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Prototype Surface Mountable Supercapcitor Demonstrated by CAP-XX

CAP-XX Limited (LSE:CPX), developer of thin-form supercapacitors which deliver burst and back-up power in space-constrained electronic devices, has demonstrated prototypes of surface-mountable supercapacitors at its Lane...

15 Jun 2009

Unprecedented AFM Image Quality Now Possible Thanks to CNT Probes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core highresolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, substantially improving results, reducing overall cost of operation and opening new avenues for research.

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Nanotech Company Receives Funding to Manufacture Devices from Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced that they have raised $400,000 in Series A funding from a group of private investors led by Vance Nau, company CEO. C|D|I has developed a patent pending process for...

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Ambios Non-Contact Optical Interferometer Available from LOT Oriel

The Xi-100 Non-Contact Optical Interferometer from Ambios Technology quickly and accurately measures the 3D topography of surfaces at the nanometer level.

15 Jun 2009

New Generation Mini Laser Bars produce Exceptional Brilliance from 910 to 1020 nm

The new generation of mini laser bars from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers exceptional brilliance in the wavelength range from 910 to 1020 nm. Their output and beam parameters have been closely matched to one another so that the enormously powerful light beam, which leaves the small laser aperture at a defined angle, can be perfectly coupled into a small fiber core diameter with a restricted acceptance angle.

From Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 15 Jun 2009

Mazda Launch High Performance, Environmentally Friendly Paint Technology

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the successful launch of the newly developed Aqua-tech Paint System for vehicle body painting at its Ujina Plant No.1 in Japan.

15 Jun 2009

New Range of Improved Cell Ageing Ovens for Polymers from Elastocon

22 years ago Goran Spetz started Elastocon, the Swedish test instrument company, with a range of cell ageing ovens for polymers which offered major improvements in the control of temperature ( uniformly throughout the co...

15 Jun 2009

Photochemical Milling, A Viable Alternative to Laser Cutting

Matching the cutting or etching process to the number of units is the key to lower product development costs when it comes to thin metal parts. Here, Jim Cove of Mastercut Technologies explains how photochemical milling ...

14 Jun 2009

Ground Breaking Work on Self Replication to be Published in Nature Materials

Researchers at New York University have created a method to precisely bind nano- and micrometer-sized particles together into larger-scale structures with useful materials properties. Their work, which appears in the lat...

14 Jun 2009

DARPA Grant Awarded for COSMOS Materials

HRL Laboratories, LLC, a corporate research-and-development laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors specializing in research into sensors and materials, information and systems sciences, applied electro...

14 Jun 2009

World's First Root Canal Treatment Based on Silica Nanocomposites

Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia have developed the world's first endodontic or root canal treatment sealer using nanotechnology. Using "modified silica nano-composites" as a filler, this mate...

14 Jun 2009

Innovatech Labs Use FTIR to Identify Unknown Contaminants for Customers

Innovatech Labs, a leading materials testing laboratory, is helping ensure product cleanliness and composition for engineers and manufacturers with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) testing. FTIR analysi...

14 Jun 2009

Environmentally Friendly Way to Extract Oil from Oil Sand

Astra Enterprises of Toronto, Canada Headed by Engineer/ Hossam Shaltout has developed state of the Art Technology that separates the Bitumen (Oil) from the sand without the use any heating whatsoever and leaves clean ta...

14 Jun 2009

LED Backlit LCD Screen Sales Expected to Exceed 104.5 Million Units This Year

LED backlights are growing rapidly in large-area (10"+) TFT LCD displays. Panels with LED backlights reached 10.6 million units in Q1'09, up 63% Q/Q and 780% Y/Y, according to the latest DisplaySearch Quarterly ...

14 Jun 2009

Aircraft Could be Flying on Biofuels within 3 to 5 Years

Within three to five years, the first drops of sustainable aviation biofuels could be entering the tanks of aircraft, according to the Geneva-based Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). In order to inform industry employees and members of the flying public about this "new age in flight", the group this week launches a new publication, The Beginner's Guide to Aviation Biofuels.

14 Jun 2009