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Origin of Superconductivity Can Now Be Studied Using Basic Theoretical Model
In a superconductor, when the temperature drops below a critical value (Tc), its electrical resistance vanishes. Scientists interested in this phenomenon ...
JA Solar and BP Announces Long-Term Solar Photovoltaic Agreement
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) and BP Alternative Energy Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of BP p.l.c. (NYSE: BP) today...
Global Manufacturer of Thin Film Silicon PV Modules Begins Customer Shipments
Signet Solar, a global manufacturer of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced the production and shipment of the first...
Conductive Silver Inks Market to Reach $1.6 billion by 2015, According to Nanomarkets
NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, today announced it has released an updated analysis of the conductive silver inks...
Magazine to Address the Rapidly Growing Global PV Solar Cell Manufacturing Industry
PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it will launch Photovoltaics World magazine to address the...
CNSE Professor Using Nanotechnology to Address Human Diseases
For some, nanotechnology is known by its applications in nanoelectronics, from PDAs to computers. But College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering...
Report on the Global Market for Nanotechnology
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the The Global Market for Nanotechnology report to their offering. Nanotechnology continues...
Applied Materials Become Associate Member of The Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University today announced that Applied Materials, Inc., through its Display Business Group-AKT, has...
Scientists Created Electronics that Can Bend and Twist
They've made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be...
FULLSPECTRUM Scientists Break Solar Cell Efficiency Record
Researchers at the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) announced that they have succeeded in improving the efficiency of...

Nanotechnology in the spotlight at Cuban event
The 2nd International Seminar on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies was opened in Havana on Friday, with 35 prominent experts from Germany, France, China, Japan, Britain, Spain...
JA Solar and BP to Jointly Develop and Market Part of Their Solar Photovoltaic Product Portfolio
A Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. and BP Alternative Energy Holdings Limited today announced their intention to jointly develop and market part of their solar photovoltaic...
Rice University's Yakobson receives Nano 50 award for work with nanotubes
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Professor Boris Yakobson received a Nano 50 award Nov. 13 from science publication Nanotech Briefs for his advances in nanotechnology.
Shields up! How nanotechnology can protect satellites from energy weapons
When the U.S. military talks about space superiority it defines this as the degree of control necessary to employ, maneuver, and engage space forces while...
Futuristic quantum computers could improve chemical simulations and models
Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists.
Proposed intellectual property model for nanotechnology north-south divide
Developing countries need to pool resources to ensure access to scientific and technical knowledge about nanotechnology in order to narrow the 'nano-divide' - similar to...
Canadian Venture Capital Firm to Enter US Bio- and Nanotechnology Markets
Sunshine Bio Investments World, a privately held Canadian company, has established U.S. headquarters in Miami and initiated venture funding for a variety of nanotechnology, biotech,...
IBM gets DARPA funding for building revolutionary computer modeled after the brain
In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain's...
New theoretical model allows the study of the origin of superconductivity in iron-based materials
Researchers in Japan have built a theoretical model that could prove essential to our understanding of how superconductivity arises in iron-based materials.
EPA seeks comment on nanosilver petition
The U.S. Environmental Agency is seeking public review and comment on a petition asking the agency to classify nanoscale silver as a pesticide.

In brief: research round-up
Copper nanoink, electrode pads for CNTs, miniature lens arrays and more...
Nanorotors move together
Array of tiny rotors could power 'nanobots'
Periodic stack tunes into photonics market
Nanoimprinting method simplifies the fabrication of tunable optical filters
Squeezing light through nanoholes
Enhanced light transmission could improve efficiency of solar-powered cells
Single-electron devices made simple
New CMOS-friendly architecture allows researchers to make multiple devices
SAW sizes particles for drug delivery
Compact chip generates nanodispersions for therapeutic applications
Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors
Tiny rotors are inspired by biological motors
Medical nanoparticles made to multi-task
Ultrasound-activated liposomes combine imaging with targeted drug delivery
Core-shell improves light-emitting properties of nanowires
Luminescence of InGaAs/GaAs nanowires improved by three orders of magnitude
Graphite stabilizes carbon in Earth's crust
Material could play important role in carbon dioxide sequestration

SILTERRA INVESTS 0M IN EXPANDING CAPACITY
Kulim, Malaysia - Silterra Malaysia, a leading pure play wafer foundry in Malaysia announced today that it has invested US0 million in its Phase 1...
High Performance AMIC Communication Expands Foundry Partnership with SilTerra
Kulim, Kedah - SilTerra Malaysia, the leading wafer foundry in Malaysia, today is pleased to announce the foundry partnership with AMIC Communication (AMICCOM), a fast-growing...
Brilliant Telecommunications Announces Collaborative Technology Agreement with NovAtel
Agreement delivers new choices to customers for the delivery of highly precise and robust GNSS timing products

Campbell, Calif. August 7, 2008—Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. (Brilliant), a...
Military Coatings on Galvo Mirrors - Durable high-reflection coatings for superior performance
San Clemente, CA - Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and thin film coatings announces high precision coatings Galvanometer mirrors. Galvo mirrors are...
Silterra Names Lai Yit Loong Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Seasoned Veteran Brings Extensive Global Semiconductor Experience

Kulim, Malaysia (April 09, 2007) – Leading wafer foundry Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. today announced that Lai Yit Loong,...
Dr. Charles Chan Appointed President of Silterra USA
Chan Strengthens Sales Organization with Scopious Experience

Kulim, Malaysia – Semiconductor wafer foundry veteran Dr. Charles Chan has been named President of Silterra USA, a wholly...
Silterra Increases Wafer Fab Production Capacity
Company Starts 0.16-Micron Production Ramp

Kulim, Malaysia – In order to support increased customer demand, Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. has increased production capacity of its manufacturing...
Silterra One of the First To Adopt Environment- Friendly Natural Gas Supply System
Wafer foundry to save RM1.4 million each year from new system

Kulim,– Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Silterra), a leading semiconductor wafer foundry majority-owned by Khazanah Nasional...
Silterra and Goyatek Form Design Alliance
Companies To Jointly Support Fabless Semiconductor Customers

Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Goyatek today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to jointly develop...
SEMPAC Manufacturer of Air-Cavity Plastic Packages Announces New Distributor
Sunnyvale, CA - Sempac Inc, a Sunnyvale, California based manufacturer devoted to the design, development of “air-cavity” plastic packages used mainly during the prototype and...

Carbon Nanotubes Detect Lung Cancer Markers in the Breath
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic...
Carbon Nanotubes Improve Protein Array Detection Limits
(PhysOrg.com) -- To detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes...
Caltech 4-D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world
More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating...
Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs
A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes...
Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency
Friction is the bane of any machine. When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn't...
Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?
(PhysOrg.com) -- We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror, Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. Imagine...
Toward a new generation of paper-thin loudspeakers
In research that may redefine ear buds, earphones, stereo loudspeakers, and other devices for producing sound, researchers in China are reporting development of flexible loudspeakers...
Nanoparticles Deliver Their Cargo, Then Disappear
(PhysOrg.com) -- Medical researchers are looking at any number of new methods to get drugs to specific locations in the body. Some methods are...
'Nanobamas' fuse art, science, technology and politics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them...
Nanotube Construction Set
(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of...

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