Micatu, provider of optical based sensors, measurement and biomedical instruments, has announced the relocation of its business operations to the CCIC.
The secret of nanoparticle packing in cement
A research group partly financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation has been researching the perfect composition of Portland cement.

Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials
Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials.

Carbon-Nanotube-Coated Ultrasound Acts as Invisible Knife for Noninvasive Surgery
University of Michigan researchers develop focused ultrasound technique for use in microsurgery.
Engineers working to prevent heat buildup within 3D integrated circuits
UT Arlington researchers teaming with IBM to solve cooling issues.

Ames Laboratory scientists granted time on world's fastest computer
Bruce Harmon, Kai-Ming Ho, and Cai-Zhuang Wang will identify promising compositions of new magnetic materials that do not contain rare earth elements.
Metamaterials experts develops method to reduce electron mass
Researchers have come up with a theory for moving metamaterial patterning onto the quantum scale.
Research Team Wins Feynman Prize for Advancing Scanning Probe Microscopy
Gerhard Meyer, Leo Gross, and Jascha Repp win 2012 Feynman Prize for Experiment.
Researchers Develop Nanotech Snow-Depth Sensor
Device is based on Norwegian radar technology and already finding practical applications.

New Insight into an Intriguing State of Magnetism
Scientists from Berkeley and TU Munich investigate magnons in a material that becomes helimagnetic below about 30 kelvin: iron silicide doped with cobalt.