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Unmasking microchip manufacture to reveal new potential markets

Using a technique called 'Maskless lithography' (ML2), researchers in the EU-funded 'Maskless lithography for IC manufacturing' (MAGIC) project are starting a new era in small scale IC production that will make the process faster, simpler and cheaper.

November 24, 2011 Read more

Graphene foam detects explosives, emissions better than today's gas sensors

A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially dangerous and explosive chemicals. The discovery opens the door for a new generation of gas sensors to be used by bomb squads, law enforcement officials, defense organizations, and in various industrial settings.

November 24, 2011 Read more

CRANN nanotechnology researchers wins 'proof of concept' grant

Professor Coleman's research investigates how to produce "nanosheets", flat sheets of materials that are just one atom thick, or about one hundred-thousandth the size of a human hair. These materials have potential in the development of thermoelectric devices and next generation batteries.

November 24, 2011 Read more

Leitfaden Nanotechnik in der Textilindustrie

Die Broschüre 'Nano Textiles' soll Unternehmen der Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie den sicheren Zu- und Umgang mit Nanotechnik erleichtern.

November 24, 2011 Read more

Nanoparticle electrode for batteries could make grid-scale power storage feasible

Stanford researchers have used nanoparticles of a copper compound to develop a high-power battery electrode that is so inexpensive to make, so efficient and so durable that it could be used to build batteries big enough for economical large-scale energy storage on the electrical grid - something researchers have sought for years.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Novel methods for assembling quantum dots

Matthew Doty, assistant professor in the University of Delaware Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is co-author of two papers exploring novel methods for assembling quantum dots to control how electrons interact with light and magnetic fields for applications in next generation computing devices and solar energy capture.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Indian organization launches nanotechnology training programs

Nano Science and Technology Consortium (NSTC), India announces the Nanotechnology Training (Certification) Programs for different fields of Science and Technology. With the availability of these kind of training programs in India, NSTC is looking forward to sensitize students, professionals and industries with requisite knowledge of Nanotechnology.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Insect cyborgs may become first responders, search and monitor hazardous environs

Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans.

November 23, 2011 Read more

CIC microGUNE and Biodonostia test a new technique for evaluating intestinal diseases in patients

The CIC microGUNE research centre and the Biodonostia Institute have recently started testing a new technique for assessing the severity of inflammatory intestinal diseases, such as Crohn's Disease, in patients at the Donostia Hospital.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Polish Academy Sciences joins start-up for innovative microfluidic technologies

It is only since this year that organisations belonging to the Polish Academy of Sciences may establish companies to commercialize their scientific inventions. The present legal regulations have allowed the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy Sciences in Warsaw to take up shares in Scope Fluidics, a young spin-off company developing innovative microfluidic technologies.

November 23, 2011 Read more

A*STAR SIMTech sees future in game-changing printed electronics and functional films

SIMTech established Singapore's first Large Area Processing Research Programme as it sets sights on creating a new industry to produce innovative large area printed electronics and functional films that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Wie elastisch ist Nanomaterial?

Wissenschaftler entwickelten eine neue Berechnung fuer die Herstellung von multifunktionalen Werkstoffen mit massgeschneiderten Eigenschaften.

November 23, 2011 Read more

New ISO nanotechnology standards - nanomaterials and nano/bio interface

) ISO/TS 80004-4:2011 gives terms and definitions for materials in the field of nanotechnologies where one or more components are nanoscale regions and the materials exhibit properties attributable to the presence of those nanoscale regions. ISO/TS 80004-5:2011 lists terms and definitions related to the interface between nanomaterials and biology.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Kurzfilm-Wettbewerb "nanospots" hat begonnen (m/Video)

Klappe, die erste... Der Startschuss fuer "nanospots" ist gefallen. Es handelt sich um den Wettbewerb zum 1. Nano-Kurzfilm-Festival fuer (Nachwuchs-)Wissenschaftler, mitinitiiert von der Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg und gefoerdert von der Volkswagenstiftung. Als Hauptgewinn winken 5000 Euro fuer den besten Spot zum Thema "Leben mit Nano: Der Mensch zwischen Natur und Hightech".

November 23, 2011 Read more

New magnetic-field-sensitive alloy could find use in novel micromechanical devices

Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that could be the basis for a new class of sensors and micromechanical devices controlled by magnetism.

November 23, 2011 Read more

Tiny levers, big moves in piezoelectric sensors (w/video)

A team of university researchers, aided by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have succeeded in integrating a new, highly efficient piezoelectric material into a silicon microelectromechanical system (MEMS). This development could lead to significant advances in sensing, imaging and energy harvesting.

November 23, 2011 Read more