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EV Group Unveils Next-Generation UV-Nanoimprint Lithography (UV-NIL) Step and Repeat System

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today unveiled its next-generation UV-nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) step and repeat...

13 Jul 2009

Waikato University Unveils Two New Microscopes Worth $1.5 Million

Waikato University has unveiled two new microscopes to the world. A $1 million Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope replaces its 20-year-old predecessor and comes with a cryogenic preparation unit, allowing it to examine hydrated samples of materials such as liquids or plant matter. It is capable of viewing material down to less than a 1000th of a millimetre.

13 Jul 2009

Veeco Joins Microsystems Industry Group and Donates Optical Profiler

Veeco Instruments (Plainview, NY) has joined the Microsystems Industrial Group (MIG), an exclusive member industry consortium formed by Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) in Cambridge, MA. As part of this collabo...

From Veeco 13 Jul 2009

SECO Warwick to Open New Test Facility to Help HVAC Manufacturers Change fom Copper to Aluminum

Citing the need for HVAC/R manufacturers to change production from copper to aluminum condensers and evaporators, SECO/WARWICK S. A. is scheduled to open a new test facility in September 2009 to allow customers to run trials and prototype cores.

10 Jul 2009

Development of New Class of Optical Silicones Wins Innovation Award

Wacker Chemie AG bestowed its annual “Alexander Wacker Innovation Award” on Dr. Philipp Müller yesterday for his development of a new class of high-performance optical silicones. Uniquely, these novel silicone elastomers allow optical lenses for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to be produced directly on an LED chip.

From Wacker Chemie AG 10 Jul 2009

Arkema Appoint Distributor for Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Products

Arkema has appointed Hamburg-based Velox GmbH as distributor for its Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotube products. In 2006, Arkema inaugurated Europe's first plant capable of producing 20 tons per year of mu...

10 Jul 2009

Surgical Adhesives Tailored to Specific Applications

Surgical adhesives, which can be used to seal tissues after an operation or to repair wounds, are becoming increasingly important parts of a doctor's toolkit. However, their one-size-fits-all nature means that existing adhesives, or glues, work well in some cases but not in others.

10 Jul 2009

BHP Billiton Start Alumina Production at Brazillian Refinery Expansion

BHP Billiton today announced first production from the expansion of the Alumar alumina refinery in Brazil. The project, which involved upgrading the existing plant to eliminate bottlenecks and adding an extra line, is no...

From BHP 10 Jul 2009

Spray-On Radiant Heat Barrier Coating Available to Texas Home Owners

Austin 360 Roofing, a leading, Texas-based roofing company, has extended its energy efficiency product and service offerings to central Texas customers by supplying a spray-on radiant heat barrier. The company has partne...

10 Jul 2009

Left Overs from Beer Making Used to Create Steam and Biogas

Wolfgang Bengel, the technical director at German biomass company BMP Biomasse Projekt, saw a business opportunity in solving the breweries' grain waste headache. He reasoned that the leftover grain could be used to ...

10 Jul 2009

Teachers go into Camp to Better Help Students Understand Materials Science

Twenty-seven teachers became students for a week in June during Materials Camp for Teachers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their goal was to learn how to help their pupils to better understand...

10 Jul 2009

Sandia gets Four New Solar Power Collection Dishes

Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Called SunCatchers™, the new dishes have a refined design that will be used in commercial-scale deployments of the units beginning in 2010.

10 Jul 2009

Improved Undertanding of the Electrical Conduction through Single Molecules

Researchers from Graz University of Technology, Humboldt University in Berlin, M.I.T., Montan University in Leoben and Georgia Institute of Technology report an important advance in the understanding of electrical conduction through single molecules.

10 Jul 2009

Three New Fluorescence Attachments for Primo Star iLED Microscope

The Primo Star iLED microscope from Carl Zeiss is now available with three additional fluorescence attachments that allow users to work with different dyes such as FITC, Dapi and Rhodamine/Cy 3. This permits the use of the LED-based microscope for single fluorescence applications in training, routine procedures and basic research.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 10 Jul 2009

Researchers Measure Quantum Capcitance of Graphene for the First Time

In the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology Letters, Tao describes the first direct measurement of a fundamental property of graphene, known as quantum capacitance, using an electrochemical gate method. A better understanding of this crucial variable should prove invaluable to other investigators participating in what amounts to a gold rush of graphene research.

10 Jul 2009