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February 2009 Nanotechnology Press Releases

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225 press releases posted this month

February 28th, 2009

Nanotechnology Accelerates Electric Vehicles Markets, Reaching 32.7 Million Autos Shipped by 2015 (CANADA) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Automotive/Transportation, Battery Technology/Capacitors/Generators/Piezoelectrics, News and information

UAlbany Chapter of ODK Leadership Honor Society Hosts 2009 Capital Region Leadership Conference at UAlbany NanoCollege (ALBANY, NY) Announcements, Academic/Education, Events/Classes, News and information

Altair Nanotechnologies Announces Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results Conference Call (RENO, NV) Announcements, Financial Reports, Battery Technology/Capacitors/Generators/Piezoelectrics, News and information

Applied Nanoscience Announces Termination of Merger Agreement (CARLSBAD, CA) Announcements, Acquisitions/Mergers/Splits, News and information

Latest Issue of "Science": Nano-Sonar Uses Electrons to Measure under the Surface: Jülich researchers take a look deep inside metals (JüLICH, GERMANY) Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, News and information, Physics, Imaging

February 27th, 2009

Non-Destructive Hall Mobility Testing for Semiconductor, Solar offered by Lehighton Electronics’ New LEI 1605 (LEHIGHTON, PA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Tools, News and information

Recycling a Greenhouse Gas for High-Energy Fuel (UNIVERSITY PARK, PA) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, News and information

IBM and PDF Solutions Agree to Jointly Develop a Chip Design Platform for Advanced Technology Nodes (SAN JOSE, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Fourth I*PROMS Virtual International Conference Report (SINGAPORE) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Events/Classes

February 26th, 2009

Research advances nanowire technology for large-scale applications (BOSTON, MA) Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

CombiMatrix Corporation to Release Fourth Quarter Financial Results On March 4, 2009 (MUKILTEO, WA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Financial Reports, News and information

Porous material sized up (JAPAN) Discoveries, Announcements, Chemistry, News and information

Oerlikon Solar and Tokyo Electron Join Thin Film PV Forces: Enhanced Sales & Customer Support Throughout Asia (TOKYO, JAPAN) Announcements, Energy, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Solar/Photovoltaic, Thin films, News and information

Single polymer chains as molecular wires (BERLIN, GERMANY) Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, News and information

Team grows nanotubes in one-step process: Discovery may lead to new applications, including biosensors and memory cells (LINCOLN, NE) Chip Technology, Memory Technology, Nanoelectronics, Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information

CombiMatrix Announces Positive Preliminary Data on Non-Invasive, Cancer Screening Test: Data Demonstrates that Test Can Identify Cancer Early Through (MUKILTEO, WA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

How to Teleport Quantum Information from One Atom to Another (ARLINGTON, VA) Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, Quantum nanoscience, News and information

Conference to discuss future of nanotechnology enabled sensors (UK) Announcements, Sensors, Events/Classes, News and information

MIT uses nano-origami to build tiny electronic devices (CAMBRIDGE, MA) Chip Technology, Memory Technology, Nanoelectronics, Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, Videos, News and information

Graphene sheet thickness measured with SARFUS optical technique (FRANCE) Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information, Imaging

Synthetic Biology Taps DNA's Business Potential (BOSTON, MA) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Energy, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, News and information, Synthetic Biology

BioSquare, the biotechnologies business event Lyon, France (LYON, FRANCE) Announcements, Events/Classes, Nanobiotechnology, News and information

February 25th, 2009

The ultimate in ‘green’ energy. Plants inspire new generation of solar cells (UK) Discoveries, Announcements, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Models present new view of nanoscale friction (MADISON, WI) Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, News and information

Carl Zeiss Initiates Landmark Development Project with University of Ulm for Low-voltage Transmission-Electron-Microscopy (ULM/OBERKOCHEN, GERMANY AND PEABODY, MA) Announcements, Tools, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information, Imaging

Nanoscience pioneer Alivisatos to deliver Compton lecture (ST LOUIS, MO) Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Probing and Controlling ‘Molecular Rattling’ May Mean Better Preservatives (GAITHERSBURG, MD) Discoveries, Announcements, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, News and information

Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing (GAITHERSBURG, MD) Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Omnibus Appropriations Bill Includes $1M to Expand National Research Center at UAlbany NanoCollege (ALBANY, NY) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Academic/Education, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information

Nanotechnologists Gain Powerful New Materials Probe (GAITHERSBURG, MD) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Tools, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Researchers Demonstrate Novel ‘Quantum Data Buffering’ Scheme (GAITHERSBURG, MD) Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

NanoInk Launches Nanoarray Fabrication System (SKOKIE, IL) Announcements, Tools, Events/Classes, Printing/Lithography/Inkjet, News and information

20 Electronics Industry Leaders Collaborate to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Design for e-beam Technology (SAN JOSE, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

February 24th, 2009

Team develops new metamaterial device: Solid-state metamaterial device tames terahertz frequency (CHESTNUT HILL, MA) Discoveries, Announcements, Law enforcement/Anti-Counterfeiting/Security/Loss prevention, News and information, Imaging

Could gold-palladium nanoparticles revolutionise hydrogen peroxide production? (EUROPE) Discoveries, Announcements, Chemistry, News and information

TOK Signs an LOI to Join SEMATECH for Joint Development on Next Generation Photoresists for EUV Lithography (ALBANY, NY AND AUSTIN, TX) Chip Technology, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

IBM, Applied Materials and UAlbany NanoCollege to Develop Process Modeling Technology for Manufacturing 22nm Chips (SANTA CLARA, CA AND ALBANY, NY) Chip Technology, Announcements, Academic/Education, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Lockheed Martin Seeks Partners in Developing Clean and Nano Technology Solutions at Upcoming TechConnect World Symposia (CAMBRIDGE, MA) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing, Energy, Events/Classes, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Excited Atoms Advance Quantum Computing (ARLINGTON, VA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

QuantumSphere Awarded Research Grant to Turn Algae into Biofuels (SANTA ANA, CA) Announcements, Energy, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

Microfluidic Device Mimics Tumor Microenvironment, Helps Drug Discovery Efforts (BETHESDA, MD) Discoveries, Announcements, News and information, Microfluidics/Nanofluidics

Nanoparticles Detect Dying Cancer Cells (BETHESDA, MD) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information, Imaging

Radiolabeled Nanoparticles Boost PET-CT Combo Imaging (BETHESDA, MD) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information, Imaging

Targeted Nanospheres Find, Penetrate, Then Fuel Burning of Melanoma (BETHESDA, MD) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Pack 'Em In—Gold Nanoparticles Improve Gene Regulation (BETHESDA, MD) Discoveries, Announcements, Nanobiotechnology, News and information

Léti and Brewer Science create a common laboratory for new 3-D stacking and MEMS process flows (GRENOBLE, FRANCE) MEMS, Chip Technology, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

BioNanomatrix revolutionary whole genome analysis platform named to MIT Technology Review's annual 10 emerging technologies list (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

Reflecting on the Many Uses of Glass (ARLINGTON, VA) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, News and information

KLA-Tencor Declares Regular Cash Dividend for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 (MILPITAS, CA) Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology, Announcements, Tools, Financial Reports, News and information

Case Western Reserve researchers develop 'wireless' activation of brain circuits (CLEVELAND, O) Discoveries, Announcements, Brain-Computer Interfaces, News and information

IMEC Joins the SOI Industry Consortium (BOSTON, MA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Cambridge NanoTech Founder to Be Honored at Upcoming Mass High Tech “Women to Watch” Event (CAMBRIDGE, MA) Announcements, Tools, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

February 23rd, 2009

National Science Board to Discuss Spending and Oversight of NSF's $3 Billion Stimulus to Invest in America's Scientific Enterprise (ARLINGTON, VA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, News and information

Making the Smallest, Most Perfect Polymer Films (AMHERST, MA) Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, Self Assembly, News and information

NanoWorld AFM probes brochure now available in nine languages (NEUCHâTEL, SWITZERLAND) Announcements, Tools, News and information, Imaging

Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation (VIENNA, AUSTRIA) Discoveries, Announcements, Nanobiotechnology, News and information

New Phase in Qatar’s R&D Program: HH Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned to inaugurate Qatar’s hub for technology innovation (QATAR) Announcements, Academic/Education, Events/Classes, News and information

Rick Wills Named a Director at FEI Company (HILLSBORO, OR) Announcements, Tools, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, News and information, Imaging

February 21st, 2009

Journal of Nano Education (ORLANDO, FL) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Academic/Education, News and information

Nanometrics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results (MILPITAS, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Tools, Financial Reports, News and information

February 20th, 2009

Doty receives NSF award for work on quantum dot molecules (NEWARK, DE) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Academic/Education, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, Quantum Dots/Rods, News and information

TCTech Granted Patent on Wet Coil Technology (STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN) Materials, Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing, News and information

US-African and Caribbean Nanotechnology Initiative (USACANI) (TRINIDAD) Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

February 19th, 2009

Thin Film Silicon Mass Production Ahead of Schedule: Sun Well Solar’s facility outperforms with Oerlikon Solar’s thin film technology (TAIPEI, TAIWAN AND TRUBBACH, SWITZERLAND) Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

New 'bubble' targets only cancer cells (TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Nanoparticles get svelter in the heat: Scientists have discovered magnetic nanoparticles that, unlike most materials, shrink when they are heated (JAPAN) Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, News and information

Enable IPC Corporation's Subsidiary, SolRayo, Opens New Ultracapacitor Manufacturing Facility in Madison (MADISON, WI) Announcements, Battery Technology/Capacitors/Generators/Piezoelectrics, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information

Nanyang Technological University and Carl Zeiss Announce Strategic Partnership and Collaboration (SINGAPORE) Academic/Education, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information, Imaging

Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are (ITHACA, NY) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information, Imaging

Duralor releases cubic boron nitride coatings changes metal machining industry: Described as “Holy Grail” of coatings. (SPRINGDALE, AR) Materials, Announcements, Automotive/Transportation, News and information

February 18th, 2009

New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, Quantum Dots/Rods, News and information, Imaging

Industrial Nanotech Begins Work With US Army (NAPLES, FL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Materials, Announcements, Military, News and information

Leading Vietnamese Scooter Manufacturer Selects KMA’s High-Performance Electric Motor (AUSTIN, TX) Announcements, Automotive/Transportation, New-Contracts/Sales/Customers, News and information

Former Rice University President Malcolm Gillis Joins nanoTox Board (AUSTIN, TX) Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information

James P. Moniz Joins Nanometrics as Chief Financial Officer (MILPITAS, CA) Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, News and information

NanoBio Corporation Raises $12 Million in Series B Financing (ANN ARBOR, MI) Announcements, VC/Funding/Angel financing/Loans/Leases, News and information

Montemagno Keynotes the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry (EDMONTON, AB, CANADA) Materials, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Arrowhead CEO Comments on Recent Nasdaq Letter (PASADENA, CA) Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements, News and information

"NanoRegulation - Anticipating the Smallest Threats and the Largest Opportunities" (SACRAMENTO, CA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Baytubes® for improved energy efficiency and CO2 balance (LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY) Materials, Announcements, Energy, Events/Classes, Construction

Partnership between Bayer MaterialScience, Alcan, PEAK and Zoz: Baytubes® carbon nanotubes enhance the properties of aluminum Nearly as strong as stee (LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Materials, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Newport Media Announces World’s First 65nm System-on-Chip (SoC) for China’s CMMB Mobile TV (LAKE FOREST, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, News and information

February 17th, 2009

SRC and IMEC sign a MOU to jointly accelerate green manufacturing progress for semiconductor industry (RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC AND LEUVEN, BELGIUM) Chip Technology, Announcements, Environment, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Javelin Design Automation and IMEC extend Javelin PathFinding design technology for 3D stacked ICs (SARATOGA, CA AND LEUVEN, BELGIUM) Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, Research partnerships, News and information

