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Atmel Completes Sale of Company's Wafer Fabrication Operation in Germany

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of the Company's wafer fabrication operation in Heilbronn, Germany to Tejas Silicon Holdings (UK) Limit...

4 Jan 2009

Commercial Potential of Russian Nanotechnology Gets 2 Million Ruble Boost

The Supervisory Council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies approved
the project on establishing the first closed-end mutual fund.

30 Dec 2008

Researchers Discover the Atomic Structure of a Powerful Molecular Motor

Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular
motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their
assembly, an essential step in their ability to multiply and infect new host
organisms.

30 Dec 2008

3M and EV Group Settle Wafer Bonding Patent Dispute

3M and EV Group (EVG) have
agreed to settle the patent infringement litigation brought by EVG against 3M
in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to
systems for temporary wafer bonding.

From EV Group 28 Dec 2008

Nanosurf Introduce New Atomic Force Microscope - The easyScan 2 FlexAFM

With its electromagnetically actuated, flexure-based XY-scanner technology combined with a piezo-based Z-scanner, the FlexAFM offers highly linear, ultra-flat, and fast scanning performance, while at the same time providing Lateral Force and liquid measuring capabilities to its users.

23 Dec 2008

New Market Overview on Applications Nanomaterials

Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3b4a2b/smart_materials) has announced the addition of the "Smart Materials" report to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd Int...

23 Dec 2008

Leading Global Characterization Service Provider Announce Acquisition of Nano Intergrated Solutions

EAG, Inc. (“EAG”), the leading global provider of surface analysis and materials characterization services, and microelectronic “release to production” (“RTP”) and failure analysis (&l...

22 Dec 2008

New Study Shows Cytotoxicity of Carbon Nanotubes

Owing to the novel properties of carbon nanotubes (CBNs), a series of problems associated with in vitro toxicity assessments of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have appeared in many literatures. In order to properly evaluate ...

22 Dec 2008

Formation of New Consortium to Foster Construction of the Space Elevator

A coalition of leaders in the Space Elevator movement today announced the formation of The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), a new independent group designed to promote standards and foster research relatin...

22 Dec 2008

Bayer MaterialScience Receive EPA Approval for its Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

This enables the company to sell Baytubes® on the American market and reinforces Bayer MaterialScience's role as one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon nanotubes.

From Covestro AG 22 Dec 2008