $3 million in the company. The funding will support Q...

21 Jan 2010

Veeco Awarded $4 Million in R+D Matching Funds from DOE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has been awarded $4 million in R+D matching funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the U.S. Department of Energy to support high-efficiency ...

From Veeco 21 Jan 2010

Scientist Believes Mineral Kotoite Could Be an Ideal Insulator for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Breakthroughs in electronics often are the result of finding just the right material for a device -- like the tungsten in light bulbs or the silicon in transistors. Now, a Cornell scientist believes that the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions, found in computers, cell phones and magnetic field sensors.

21 Jan 2010

New Light on How Atoms Arrange Themselves into Thin Films

To make thin films for semiconductors in electronic devices, layers of atoms must be grown in neat, crystalline sheets. But while some materials grow smooth crystals, others tend to develop bumps and defects - a serious ...

21 Jan 2010

Hexion to Sell Solvent-Borne Alkyd and Polyester Coating Resins Business

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Italian solvent-borne alkyd and polyester coating resins business to an affiliate of Tenax group, an Italian-based compan...

From Hexion Inc. 21 Jan 2010

EU Steel Market Showing Signs of Recovery

The EU market remained quiet two weeks into the New Year. Many companies took extended holidays because of the poor economic climate and the severe weather hitting several countries has also served to dampen activity. Do...

21 Jan 2010

New Laser that Will Allow Light to be Used on Computer Chip

The ultra-small revolution has begun with the invention of a new laser that will allow light to be used on a computer chip. Assoc. Professor David Moss, a senior researcher at The University of Sydney, leads an internati...

21 Jan 2010

Leti and R3Logic Combining Their Expertise in 3D Silicon Integration and Packaging

Leti, a leading global research center committed to creating and commercializing innovation in micro- and nanotechnologies, and R3Logic, a leading 3D IC EDA company, announced today that they will combine their expertise...

21 Jan 2010

PI Launches New Ultra-Low Profile Direct-Driven High-Speed Rotary Stage

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. introduces a new ultra-low profile (0.6"), direct-driven, high-speed rotary stage based on its proprietary PILine piezomotor drive technology at this year's SPIE Photonics West conference.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 20 Jan 2010

Companies Awarded Miltu-Million Project Through NIST Technology Innovation Program

Pixelligent Technologies, LLC, an emerging nanotechnology company developing patented high-performance nanocomposites for demanding applications in the electronics and military markets, and Brewer Science, Inc., a privat...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 20 Jan 2010

Funding to Push Battery Technology from Lab to Marketplace

After more than a decade of experience in lithium-ion battery research, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory know well the challenges of getting manufacturers interested in advanced materials for their batteries.

20 Jan 2010

Stretchable, Porous, and Conductive Energy Textiles

Scientists in California are reporting an advance in that direction with an easier way of changing ordinary cotton and polyester into "conductive energy textiles" - e-Textiles that double as a rechargeable battery.

20 Jan 2010

Malvern Particle Sizer Used for Ground-Breaking Nanoparticle Cancer Research

Sandra Whaley Bishnoi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology, has selected the Zetasizer Nano ZS from Malvern Panalytical to meet the specific particle sizing and zeta potential measurement needs of her research team.

From Malvern Panalytical 20 Jan 2010

Microtrac Offer Total Solutions for Determining a Wide Range of Physical Properties

"The Total Solutions approach is a multiple product platform, providing Microtrac customers with a best value "One Stop Shop" for a wide range of physical property analytical techniques" said Bob Shen...

20 Jan 2010