New student team aims to create biomachines that destroy pollutants, cancer cells (ITHACA, NY) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, Environment, News and information, Synthetic Biology

API Nanotronics Board of Directors Authorizes Stock Buyback (NEW YORK, NY) Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements, News and information

Industrial Nanotech Enters Greenhouse Industry with Product that Makes Greenhouses "Greener" and More Profitable (NAPLES, FL) Materials, Announcements, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, News and information

SEMATECH Partners with Metrosol on Advanced Gate Stack Research at UAlbany NanoCollege (ALBANY, NY AND AUSTIN, TX) Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Cheaper materials could be key to low-cost solar cells (BERKELEY, CA) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Baker & Daniels Lawyer Writes Two Chapters in New Nanotechnology Book (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Events/Classes, News and information, Legal

Nanoparticles Double Their Chances of Getting Into Sticky Situations (UK) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, Nanobiotechnology, Chemistry, News and information

February 16th, 2009

Texas Instruments extends OMAP(TM) 3 family with 45-nm products to address a broad range of mobile performance needs (BARCELONA, SPAIN) Chip Technology, Announcements, News and information

Scientists prove graphene's edge structure affects electronic properties (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

UNM Seeks Legislative Money to Move Nan-Bio Engineering Projects From the Lab to the Marketplace (ALBUQUERQUE, NM) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Academic/Education, News and information

Nagano Techno Foundation and NanoQuébec sign a five - year partnership agreement (MONTREAL, CANADA) Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Journal Nanotechnology Progress International (JONPI):Request for Manuscript (ITHACA, NY) Announcements, News and information

A new centre will generate the scientists needed for Britain's future (CAMBRIDGE, UK) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Academic/Education, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information

Lasers achieve world record tunability (TEMPE, AZ) Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information

Nano 4 Life Conference Explores Key Areas in Life-Science Nanotechnology (LONDON, UK) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Events/Classes, News and information

February 15th, 2009

Cray Reports 2008 Annual and Fourth Quarter Results: Company Posts Record Annual Revenue and Gross Profit (SEATTLE, WA) Announcements, Financial Reports, Events/Classes, News and information

February 14th, 2009

Arrowhead Receives Notification of Minimum Stockholders' Equity Non-Compliance from the Nasdaq Stock Market (PASADENA, CA) Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements, News and information

Nanoparticle toxicity doesn't get wacky at the smallest sizes: Big and small nanoparticles affect most genes similarly (CHICAGO, IL) Discoveries, Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, Events/Classes, News and information, Laboratories

“Lifeboat Foundation Nanoshield” is now translated into Russian (MINDEN, NV) Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information, Blog sites

Panel ponders healthy donuts, education during AAAS nano-biotechnology session (CHICAGO, IL) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, Events/Classes, News and information

New Textiles. R&D in the Textile – Clothing - Technical Textiles Industry (BRUSSELS, BELGIUM) Announcements, Textiles/Clothing, Events/Classes, News and information

February 13th, 2009

NanoInk reinforces leadership of NanoFabrication market with the launch of its DPN 5000 desktop nanofabrication system (SKOKIE, IL) MEMS, Announcements, Tools, Printing/Lithography/Inkjet, News and information

Hamster power: Nanogenerators produce electricity from running rodents and tapping fingers (ATLANTA, GA) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, Videos, News and information

Nanoscopic changes to pancreatic cells reveal cancer: New spectroscopy technique may help detect deadly disease early (WASHINGTON, DC) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information, Imaging

A new kind of counting: Göttingen-based scientists are developing a computer algorithm to solve previously unsolvable counting problems (MUNICH, GERMANY) Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

February 12th, 2009

Making the switch for DNA: New switches could lead the way in controlling DNA duplex formation with potential nanotechnology applications (JAPAN) Molecular Machines, Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, Molecular Nanotechnology, News and information

Spin currents: pure and clean: Switching the orientation of magnetization in a thin metallic film can be achieved using the diffusion of electron spin (JAPAN) Spintronics, Chip Technology, Memory Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Penn State Receives $5 Million NSF Grant For Nanotech Applications and Career Knowledge Center (UNIVERSITY PARK, PA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Academic/Education, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

