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Precise Way to Measure Hydrophobicity of Nanoscale Interfaces

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much - or how little - nanoscale interfaces love water.

4 Dec 2009

Toyko Electron Join SEMATECH's Front End Processes Program

Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) and SEMATECH today announced that TEL has joined SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex. The...

4 Dec 2009

Sumitomo Precision Products Sell 300mm Compatible DRIE Production Tool to CEA-LETA

SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS) and its parent company Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd (SPP), leaders in plasma process technologies for manufacturing micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and advanced semic...

4 Dec 2009

Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Sorting Established in Brisbane

Rio Tinto and The University of Queensland have today announced the formation of the Rio Tinto Centre for Advanced Mineral Sorting to be located at the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre in Brisbane, Australia. ...

3 Dec 2009

Comcast Building in Phildelphia Clad in Energy Efficient Starphire Glass from PPG

At 58 stories tall, Comcast Center in Philadelphia recently became the tallest LEED-certified building in the United States with an assist from energy-saving Solarban 60 Starphire glass by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).

From PPG Industries Inc. 3 Dec 2009

Malvern Zetasizer Nano Particle Sizer Helps Develop Tumour Targeting Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

The Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical (Malvern Panalytical, UK) is proving to be an ideal research tool for advanced healthcare applications such as gene therapy and selective-target carrier molecules. University of Washington researchers say that accurate zeta potential and particle size measurements were critical to their successful development of fluorescent, tumour-targeting iron oxide nanoparticles.

From Malvern Panalytical 3 Dec 2009

World Economic Forum Names Metabolix in 2010 Class of Technology Pioneers

Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX), a bioscience company focused on developing sustainable solutions for the plastics, chemicals and energy industries, announced today that it has been named to the 2010 Class of Technology P...

3 Dec 2009

Meyer Burger to Offer Sales + Service for SOLARIS Thin Film Coating Equipment

Oerlikon Systems and Meyer Burger signed a strategic distribution and cooperation agreement for the SOLARIS thin-film coating equipment. As part of the agreement, Meyer Burger's sales + service organization will represent the SOLARIS for crystalline Silicon PV application in most regions, such as China , Taiwan , Europe, Middle East , India + the Americas .

3 Dec 2009

Heidelberg Instruments Receives Repeat Order for Maskless Lithography System

Heidelberg Instruments, GmbH, a leading supplier of direct write laser lithography systems, announced the repeat order for an advanced maskless lithography system by Toyo Precision Parts MFG. Co., Ltd, Japan. This system...

3 Dec 2009

Uponor Acquires Leading Underfloor Heating Company

Uponor Corporation has signed a contract to acquire the entire shareholding in the radiant heating and cooling systems company The Underfloor Heating Co Ltd, based in Skelmanthorpe in Yorkshire in the UK. Trading under t...

3 Dec 2009

New Inorganic Composite Binder for Fiber Glass Composite from PPG

PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) fiber glass business has introduced Mil-Tough inorganic composite binder panels for physical asset protection, expanding the company's portfolio of solutions for blast and ballistics ap...

From PPG Industries Inc. 3 Dec 2009

STM Used to Introduce Magnetic Impurities into Semiconducting Crystals

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal by prodding it with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).

3 Dec 2009

Breakthrough Result for Quantum Cascade Lasers

Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature. The results are particularly attractive for infrar...

3 Dec 2009

Carbon Nanotubes to Detect and Destroy Breast Cancer

Single-walled nanotubes-cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter-have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers, electrical wires in molecular devices, or hydrogen storage components for fuel cells. Thanks to a new development by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and five partners, you can add one more application to the list: detection and destruction of an aggressive form of breast cancer.

3 Dec 2009

U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence Created to Design Nanostructures for Energy Harvesting

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive processes of the modern warfighter.

3 Dec 2009