University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $945,000 funding from the Australian Solar Institute.

The 'Flexible active-matrix cells with selectively poled bifunctional polymer-ceramic nanocomposite for pressure and temperature sensing skin' project has been developed by the research group around Professor Dr. Bernd Ploss, FH Jena, including research groups from Cambridge University, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Joanneum Research Weiz and Princeton University.

Terahertz research is in the focus the 'German-Russian Centre for terahertz research and technology', funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that has been recently established at the physics faculty in Regensburg.

Much cheaper fuel cell catalysts using iron instead of platinum - this major scientific breakthrough achieved by INRS researchers has earned a spot in Discover Magazine's 'Top 100 Stories of 2009', in the January/February 2010 issue.

Zayani Motors, the authorized car dealership for Mitsubishi and Peugeot in Bahrain announces the launch of their new Huper Optik window tinting facility, along with the offering of brand new nano-ceramic film for front windshield.

Huper Optik - inventor of the world's first multi-layered patented nano-ceramic window films was featured in the November 2009 edition of Popular Science Magazine.

There is still time until January 8, 2010 to register for the second edition of the Alp NanoBio International School (ANIS2), which will be held in Sterzing/Vipiteno (Bozen, Italy) on January 11-15, 2010.

Heidelberg Instruments, GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, a leading supplier of direct write laser lithography systems, announced order for two advanced VPG maskless lithography systems from an Asian based photomask production group.

Heidelberg Instruments announced the sale of an advanced DWL 66FS maskless laser lithography system to the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF SE have founded IP3 (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes), a joint laboratory for process technology in Karlsruhe.

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed 'laser spinning', a novel method of producing glass nanofibres with materials.

Finnish materials technology enjoyed a moment of limelight in the beginning of December this year, when a Finnish industry delegation visited New Delhi, India.

Optony Inc., a leader in solar power deployment services and thin film photovoltaic technology, today announced it has closed $6M in financing. The proceeds will be used to accelerate the company's technology development and expand its solar solution services, to cover both the United States and China.

Through the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, AUC faculty are conducting cutting-edge research that includes the development of novel diagnostic tests for sensitive detection of the hepatitis C virus; detection of cancer biomarkers, as well as creating a new generation of nano-devices that include smart bricks with tiny sensors, which can analyze building safety and warn of fires and earthquakes.

Energetiq Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of specialized short-wavelength light products for use in advanced technology applications, will introduce three more light sources in its Laser-Driven Light Source (LDLS) product family at SPIE Photonics West and BiOS.

Shell of single-protein capsule degrades or remains intact based on environment.

A quick and easy way to take 3D images at the nanoscale with a single measurement has been developed by US researchers. The process works by bouncing a single beam of x-rays off an object, then collecting the scattered wave pattern using a curved detector.

STMicroelectronics, a leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and portable applications, has integrated a 3-axis digital accelerometer with a 2-axis analog gyroscope in a single module.