Arrowhead Research Corporation President & CEO to Attend Roth Capital Partners Conference (PASADENA, CA) Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

New silver-based ink has applications in electronics, researchers say (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, Printing/Lithography/Inkjet, News and information

'Science:' Novel quantum effect directly observed and explained (GERMANY) Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, Quantum nanoscience, News and information

DNA 'nanotubes' spark interest (TEMPE, AZ) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Applied Materials Showcases Solar Powered “Carbon Free” Transportation (SANTA CLARA, CA) Announcements, Energy, Automotive/Transportation, Events/Classes, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

American Chemical Society publications win prestigious awards (WASHINGTON, DC) Announcements, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

Love on the nanoscale: nanoTox Meets with Potential Joint Venture Partners in Japan (AUSTIN, TX) Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, VC/Funding/Angel financing/Loans/Leases, News and information

Yuri Udaltsov appointed as RUSNANO board member, Director for Innovation-based Development (MOSCOW, RUSSIA) Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, News and information

Strength through diversity (GERMANY) Chip Technology, Announcements, Events/Classes, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

Intel to Invest $7 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing Facilities: 2-Year Plan to Focus on Leading-Edge Technologies (WASHINGTON, DC) Chip Technology, Announcements, Industrial, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information

Biobanks will provide "electronic specimens" for medical Research (SPAIN) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

February 11th, 2009

UT Dallas Alumnus and Pioneering Entrepreneur to Speak on the Business of Nanotechnology (DALLAS, TX) Announcements, Academic/Education, Events/Classes, News and information

IMEC Launches Next Generation Manufacturing Study Possible Futures, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches (UNIVERSITY PARK, PA) Molecular Machines, Chip Technology, Memory Technology, Nanoelectronics, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Multi Billion Worldwide Optical, Transmission TEM, and Scanning SEM Electron Microscope Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015 (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Tools, News and information, Imaging

RUSNANO delegation to visit Finland between February 11 and 13 (MOSCOW, RUSSIA AND FINLAND) Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Trade agreements/negotiations, News and information

Yale engineers revolutionize nano-device fabrication using amorphous metals (NEW HAVEN, CT) Memory Technology, Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, Sensors, News and information

Veeco Announces 7th Annual International Nanoscience Conference (PLAINVIEW, NY) Announcements, Tools, Events/Classes, News and information, Imaging

Nanotech Development in Cuba Strategic (HAVANA, CUBA) Announcements, Academic/Education, News and information

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) Reports Fourth Quarter Diluted EPS of $0.68. Ends 2008 With Record Sales and Earnings and Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend (ST LOUIS, MO) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Financial Reports, News and information

NanoMarkets Announces New Upcoming Report on Transparent Conductors Including Indium Tin Oxide and ITO Replacement (GLEN ALLEN, VA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

Nanotechnology Innovations from Israel and Abroad Showcased in the First International Nano Conference Hosted in Israel (TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

SEMATECH Experts Report Progress on Enabling EUVL at SPIE ( ALBANY, NY AND AUSTIN, TX) Chip Technology, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Events/Classes, News and information

Stimulus Debate Highlights Need for Focus on Nanotech Risks: New nano reauthorization bill includes crucial safety research mandates (WASHINGTON, DC) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information

Leader in high-tech civil and military systems architecture - The French company EPSILON sets up operations in Greater Montréal (MONTREAL, CANADA) Announcements, Energy, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information

London Travel – in Miniature! - The BNC creates the London NanotubeTM, the smallest map of the London Underground (LONDON, UK) Announcements, Human Interest/Art, News and information

NSLS-II Contract Will Mean Hundreds of Jobs for Long Island (UPTON, NY) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Tools, Jobs, Openings/New facilities/Groundbreaking/Expansion, News and information, Imaging, Laboratories

Luna Research on Solar Cell Technology Published in Nature Materials (ROANOKE, VA) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL) Topical Microbicide Field Receives a Boost with Human Efficacy Result (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, News and information

