Dow Epoxy has completed its 30 KTA Liquid Epoxy Resin (LER) expansion at its fully back-integrated Stade, Germany site.
Altuglas, NatureWorks Collaborate to Market New High Performance Biopolymer Alloys
Materials will be marketed by Altuglas International as Plexiglas/Altuglas Rnew biopolymer alloys.

IEDM 2012: imec Addresses Key Challenges of Scaling beyond Silicon-Channel finFETs
At the recent IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2012), imec addressed key challenges of scaling beyond silicon-channel finFETs.

New MPIE Department to Study Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials
New department at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung will be headed by Prof Gerhard Dehm.
Nanophotonics system allows optoelectrical single chip integration
IBM announced today a major advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals to transmit information for future computing.

Mimicking porcupine quills to improve medical equipment
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices.
Carbon nanotubes lower nerve-damaging chloride in cells
A nanomaterial engineered by researchers at Duke can help regulate chloride levels in nerve cells that contribute to chronic pain, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.

Tough tests for next generation ceramics
Berkeley Lab researchers develop real-time CT-scan test rig for ceramic composites at ultrahigh temperatures.

Creating p-n junctions in graphene films
Researchers create junctions, essential to electronics fabrication, by transferring graphene films onto patterned monolayer substrates.
Nanotechnology Company Liquipel Announces New Technology and Branding Licenses
Electronics coating firm expands business in Turkey, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.