Biodegradable plastics manufacturer Casey has collected enough prospective business inquiries to reach several hundred million dollars in potential sales.

Novel Nanoparticles for Easier Biomarker Detection
A new technology developed at MIT may help to make biomarker detection, and cancer diagnostics, much easier.

Multimode waveguides bring light around corners for compact photonic chips
Cornell and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers develop waveguide solution that could offer increased bandwidth for fiber-optic communication.

Hybrid tunnel may help guide severed nerves back to health
Design to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may aid treatment of patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma.
Asylum Research acquired by Oxford Instruments
Asylum Research has announced that it has been acquired by Oxford Instruments plc for an initial debt free, cash free consideration of US$32.0 million.
Dr Bai Cui wins 2012 Professor Sir Richard Brook ceramics prize
University of Illinois researcher wins award for Best Ceramics PhD in the UK for work done at Imperial College London.

Silicon lasers for the terahertz spectral range
Stimulated emission between impurity levels in silicon is a promising source of terahertz laser radiation.
Battelle Creates Unique New Polyurethane
New material is environmentally responsible, cost-effective, soy-based and free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent.
Rolith Receives License for Nano-Patterning Methods to Make Transparent Conductive Electrodes
Rolith has announced that it has received an exclusive license to methods of micro and nano-patterning substrates to make transparent conductive electrodes.

New all-polymer memory devices developed
A research team from KAUST in Saudia Arabia have fabricated all-polymer nonvolatile bistable memory devices with potential for use in flexible and transparent electronics.