February 10th, 2009

Move Over Platinum; University of Dayton Researcher Finds a Cheaper Way to Make Longer-Lasting Fuel Cells (DAYTON, OH) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, Fuel Cells, News and information

How Do You Build a Synthetic Brain?: USC electrical engineers attempt to create cortical neurons that can communicate with each other. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, Artificial Intelligence, News and information

Applied NanoWorks Develops FlexBTM Flame Retardant: Achieves UL-94 V-0 Ratings at Low-Load Levels (MALTA, NY) Materials, Announcements, News and information

Delivery Mechanisms for Large Molecule Drugs: Successes and failures of leading technologies and key drivers for market success (NEW YORK, NY) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

Good Prospects of Finding a Cure for HIV/AIDS in The Next Decade Reveals Report (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

Nanotechnology Public Interest Group Appoints Dr. J. Storrs Hall President: Foresight Institute to examine transformative technologies (PALO ALTO, CA) Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

CU-Boulder Stanford collaborate in optical nanoscopy breakthrough (BOULDER, CO) Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information, Imaging

Measuring Excitement for Carbon Nanotubes (ARLINGTON, VA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

colorPol® polarizers with new broadband AR (anti-reflection) - coating (GERMANY) Announcements, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information, Imaging

Research Highlights Potential for Improved Solar Cells: Certain nanocrystals shown to generate more than one electron after absorbing a single photon (LOS ALAMOS, NM) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Cancer Diagnosis: Now in 3-D (SEATTLE, WA) Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, News and information, Imaging

Luminescent Advances Computational Lithography Lead (PALO ALTO, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Printing/Lithography/Inkjet, News and information

New technique boosts protein NMR imaging speeds (CHICAGO) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, News and information, Imaging

Nanotools - Global Strategic Business Report 2009 Provides Separate Comprehensive Analytics for the US (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Tools, News and information, Imaging

February 9th, 2009

Arrowhead Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results (PASADENA, CA) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Nanomedicine, Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, Financial Reports, Events/Classes, News and information

Asylum Research Speakers Featured in Piezoresponse Session at MRS Spring Meeting (SANTA BARBARA, CA) Announcements, Tools, Events/Classes, News and information, Imaging

nanoTox Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. David Hobson, to Speak on Nano Environmental Health and Safety at Rice University (AUSTIN, TX) Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, Events/Classes, News and information

Carbon nanotube avalanche process nearly doubles current (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Chip Technology, Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Nanoelectronics, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

IMEC reports low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Tailor-made recombinant proteins in mammals: Aldehyde tags put chemical modifications where they’re needed (BERKELEY, CA) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Picosun part of project to dramatically increase the efficiency of solar cells (HELSINKI, FINLAND) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Tools, Energy, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

February 8th, 2009

Revolutionary microchip uses 30 times less power: 'Probabilistic' logic allows computer chip to run faster, use less power (HOUSTON, TX) Chip Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Scripps scientists create first crystal structure of an intermediate particle in virus assembly (SAN DIEGO, CA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Conference: Applications of micro and nanosensors in security, health and environmental monitoring (TEDDINGTON, UK) Announcements, Sensors, Events/Classes, News and information

New EU-funded research reveals how influenza virus hijacks human cells (FRANCE) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

February 7th, 2009

Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging (CLEVELAND, OH) Discoveries, Announcements, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, News and information

Extensive Cytogenetics Report on the Main Technologies, Markets and Companies (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

QD Vision's Quantum Light™ Platform Surpasses Brightness, Efficiency and Lifetime Performance Thresholds (WATERTOWN, MA) Announcements, Quantum Dots/Rods, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

Applied Scintillation Technologies Upgrades In-House QC Facilities (UK) Announcements, Tools, News and information, Imaging

February 5th, 2009

FEI Reports Sequential Increase in Fourth Quarter Sales and Net Income: Earnings Per Share Grew from $0.11 in Q3 to $0.20 in Q4 (HILLSBORO, OR) Announcements, Tools, Financial Reports, News and information, Imaging

