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Silver Nanoparticles Help Identify Problems in the Human Body as Well as Man-Made Materials

In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses "silver nanoparticle" ...

25 Feb 2009

Super Thin Carbon Films Taking the World by Storm

Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digi...

25 Feb 2009

Keithley to Phase Out Semiconductor Test Equipment Range

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, today announced that it is discontinuing its S600 Series parametric test product line. The Company will continue...

From Keithley Instruments - Electronic Instruments 25 Feb 2009

PPG Ships 20-Millionth Square-Foot of Solar Control Low-e Glass

PPG Industries
has shipped its 20-millionth square-foot of Solarban 70XL glass.
Introduced in 2006 as the world's first triple-silver-coated, solar control
low-e glass, Solarban 70XL.

From PPG Industries Inc. 25 Feb 2009

BaySpec Introduce New NIR Raman Spectrograph

AMS Technologies announces
that BaySpec, Inc. has introduced the latest in its line of high performance
SuperGamut NIR spectral engines, the Nunavut long-wavelength NIR raman spectrograph.

25 Feb 2009

Award-Winning Interactive Guide to Working Safely with Beryllium-Containing Available Online

The award-winning Interactive Guide to Working Safely with Beryllium and Beryllium-containing
Materials is now available on the Brush
Wellman Inc. website.

25 Feb 2009

High Purity Metals and Materials Supplier Push into Japanese Market

Goodfellow,
a leading global supplier of metals and materials for research and product design,
has announced the appointment of three distributors as part of the expansion
of the Company's sales and marketing activities in Japan.

From Goodfellow Corporation 25 Feb 2009

High Output High Intensity LED's in a Very Small Package

DOMINANT's
newest LED product series, Primax, is designed to provide high intensity light
output in a very small package optimized for applications where space is a premium.

24 Feb 2009

Unique Tool Quickly Identifies Potential Applications of New Materials

Researchers at the National

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The Johns Hopkins University

have constructed a unique tool for exploring the properties of promising new

materials with unprecedented sensitivity and speed-potentially allowing them

to identify quickly those most useful for nanotechnology and industrial applications.

24 Feb 2009

Neutral Rubidium Atoms Made to Act Like Charged Particles

Neutral atoms-having no net electric charge-usually don't act very dramatically around a magnetic field. But by "dressing them up" with light, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaborati...

24 Feb 2009

QuantumSpehere to Develop Nanocatalysts to Convert Biomass into Biofuel

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, high-performance electrode systems, and related process chemistries for portable power and clean-tech applications, today announced that it was awa...

24 Feb 2009

BTU to Supply Thermal Processing Equipment to Major Thin Film Photovoltaic Manufacturer

BTU International (Nasdaq: BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, announced the receipt of an order from a new, major, thin fi...

24 Feb 2009

Engineered Metamaterial Functions as State-of-the-Art Device in the Electromagnetic Spectrum

An engineered metamaterial proved it can function as a state-of-the-art device in the complex terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, setting a standard of performance for modulating tiny waves of radiation, acc...

24 Feb 2009

Carbon Nanotube Based Thin Film Transistors Printed with Aerosol Jet Technology

Optomec announced today that its Aerosol Jet system has been used to fully print Carbon NanoTube (CNT) based Thin Film Transistors (TFT) with operating frequencies over 5 Gigahertz (GHz). The work was conducted in collab...

24 Feb 2009

Simple Clean Method Found for Producing Hydrogen Peroxide

EU-funded scientists have developed a simpler, cleaner method of producing

hydrogen peroxide (H202), which is widely used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

24 Feb 2009