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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with Google to create a new suite of chips designed to help researchers and technology startups measure the performance of artificial intelligence memory devices. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, Google will shoulder the initial cost of constructing and operating a production facility while […] More
Purdue University has launched a new hub for global security and defense innovation at the university’s Discovery Park during a symposium on global defense issues. Dan DeLaurentis, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue and a President’s Fellow for defense initiatives, will serve as the interim director of the Institute for Global Security and Defense […] More
The National Science Foundation has awarded UbiQD a 12-month, $225,000 grant to advance research and development on luminescent solar-concentrating glass windows with quantum dot coatings under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program. The Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy originally helped create the solar energy technology, and UbiQD included the technology’s proof-of-concept […] More
SpaceX‘s Dragon spacecraft has returned to Earth with 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo including science and technology samples after a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The space agency said Thursday the spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and will be shipped to California to unload some cargo for NASA and prepare for transport to SpaceX’s facility in […] More
PARC has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a nanotechnology-enabled printer that uses micrometer-size particles to produce macroscopic objects. The company said Wednesday the contract was awarded as part of DARPA’s Atoms to Product program, which began research efforts in December 2015. PARC said it will employ the help of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland in […] More
Dr. Alfred Zinn, a principal research scientist at Lockheed Martin, has developed a nanoscale version of copper that he intends for use in circuit board manufacturing, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported Monday. Angela Swartz writes CuantumFuse is designed to be heated at 392 degrees Fahrenheit — lower than the average 500 degree temperature — in an […] More
Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with two oil and natural gas producers to evaluate the potential of a Lockheed-designed membrane technology to filter wastewater at oil drilling sites, Reuters reported Friday. David Alexander writes Daniel Heller, vice president for sustainability technologies at Lockheed, said the company has been exploring the Perforene nano-based filtration system for applications […] More
IBM has unveiled a five-year, $3 billion investment to develop nanoscale chip technology as the company aims to improve the performance of cloud computing and big data systems. A team of IBM researchers will aim to scale silicon chips to 7 nanometers or below as well as research carbon nanoelectronics, silicon photonics and other semiconductor materials that […] More
The Defense Department has awarded a $150,000 grant to medical device firm Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp. to develop a carbon-nanotube-based biosensor technology for early detection of organ injuries, an expansion of PKC’s current Nano-Impedance Biosensor. PKC said Monday that it was awarded the grant through the DoD Defense Health Program’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative after the Pentagon carried out a review process. […] More
Lockheed Martin has invested in 3D printing technology as it aims to decrease the time it takes to build and manufacture commercial satellites, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Lockheed executives discussed how the company is using 3D printing methods and nanotechnology to help improve its technology development activities at a recent National […] More
Al Grasso, MITRE Corp.’s president and CEO, has been named to STEMconnector’s “100 CEO Leaders in STEM” list based on his commitment to the advancement of science technology engineering and math activities. According to a MITRE statement, participates in a number of STEM programs including the National GEM Consortium, an annual Young Women in Engineering Day, […] More
Lockheed Martin is partnering with a nanotechnology research center to collaborate on developing quantum and nanotechnologies, the International Data Group reported Thursday. The partnership with the London Centre for Nanotechnology also aims to help develop technical talent in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, Sophie Curtis writes. Lockheed and the center will also work to […] More
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