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays (CHAMPAIGN, IL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Discoveries, Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing, Military, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

UAlbany NanoCollege Hosts Foreign Trade Commissioners (ALBANY, NY) Announcements, Academic/Education, Trade agreements/negotiations, News and information

Ultra-fine oil-and-water emulsion may succeed where antibiotics fail, lab tests suggest (ANN ARBOR, MI) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Test tube chemistry inside a carbon nanotube (UK) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Discoveries, Announcements, Chemistry, News and information

Spin currents heat up: Long-range spin currents induced by heat herald a new era for spintronic applications (JAPAN) Spintronics, Discoveries, Announcements, Quantum nanoscience, News and information

Bonding for color: Unscrambling the link between molecular bonding and distributing pigment leads to potential therapeutics for a rare skin disease (JAPAN) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Research and Markets: Drug Delivery Technology - Revolutionizing CNS Therapies (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

A Better Mesh: Researchers ‘Tighten’ Body's Protective Coating (BALTIMORE, MD) Discoveries, Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information

NRL researchers control the spin of semiconductor quantum dot shell states (WASHINGTON, DC) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Quantum Computing, Discoveries, Announcements, Self Assembly, Quantum Dots/Rods, Quantum nanoscience, News and information, Laboratories

Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein (UK) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Heinlein Trust and SpaceX Announce Competition to Promote Research Innovation in Zero Gravity (HOUSTON, TX) Announcements, Aerospace/Space, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

University of Maryland Announces 17 Research Projects Involving Faculty, Maryland Companies to Develop New Commercial Products (COLLEGE PARK, MD) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Nanomedicine, Academic/Education, Sensors, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, News and information

Asylum Research Sponsors AFM Workshop at Georgia Tech Feb. 12-13 (SANTA BARBARA, CA) Announcements, Tools, Academic/Education, Events/Classes, News and information, Imaging

Abraxis BioScience Launches ABRAXANE in Germany: ABRAXANE Now Available in Germany and the United Kingdom with Additional EU Countries to Follow in 20 (LOS ANGELES, CA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Nanotube's 'tapestry' controls its growth: PNAS study answers longstanding mystery about carbon nanomaterials (HOUSTON, TX) Nanotubes/Buckyballs, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

RainDance Technologies Announces Commercial Release of its Sequence Enrichment Solution (LEXINGTON, MA) Nanomedicine, Announcements, News and information

February 4th, 2009

Yissum Announces Nanotechnology for Increased Bioavailability of Compounds Wins Prestige Award (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) Announcements, Food/Agriculture/Supplements, Personal Care, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

SVTC Announces 300 mm CMP Partnership with Entrepix (SAN JOSE, CA) Chip Technology, Announcements, Tools, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, News and information

Alvand Technologies Announces Industry’s Lowest Power, Smallest Die-Area Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) Intellectual Property (IP) Solution in Adva (SANTA CLARA, CA) Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing, News and information

Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views (SALT LAKE CITY, UT) Announcements, Tools, Aerospace/Space, News and information, Imaging

Lyceum Society: Science Turns to a Morphological Analysis (NEW YORK, NY) Announcements, Events/Classes, News and information

Nanotubes Trigger Biochemical “Cross Talk” for Consumer Protection Tests (WASHINGTON, DC) Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, Research partnerships, News and information

PMI Unveils New Fuel Cell Porometer (ITHACA, NY) Energy, Fuel Cells, News and information

SAFENANO Appoints Director of Operations (UK) Announcements, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information

New Versatile Tomography Solution for Life Sciences on JEOL Transmission Electron Microscopes (PEABODY, MA) Announcements, Tools, News and information, Imaging

New Product From Fluidinova (MOREIRA DA MAIA, PORTUGAL) Products, Nanomedicine, Announcements, News and information

Project PILLS (MOREIRA DA MAIA, PORTUGAL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Materials, Announcements, Industrial, News and information

February 3rd, 2009

Risk-Management Policies Needed Now in Nanotechnology, Insighter Piece Concludes; FDLI Sponsors Nanotechnology Meeting, Publishes Book on FDA-Regulate (WASHINGTON, DC) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, Events/Classes, News and information

