11/02/2007 Codon Devices Inc. has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop an integrated microfluidics platform for significantly reducing the cost and complexity of building complex DNA fragments.
11/01/2007 November 1, 2007 - Qimonda AG says it has begun sending customers of what it calls the industry's first samples of 512Mb DDR5 graphics processors.
11/01/2007 ; EV Group (EVG) has successfully installed its 500th bond chamber and 100th automated production wafer bonder for high-volume manufacturing (HVM). In related MEMS news, EVG also announced today that it is the Platinum sponsor of the MEMS Executive Congress, which will be held November 4-5, 2007, in Del Mar, CA.
11/01/2007 ; The Power Sources Manufacturers Association PSMA has undertaken a special project to survey the power-supply-in-package (PSiP) and power-supply-on-chip (PSoC) landscape and to provide insight to both PSMA members and the broader industry as to the potential impact of this scientific revolution on the power industry.
11/01/2007 ; Ultratech Inc., a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, has received an order from Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) for its 300mm, advanced-packaging lithography system.
11/01/2007 Boston Micromachines Corp., a provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror products for adaptive optics systems, has been awarded a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
11/01/2007 Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction -- or be an enormous missed opportunity -- according to two industry experts.
11/01/2007 Teneo Micro Instruments has launched its TM70xx line of mechanically actuated microtools, which integrates and augments standard microprobe and micromanipulator stations and requires no electrical or thermal power.
11/01/2007 A variety of approaches to nano- and micro-engineering have begun to yield portable fuel cells-with dramatic cost and size advantages-for niche markets
11/01/2007 In August, the FDA proposed a rule that would amend the final monograph for over-the-counter sunscreen products and specifically solicits comment on “the safety and effectiveness of sunscreen ingredients formulated in particle sizes as small as a few nanometers.
11/01/2007 Two images resulting from scientific work at IBM’s labs are part of an art exhibit at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Va. U.S.
11/01/2007 Hans Näf joined a low-key celebration typical of the Swiss to commemorate completion of one of the world’s first certified risk-management systems for nanotechnology companies.
Teneo Micro Instruments has launched its TM70xx line of mechanically actuated microtools, which integrates and augments standard microprobe and micromanipulator stations and requires no electrical or thermal power.