Nanowerk Nanotechnology News
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Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Members of UALR?s Board of Visitors voted unanimously Monday to recommend to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees a $31.6 million bond initiative for capital improvements on the UALR campus. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Um Siliziumbloecke in hauchduenne Wafer zu zersaegen, braucht man das richtige Werkzeug: einen Kilometer langen Draht, benetzt mit einer Art Schleifpaste. Doch muessen alle Parameter optimal angepasst sein - nur so vermeidet man beim Schneiden grosse Materialverluste. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Based on its recent analysis of the spintronics markets for sensor applications, Frost and Sullivan recognizes Organic Spintronics with the 2008 European Technology Innovation Award for its discovery of organic spintronics by combining organic semiconductors with ferromagnetic materials. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Bringing lively discussions on technologies with life-changing potential, SPIE Optics and Photonics runs through Thursday in the San Diego Convention Center. Approximately 4,500 international attendees are expected to attend the technical presentations and panels, professional development courses, and exhibition. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
MultiProbe announces the addition of Digit Concept, Microelectronics and High-Tech Equipment Company, to their worldwide network of representatives. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Architects have unveiled the first glimpse of plans for the A$10 million collaboration between research giants Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
The most recent edition of the Journal of Biomolecular Screening, the world's leading peer-reviewed publication on drug discovery sciences, focused on the significant advances made recently in the field of compound management. In this special edition over half of the sixteen articles specifically mention the Labcyte Echo liquid handlers. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Researchers working on the three-year InForm project include University of Sydney researcher Daniela Traini, who will be researching drug delivery to the lung. ...more
Posted on: Aug 4th, 2009
Adventa provides a wide range of Advanced Process Control technologies to semiconductor manufacturers specifically for tool automation, run-to-run control, and fault detection and classification. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Our cells are controlled by billions of molecular 'switches' and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Researchers have devised a way to encapsulate bacteria in a synthetic polymer hydrogel. These new, stable, bio-hybrid materials maintain the microbes' ability to exchange nutrients and metabolic products with their environment, and could find widespread applications, for example, as biosensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, or in wastewater treatment ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
This new technique could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
On July 30, 2009, the European Commission has launched six new FP7 calls in Theme 4 NMP 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies'. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Researchers have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the bloodstream. The tiny particles can safely cross the blood-brain barrier, an almost impenetrable barrier that protects the brain from infection. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Building on its highly successful Galaxy imaging platform, DEK has used the foundation of the technology's supreme accuracy and precision to develop a system specifically for processing thinned silicon wafers. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Denver-based RavenBrick LLC has been selected to provide intelligent window technology for the new Research Support Facilities (RSF), which is currently under construction. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, have discovered a hydrogen-based compound that could be helpful in the search for metallic and superconducting forms of hydrogen. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
The future of quantum computing depends on engineers being able to develop quantum error-correction codes that allow quantum devices to compute reliably in a world so fragile that information is destroyed or altered as soon as it is measured or read. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
UCLA researchers have developed technology to perform more than a thousand chemical reactions at once on a stamp-size, PC-controlled microchip, which could accelerate the identification of potential drug candidates for treating diseases like cancer. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Thin-film zeolite membranes with tiny, molecule-sized pores are one step closer to replacing the energy-intensive processes now used in industrial separations, a group of academic researchers is reporting. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Researchers of the Max Planck Institutes for Nuclear Physics and Quantum Optics investigate for the first time helium atoms by means of electron holography in ultra-short laser pulses. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
The principle is easy: one starter and one motor atom in a ring of laser light - and a bit of fine tuning, in order to move always into the right direction. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany, in partnership with the National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering headquartered at Northwestern University, will host a national conference this week to assess the current state of nanoscale science and engineering education and chart a course for the future. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Rockchip Electronics Company, Ltd., Synopsys, Inc. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. today announced that Rockchip has achieved first-time silicon success on its next-generation multimedia system-on-a-chip, using a combination of Synopsys' tools, intellectual property and services with Chartered's 65-nanometer manufacturing technology. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
NanoInk, Inc., a global leader in nanotechnology, is has announced the appointment of John Kubricky to its Scientific Advisory Board. Mr. Kubricky, the former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Systems and Concepts), joins several esteemed professionals on NanoInk's Scientific Advisory Board. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, in partnership with Chasm Technologies, a consulting firm specializing in nanomaterials and thin film coating and patterning, have established a carbon nanotube coatings application development center at Chasm's facility located in the Boston area. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Elliot Scientific has launched a new and expanded Products and Capabilities Brochure for 2009/2010. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
The new Queensland Microtechnology Facility at Griffith University has ordered a Gamma sputtering system from Surrey NanoSystems, to support commercially-backed research into advanced semiconductor devices. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
Recognized leaders to discuss state of the economy and growth opportunities at leading conference for manufacturers. ...more
Posted on: Aug 3rd, 2009
By injecting man-made, microscopic tubes into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second zap of a laser, scientists have discovered a way to effectively kill kidney tumors in nearly 80 percent of mice. ...more
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