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First Nano and Channel Partner to Participate in the 2009 NSTI Nanotech

First Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV), and channel partner Airgas, will be participating in the 2009 NSTI Nanotech Expo to be held in Houston, TX from May 5-6 at the George R. Brown Convention...

From CVD Equipment Corporation 28 Apr 2009

SAFC Hitech Underlined its Commitment to Japan's Microelectronics Industry

SAFC Hitech®, a business segment within SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (NASDAQ: SIAL), today underlined its commitment to Japan's microelectronics industry by announcing it has extended its collaborative partnership with leading industrial and medical gas producer, Air Water Inc., (AWI).

28 Apr 2009

Taiwanese Foundry Selects ASM's Pulsar ALD Tool for Volume Manufacturing of 28 nm Node High-K Gate Dielectric Process

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM), announced that a Taiwanese foundry has selected ASM's Pulsar® atomic layer deposition (ALD) tool for the volume manufacturing of its ...

28 Apr 2009

Veeco's New FastLine Platform Designed for Low Cost of Ownership Production of CIGS Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced the introduction of its FastLine™ platform of Glass Coating Systems, leveraging Veeco's proven PV-Series™ Thermal Deposition Sources.

From Veeco 27 Apr 2009

German Scientists Spin Stretchier and Stronger Spider Silk

German scientists have added tiny amounts of metal to spider silk to make it even stronger and more elastic. The technique could lead to the development of super-tough textiles, surgical thread or artificial tissues such as bones or tendons, the researchers say.

25 Apr 2009

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Scientists Discover Way to Make Spider Silk Three Times Stronger

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: KBLB), a developer of natural fibers from silkworms and spiders for use in a wide variety of applications, today announced that scientists have discovered a way to make spider si...

24 Apr 2009

Making Spider Silk Significantly More Break-Resistant and Ductile

Spiderman would definitely have an easier time of things with this spider silk - for example, if he had to stop a getaway car moving off at 100 kilometres per hour. A five-millimetre-thick thread would do the job from a distance of 20 metres - assuming it had been treated by a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics.

24 Apr 2009