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Air Product Fuel Hydrogen Racers

The 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour begins today, and Air Products' (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fueling technology will be key to making possible the 1,700-mile start-to-finish hydrogen powered vehicle trek from California to Vanco...

From Air Products PLC 27 May 2009

Air Liquide Solidifies Leading Supply Position in Photovoltaics Market

In a period of significant consolidation, leading Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers continue to invest in new capacity to cope with the next phase of demand growth, expected during 2010. In this context, Air Liquide sig...

27 May 2009

Corning to Receive Awards for Information Displays

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) will receive two industry awards during Display Week 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Information Display (SID), that will be held May 31 through June 5 in San Antonio, Texas...

27 May 2009

The State of Play with China's Semiconductor and Equipment Market

Mainland China’s cross-straits investment in Taiwan will help the island country to survive the global crisis and at the same time help fix its own IC market, according to the report “Mainland China’s Semiconductor and Equipment Markets,” recently published by The Information Network.

27 May 2009

Polymer Powder Coatings Manufacturer to Merge with Cloudtech Sensors

Extreme Mobile Coatings Worldwide Corp. ("Extreme") (OTCBB: EMWW) has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Cloudtech Sensors, Inc. ("Cloudtech"), an ...

27 May 2009

New Composites Being Developed for Operating in Extreme Environments

Material scientists are developing composites which are made of dissimilar materials in order to be able to offer new customised application profiles. Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU) have examined promising metal-matrix composites, which are very good conductors of heat and are able to withstand mechanical loads at elevated temperatures of up to 550 degrees and expand only very little with increasing temperature.

27 May 2009

Silver Nanoparticles Tested as an Alternative to Aspirin

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. Their study, scheduled for the June 23 issue of ACS Nano, a monthly journal, involves particles of silver - 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair - that are injected into the bloodstream.

27 May 2009

Nano-Hybrid Microcapsules Increase Effectiveness of Medicines

Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body's ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a "nano-hybrid microcapsule" that enables the stomach to absorb more of these so-called 'poorly-soluble" medicines. Their study is scheduled for the June 1 issue of ACS' Molecular Pharmaceutics, a bi-monthly journal.

27 May 2009

Arsenic to be Removed from Water Supply Using Nanorust

Rice University researchers today announced that the first field tests of "nanorust," the university's revolutionary, low-cost technology for removing arsenic from drinking water, will begin later this year...

27 May 2009

mPhase Battery Technology Recognized in Sensor Report

mPhase Technologies, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., is focused on developing and commercializing a new battery technology based on a well-patented phenomenon known as electrowetting, was recently featured in the Swiss publication "Sensor Report" which is one of the most popular technical trade journals for sensor technologies throughout the German speaking countries in Europe.

27 May 2009

Toxic Mercury Detectable in Tiny Quantities Using Nanotechnology

RMIT University researchers have used breakthrough nanotechnology to create a pioneering sensor that can precisely measure one of the world's most poisonous substances, mercury.

27 May 2009

ANL Scientist Awarded Fellowship for Work on Nanomaterials

U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist Tiffany Santos has been awarded a L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science for her work in materials science at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

27 May 2009

Reliability of MEMS Handbook Just Released

Research and Markets, leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of handbook on the "Reliability of MEMS" to their offering. This first book to cover exclus...

27 May 2009

Miniature Gas Sensor Made from SnO2 Nanocrystals and Carbon Nanotubes

Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials staff in the Nanofabrication + Devices Group together with collaborative users from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have fabricated a miniaturized gas sensor using hybrid nanostructures consisting of SnO2 nanocrystals supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).

27 May 2009

New Technology Reduces the Cost of Producing Copper DRAM and Flash Memory Chips

Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) is a leading provider of advanced process equipment for the global semiconductor industry, has developed the IONX XL (eXtended Life) Ta(N) barrier process for the 3x/2xnm memory node, based on Novellus' PVD Hollow Cathode Magnetron (HCM) deposition technology.

27 May 2009