Super-Resolution Microscopy Takes on a Third Dimension (CHEVY CHASE, MD) Discoveries, Announcements, Tools, Videos, News and information, Imaging

Energix's Micro Gas-To-Liquids Concept Produces Synfuels at Lower Costs: Low-Temp Production Reduces Capital Cost, Potentially Enables Mobile Producti (ANAHEIM, CA) Announcements, Energy, News and information

Improving Nanoparticle Risk Management (MONTREAL, CANADA) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Safety-Nanoparticles/Risk management, News and information

Steelers Black or Cardinals Red? Paint Your Ride in Seconds with Nanotechnology (MATERIALS PARK, OH) Materials, Announcements, Automotive/Transportation, News and information

Structure and Dynamics of Membranous Interfaces Presents A Unique Snapshot Of What Is Known In The Field (DUBLIN, IRELAND) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

EMSL Provides the Most Complete Materials Testing Laboratory Services to Meet Industry Needs (WESTMONT, NJ) Announcements, Chemistry, News and information, Laboratories

Nano-structured parts (GERMANY) Discoveries, Materials, Announcements, Energy, News and information

Nanoscopic static electricity generates chiral patterns (CHICAGO, IL) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Discoveries, Announcements, Chemistry, News and information, Biomimetics

Springer Launches AuthorMapper.com, Offers More Than 30,000 eBooks (NEW YORK, NY) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, News and information

How a Cell’s Mitotic Motors Direct Key Life Processes (AMHERST, MA) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Arrowhead Research Corporation to Report Fiscal First Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Monday, February 9th (PASADENA, CA) Announcements, Financial Reports, Events/Classes, News and information

The Singularity University is launched! (MINDEN, NV) Possible Futures, Announcements, Academic/Education, Artificial Intelligence, News and information

UCR, Aarhus University Joint Research Project Provides Gripping Results (RIVERSIDE, CA) Discoveries, Announcements, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, Research partnerships, Videos, News and information

February 2nd, 2009

New book from AIAA explores space drives, warp drives (RESTON, VA) Announcements, Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts, Aerospace/Space, News and information

Rice rolls out new nanocars: Fluorescent imaging shows models operate at room temperature (HOUSTON, TX) Molecular Machines, Announcements, Academic/Education, Human Interest/Art, Videos, News and information

Agilent Technologies and National University of Ireland, Galway, Open Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility (SANTA CLARA, CA AND GALWAY, IRELAND) Announcements, Tools, Academic/Education, Alliances/Partnerships/Distributorships, New-Contracts/Sales/Customers, News and information

CAS Launches Photovoltaic Research Initiative (BEIJING, CHINA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL) Quarterly Activities Report to Dec 31, 2008 (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA)

UCLA scientists develop 'crystal ball' for personalized cancer treatment (LOS ANGELES, CA) Nanomedicine, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information

Sustainable Energy, 'Perfect' Liquids, and Ancient Secrets at AAAS: Presentations of science from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National (CHICAGO, IL) Announcements, Energy, Events/Classes, News and information, Laboratories

nGimat Awarded US Department of Energy SBIR Phase II to Develop Insulation for Superconducting Nb3Sn Wire (ATLANTA, GA) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Announcements, Grants/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records, News and information

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Announces Solar Energy Application for Company's Patented Nansulate Products (NAPLES, FL) Materials, Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, News and information

Did You Say Flexible Electronics? - Organic electronic devices possible with supercritical carbon dioxide process (ARLINGTON, VA) Discoveries, Announcements, Energy, Solar/Photovoltaic, Display technology/LEDs/SS Lighting/OLEDs, News and information

North Wales company on mission to Mars (SWANSEA, UK) Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy, Aerospace/Space, Photonics/Optics/Lasers, News and information

Diamond Coated Cubic Zirconia (LOS ANGELES, CA) Products, Announcements, News and information

February 1st, 2009

New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage (ARGONNE, IL) Memory Technology, Discoveries, Announcements, News and information, Laboratories