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EPA Takes First Step in Filling Nanotech Information Gaps (Popularity:  )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The plan takes a positive first step by offering industry, non-governmental organizations and other groups the opportunity to voluntarily submit safety data on engineered nanoscale materials. According to Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) Director David Rejeski, "The information obtained under the stewardship program ...
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Europe Spends Nearly Twice as Much as U.S. on Nanotech Risk Research (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
A new analysis by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology. The analysis also highlights a substantial over-inflation of the federal government's nanotechnology risk-research investment figures for the U.S. The new PEN assessment of nanotechnology risk-relevant projects identified by the federal government's National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) for ...
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FDA Approves Orphan Drug Status for Revolutionary Cancer Drug for Children (Popularity: )
http://www.cureourchildren.org
The Cure Our Children Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation dedicated to children, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Orphan Drug Designation of the foundation's unique drug product for children with Ewing's Sarcoma cancer. The efforts to develop this drug were made possible by the generous volunteers and researchers in private industry and at two universities. Orphan Drug status allows for recognition of the ...
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FEI Introduces Advanced Wafer DualBeam(TM) With Stem (Popularity: )
http://www.fei.com
Following the success of its popular Expida(TM) 1255 wafer DualBeam(TM) system for semiconductor labs, FEI (Nasdaq: FEIC) has introduced the next-generation tool in the product family, the Expida 1255S. It is the first and only wafer DualBeam system to integrate wafer level STEM (scanning/transmission electron microscopy) sample preparation with ultra-high-resolution imaging and analysis in a single tool. The Expida 1255S features an advanced ion beam column for preparing TEM samples, ...
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FEI Receives $11.5 Million Order From Technical University of Denmark (Popularity: )
http://www.fei.com
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has placed an $11.5 million dollar order for seven FEI (Nasdaq: FEIC) microscopes that will form the core of the University's new Center for Electron Nanoscopy (CEN). The order represents the largest ever product sale for FEI and includes two Titan(TM) scanning/transmission electron microscopes (S/TEMs), a Tecnai(TM) 20S-Twin TEM, a Helios 600 NanoLab(TM) DualBeam, a Quanta(TM) 200 3D ESEM DualBeam, a Quanta FEG SEM ...
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First Nano Ships the First of Our EasyTube 6000 Series Deposition System Specifically Designed for the Research and University Laboratory Market (Popularity: )
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First Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corporation (Amex: CVV) has announced today the shipment of our first EasyTube 6000 Chemical Vapor Deposition system. The multi-tube EasyTube 6000 horizontal system is specifically designed for the Research, University and Laboratory market and is capable of processing up to 100 - 6" diameter or smaller wafers. The system is available with processes for research applications in the Semiconductor, MEM, Nanotechnology and Solar ...
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First Nano Ships UHV SiGe Nanowire System to CEA / Grenoble, France (Popularity: )
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First Nano, a division of CVD Equipment Corporation (Nasdaq: CVV), announced today the shipment of a Silicon-Germanium Chemical Vapor Deposition System to CEA Grenoble. The EasyTube 3000, Easy Gas and Easy Exhaust systems were configured specifically for Silicon-Germanium Nanowires and are, to the best of our knowledge, the first commercial turn-key system offered for this type of material growth. The CEA, French Atomic Energy Commission, is a public body established ...
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Ford Scientists Look to Nanotechnology for Performance, Fuel Economy Improvements (Popularity: )
http://www.ford.com
Ford (NYSE: F) is leaving no particle unturned in the quest for fuel efficiency. Ford scientists are embracing the burgeoning fields of nanotechnology in developing paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that allow Ford to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy without sacrificing quality. Company researchers plan to outline key ways Ford is leveraging nanoparticles to improve automotive materials during this week's 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit. "Industry ...
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds Organic Spintronics' Active R&D Efforts that Have Placed it at the Forefront of Spintronics-Based Innovation for Sensing Applications (Popularity: )
http://www.frost.com
Based on its recent analysis of the spintronics markets for sensor applications, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Organic Spintronics with the 2008 European Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for its discovery of organic spintronics by combining organic semiconductors with ferromagnetic materials.Most of the research in spintronics is centred on the use of inorganic semiconductors such as gallium arsenide, which are not suitable for room temperature operations. Organic Spintronics innovatively used ...
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Fujitsu Announces Breakthrough for Next-Generation HDD With Patterned Media (Popularity: )
http://www.fujitsu.com
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative computer products, today announced the results of a joint collaboration by Yamagata Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, and Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) to create ideally "ordered" alumina nanohole patterned media. In a world first, Fujitsu has achieved the basic read/write capability of ideally ordered alumina nanoholes on a 2.5" magnetic disk with a ...
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