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Alro Receives NADCAP Certification for Heat Treatment and Testing of Aerospace Products

Alro SA, the largest aluminium producer in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces that it has received the NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defence Contractor Accreditation Programme) performance certification for con...

15 Oct 2008

Development of New Resistive RAM (RRAM) Cells to Overcome Scaling Limitations

Development of New Resistive RAM (RRAM) Cells to Overcome Scaling Limitations

Resistive switching memories are based on materials whose resistivity can be electrically switched between high and low conductive states. RRAM is becoming of interest for future scaled memories because of their superior intrinsic scaling characteristics compared to the charge-based Flash devices

15 Oct 2008

New Neural Probe Enahnce Nerve and Tissue Stimulation in Prosthetic Devices

New Neural Probe Enahnce Nerve and Tissue Stimulation in Prosthetic Devices

Engineers have developed a neural probe that demonstrates significantly greater electrical charge storage capacity than all other neural prosthetic devices.

15 Oct 2008

IMEC Achieves New Record for Micromachined Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

IMEC Achieves New Record for Micromachined Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

Energy harvesters convert ambient energy - light, heat, or vibrations - into electricity.Potential applications include tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) or monitoring of industrial equipment.

From IMEC 15 Oct 2008

IMOMEC Develop Method to Stabilize Nanomorphology of Organic Solar Cells

IMOMEC Develop Method to Stabilize Nanomorphology of Organic Solar Cells

With these stabilized solar cells, efficiencies were achieved comparable to state-of-the-art organic solar cells. This breakthrough paves the way to commercial organic solar cells with an operational lifetime of over 5 years

15 Oct 2008

Popular Science Names MIT Memebers on Annual "Brilliant 10" List of the Country's Top Young Scientists

Popular Science magazine has named MIT faculty members Rebecca Saxe and Francesco Stellacci to its annual "Brilliant 10" list of the country's top young scientists to watch. The list appears in the November...

15 Oct 2008

Utah Establish New Nanotechnology Research Center to Revolutionize the Future

Officials at the University of Utah announced today the establishment of the Nano Institute of Utah, representing a significant and decisive step in the state's quest to bring together the university's and the st...

15 Oct 2008

Pioneer Surgical Debut Enhanced Bone Graft Substitute using Nanotechnology

Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. today announced the U.S. market release of their FortrOss bone graft substitute. The novel biologic will make its public debut at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Soci...

15 Oct 2008

Scientists Produce "Swimming" Metallic Particles for Development of Nanomotors

Ayusman Sen, head of the Department of Chemistry at Penn State, makes tiny, metallic objects do something extraordinary -- he makes them swim. Sen's work is driven by catalysis, the chemical phenomenon whereby a subs...

15 Oct 2008

DuPont Announce Opening of New State-of-the-Art Biorefinery Research and Development Center

DuPont Announce Opening of New State-of-the-Art Biorefinery Research and Development Center

The DuPont cellulosic ethanol joint venture, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE), has broken ground for its first pilot-scale biorefinery

15 Oct 2008

Material Scientists Clarify Optical and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

Material Scientists Clarify Optical and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes scientists at NIST have made some of the most precise measurements yet of the concentrations at which delicate mats of nanotubes become transparent, conducting sheets.

15 Oct 2008

Eastman Chemical Showcase New Innovative Packaging Designs at Luxe Pack 2008

Eastman Chemical Company will be featuring new examples of elegant and innovative cosmetic and personal care packaging designs from The Glass Polymer™ family of copolyesters at Luxe Pack 2008, October 28-31, Monaco...

15 Oct 2008

Next generation Hydrocarbon Rubber Products from Dow Redefine Industry Standards

Dow Elastomers, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), has implemented significant upgrades to its NORDEL™ Hydrocarbon Rubber products to enable higher compound quality at better economics. “R...

15 Oct 2008

Extreme Nature Design Help Scientists Produce Nanomaterials

Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale. A team from the UK's John Innes Centre, the Scripps Research Institute in Cal...

15 Oct 2008

ZnO Nanowires with Unique Elasticity to Enhance Next Generation Electronics

Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires have drawn major interest because of their semiconducting nature and unique optical and piezoelectric properties. Various applications for ZnO nanowires have been conceived, including...

15 Oct 2008

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CSP Temperature Standards by Thermometrics

CSP Temperature Standards by Thermometrics

Experience precision with Thermometrics CSP Temperature Standards for accurate calibration and versatile immersion applications.

From Thermometrics, Inc.

Coolant Control Module for Plasma Cleaning

Coolant Control Module for Plasma Cleaning

The AFC-CCM is a coolant module for Surfx's plasma cleaning equipment.

From Surfx Technologies, LLC

Nano-Observer II: AFM for Nanoscale Imaging

Nano-Observer II: AFM for Nanoscale Imaging

The Nano-Observer II Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) delivers flexible, high-performance nanoscale analysis.

From CSInstruments

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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