Nanowerk Nanotechnology News
Our daily round-up of the news
Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2009
By building a tiny microscope small enough to be carried around on a rats' head, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany, have found a way to study the complex activity of many brain cells simultaneously while animals are free to move around. ...more
Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2009
A jury consisting of four top-class IT decision-makers selected the best business idea at the 8th Heidelberg Innovation Forum on 20th October 2009. The winner is Prof. Christoph Cremer of the Kirchhoff Institute of Physics in Heidelberg. ...more
Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2009
Die Nanostart-Tochter MagForce Nanotechnologies AG hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass die Wirksamkeitsstudie der Nano-Krebs-Therapie bei Patienten mit Glioblastom-Rezidiv, einem haeufigen, boesartigen Hirntumor, erfolgreich abgeschlossen wurde. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Studienziel dabei deutlich uebertroffen werden konnte. ...more
Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2009
S$5 million ocular lab and new clinical research facility to test cutting-edge materials for treatment of eye diseases. ...more
Posted on: Nov 3rd, 2009
AIXTRON AG today announced that Changelight Co., Ltd., ordered an AIXTRON Planetary Reactor system for the production of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) LED. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, today announced the launch of inForm, advanced image analysis software based on the company's proprietary Machine Learning System. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they cannot get to difficult parts of the surface. A new solution is provided by laser polishers. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced a multi-system order from a leading semiconductor foundry for its Integrated Metrology and NanoCD suite solutions. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
The University of Delaware has won a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to lead a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research project to develop the next generation of high-performance permanent magnets. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
The Indiana University Nanoscience Center is sponsoring a workshop on advanced battery technologies from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, in the IU Bloomington Chemistry Department. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
CERAM, a global expert in materials testing, analysis and consultancy announces that it offers a full suite of testing for Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ), destined for surgical implants, as defined in ISO 13356 standards. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Rice University scientists today unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics. The result of a nine-year program, the method builds upon tried-and-true processes that chemical firms have used for decades to produce plastics. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Thanks to The Royal Society's Theo Murphy Blue Skies Award, Professor Ulf Leonhardt, who holds the Chair in Theoretical Physics at The University of St Andrews, will spend the next two years working on a blueprint for a cloaking device. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
The first experiments are now underway using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Illuminating objects and processes at unprecedented speed and scale, the LCLS has embarked on groundbreaking research in physics, structural biology, energy science, chemistry and a host of other fields. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Little is known about what happens if nanomaterials get into your body - where do they go? North Carolina State researchers are working to answer that question under a grant from the National Institutes of Health. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
In all the world, there are about 200 types of zeolite, a compound of silicon, aluminum and oxygen that gives civilization such things as laundry detergent, kitty litter and gasoline. But thanks to computations by Rice University professor Michael Deem and his colleagues, it appears there are more types of zeolites than once thought. A lot more. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Aircraft of the future will be able to sense even minute structural fuselage damage, according to a team of German scientists. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. But a new class of material meets the requirements and solves the problem. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Experimental verification of reversed Cerenkov radiation in left-handed metamaterial. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Scientist will discuss the latest results on the field of nanomaterials, which play an important role in opto-electronics, photonics and photovoltaics. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Nippon Kouatsu Electric Co. Ltd. and Electrovaya have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development and sales of Electrovaya's integrated advanced battery storage systems for both stationary power and smart grid systems applications, initially targeted for the Japanese market. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
A review in the journal Polymer makes the argument that single-walled carbon nanotubes are polymers and should be treated as such. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
A panel of venture capitalists and industry specialists named Nanoengineered Concrete, an entry in the Energy category, the winner of the 2009 MIT Elevator Pitch Contest. This three-year-old contest, which is open to MIT students from across its five schools, neighboring colleges, and Boston-area entrepreneurs, allows competing teams 60 seconds to deliver a persuasive elevator pitch to the panel of judges. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Die Photosynthese der Pflanzen nachahmen? Wenn das gelaenge, haette die Menschheit einige Sorgen weniger. Chemiker von der Uni Wuerzburg haben auf dem Weg zur kuenstlichen Photosynthese jetzt Fortschritte erzielt. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
mPhase Technologies, Inc. reported today that it has been granted a United States patent for its concept for a battery that is safer for the environment. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
VIASPACE Inc., an alternative energy company providing products and technology for renewable, clean energy, announced that new technology enabling fuel cells for micro applications has been patented under U.S. Patent Number 7,585,577 'Monopolar Fuel Cell Stack Coupled Together Without Use of Top or Bottom Cover Plates or Tie Rods'. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
PLX Technology, Inc., a leading global supplier of software-enriched silicon connectivity solutions for the enterprise and consumer markets, today strengthened its industry leadership position by finishing a new design on 40nm process technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Mentor Graphics Corporation today outlined its strategy and roadmap to help customers address the growing test challenges they face in moving to smaller process nodes and more complex, low-power, mixed-signal systems-on-chip (SOCs). ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Research into the most minuscule of things can have an enormous impact, as will become evident at 'NANO: Science. Industry. Impact. 09'. The event is set to take place at Tech Gate Vienna Monday, November 9, 2009, providing a framework for the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) to present the past successes of the NANO Initiative - a program to promote research and development in nanotechnology in Austria. ...more
Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
The company hosted their eighth annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy alongside the second annual symposium on optical tweezers. ...more
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