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nGimat LLC, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based nGimat Co., is establishing a new lab facility in Lexington.  The company plans to initially invest more than $740,000 and will create 18 new high-tech jobs over three years, paying an average salary of $58,500, followed by an additional 50 full-time jobs in production and administrative positions. nGimat is a client of the Lexington ... Read More »

IT giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that America’s Purdue University is using one of the company’s Performance-Optimised Data (POD) centre to house a 1,000-node high-performance computing (HPC) cluster. The university was looking to expand its research capabilities and improve research delivery time in the fields of nanotechnology, structural biology and atmospheric chemistry, but was constrained by a lack of space, power ... Read More »

How would you like a career in nutrition that combines food science, statistics, psychology, and nutrition with recycling residual organic food wastes? University of California, Davis, Extension studies department, in the Sacramento regional area offers a certificate program in consumer testing for online learners. The courses and certificate programs are open to anyone. You don’t need a degree or to ... Read More »

Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams — step aside. A new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures. And a new report is highlighting both the potential benefits of these nanomaterials in improving construction materials and the need for ... Read More »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University will lead a new research center to improve photovoltaic solar cells as part of a national effort to bring alternative energy technologies to the marketplace. The work is funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation, a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies. The SRC has established a $5 million energy research initiative, teaming companies ... Read More »

CORVALLIS, Ore. — You’ve heard about solar, wind, even wave power. But now engineers at Oregon State University have found a practical way to generate electricity from human waste. The team of engineers is lead by Frank Chaplen, an associate professor of biological and ecological engineering. He and his team discovered a way to turn waste into electricity much more ... Read More »

Modern microprocessors offers not only impressive performance but also often substantial heat emissions. A team of university scientists and industry experts have developed a new cooling technology that uses nanotechnology for cooling even the hottest chips of today. The nanowick technology will make it possible cool microprocessors with heat emissions of 550 watt per squarecentimeter, about 10 times higher than ... Read More »