In the 1970s and '80s, when corporate America was plagued with inefficiency, a new class of financially motivated takeover investor emerged to prey on the fattest in the corporate herd and scare the rest into line. Continue reading
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NASA Technology Transfer Opportunity: Decorated Carbon Nanotubes for Novel Materials With Tailorable Electrical …
Synopsis – Aug 14, 2012 General Information Solicitation Number: TTO1025 Posted Date: Aug 14, 2012 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Aug 14, 2012 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Dec 31, 2012 Current Response Date: Dec 31, 2012 Classification Code: 99 — Miscellaneous NAICS Code: 927110 Set-Aside Code: Contracting Office Address NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, VA 23681-0001 Description NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use Continue reading
Nanotechnology switches back to vacuum transistors at low voltage
Technology News July 03, 2012 // Peter Clarke Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have come up with a device structure that allows a switch back to vacuum, in contrast to the solid-state, as the medium for electron transport in transistors. The team is proposing a MOS vertical structure with a triple layer of metal/silicon dioxide/silicon exposed on the side by a deep trench. The metal and silicon layers form the anode and cathode of the device, separated by the insulating silicon dioxide, and the electron transport occurs in the vertical direction through the vacuum Continue reading
PNNL honored for nanotechnology to help sailors
A nanotechnology system that will allow sailors on Navy submarines to breathe easy has won Pacific Northwest National Laboratory a national award. The 2012 Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award was given to the Department of Energy national lab in Richland. Researchers created a system that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air within a submarine to improve air quality, while providing a more environmentally friendly removal process. Continue reading