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Creating Nano-Scale Patterns on Uneven Surfaces

Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.

19 Jun 2008

New Type of Solar Energy System Four Times more Cost-Efficient

Transparent transistors and optoelectronics created by researchers at Oregon State University and HP have found their first key industrial application in a new type of solar energy system that its developers say will be four times more cost-efficient than any existing technology.

18 Jun 2008

Ecology Coatings Enters into Research Agreement with University

Ecology Coatings, Inc., a leader in the discovery and development of nanotechnology-enabled, ultra-violet curable advanced materials, today announced that it has entered into a research agreement with the Department of P...

18 Jun 2008

Conference Highlights Advances in Nanotechnology

Organizers of nanotxUSA, the international nanotechnology event held each year in Dallas, Texas, confirmed today that Rice University in Houston is the latest addition to this important conference/expo. Rice University w...

18 Jun 2008

Take a Little Bit of Carbon, Throw in Some Epoxy and Add Lots of Lunar Dust

Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.

18 Jun 2008

Implications of Nanotechnology for Society

With more and more frequency, nanotechnology is being offered to the American public as a transformative technology, with the potential to improve every aspect of our social, physical, and economic well-being. As a r...

18 Jun 2008

Micralyne Employees Raise Funds for China Earthquake Relief

Employees of Micralyne Inc. banded together to raise funds for China Earthquake Relief through World Vision Canada. Micralyne CEO, Chris Lumb was inspired to have Micralyne match all employee contributions to the reli...

From Micralyne Inc. 18 Jun 2008

IMEC Reports Improved Performance for Planar CMOS

At today's VLSI Symposium, IMEC reports an improved performance for its planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32nm CMOS node. The inverter delay advanced from 15ps ...

From IMEC 18 Jun 2008

Laser Calibration System Setting New Industry Standard

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced a new Dynamic Calibrator, a laser-based calibration system for measuring machine-tool and coordinate-measuring-machine (CMM) accuracy. New sensors in the system offer accuracy to 0.4ppm, setting a new industry standard.

18 Jun 2008

Agreement Reinforces Harvard’s Commitment to Global Health

Harvard University and Diagnostics-For-All, Inc., (DFA) have entered into an agreement aimed at developing a new generation of portable, low-cost, user-friendly diagnostic solutions and make this technology accessible to...

18 Jun 2008

Company Views Investment as Endorsement of CNT Products

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that Unidym, Inc., its majority-owned subsidiary, has received a $2.0 million strategic investment from Entegris, Inc., a leading provider of products for purifying, protect...

18 Jun 2008

Selah Technologies Receives Patent for Carbon Nanotube Production

Selah Technologies, an advanced materials manufacturer, announced today that it has received a patent covering the carbon single wall nanotube enrichment process to produce Selah Tubes(TM). Selah has the worldwide exclusive license for US Patent No. 7,374,685 from Clemson University.

18 Jun 2008