Recognized academic and technical experts from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany delivered presentations on July 14 at SEMICON West 2010, a leading industry conference and trade show held July 13 through 15 in San Francisco, CA.

The first European Knowledge Auction on food packaging innovations aims at bringing together latest scientific knowledge and industrial needs. The knowledge auction is a tool to accelerate the transfer of scientific results to marketplace, thus strengthening the competitiveness of the European food economy, especially SMEs.

Cooperation between semiconductor manufacturers, materials and equipment suppliers, and researchers has ensured that the European microelectronics industry can continue to maintain its global position in consumer electronics product design and manufacture.

The mission of the Centre is to commercialize knowledge and technology developed by the research institutes of RAS. Projects developed in the Center can apply for RUSNANO's co-financing, as well as to seed and venture capital funds.

Here is a perfect example of how someone, who apparently doesn't understand or care much about the science, writes a sensational press release hyping nanotechnology by cherry-picking information and distorting issues. And all that to sell a product that doesn't even have to do with nanotechnology. Two days ago we ran a press release from Thomson Reuters about a brief report they compiled on patent data relating to nanotechnology in the cosmetics industry. Now, Thomson Reuters is in the business of selling information and information services products and applications. Their press release basically is advertising for their IP Market Reports. There is nothing wrong with that. What is very wrong, though, is the nonsense and unbalanced take on certain aspects on nanotechnologies. Let's take a closer look.

Anasys Instruments is pleased to announce that their nanoIR platform, a powerful new measurement tool that reveals the chemical composition of samples at the nanoscale, has been selected to receive a prestigious R+D 100 Award.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that STMicroelectronics, a global leader in integrated circuits for communications, consumer, computer, automotive and industrial applications, has standardized on Cadence QRC Extraction for their 40-nanometer custom/analog designs.

Funds will optimize novel materials to achieve friction and heat reduction across various manufacturing sectors.

R+D Magazine has named Lockheed Martin and Sandia National Laboratories' research on multifunctional optical coatings as one of the 100 greatest technologies introduced this year. The technology was developed as part of the Shared Vision cooperative program that fosters collaboration among top scientists and funds research in key technologies for both organizations.

ShengdaTech, Inc., the leading manufacturer of nano-precipitated calcium carbonate in China, today provided an update on its asphalt program.

A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion batteries and systems, today announced it has received TS 16949 certification which validates that A123's product design and manufacturing processes meet the highest standards for excellence in the automotive industry.

EU-funded researchers have made a film showing cells' protein factories, ribosomes, in action. The work offers an unprecedented glimpse of the workings of these essential pieces of cellular machinery and could aid the development of new drugs.

New technology targets cancer prevalent in young women.

As a sign of aging or in a suit, wrinkles are almost never welcome, but two papers in the current issue of Physical Review Letters offer some perspective on what determines their size and shape in soft materials.

Lab-on-Bead uses tiny beads studded with 'pins' that match a drug to a disease marker in a single step, so researchers can test an infinite number of possibilities for treatments all at once.