Nanotechnology News

RSS

Researcher Looks For Ways to Kill Cancer Cells using Nanotechnology

Physics Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky brought more with her when she arrived at UT Dallas than expertise in nanotechnology and shiny behemoth lab equipment. She brought an award for $84,000 from the National Institutes of Health via the Cleveland Clinic.

14 Oct 2008

EV Group Ships 100th Nanoimprint Lithography System

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced it has shipped its 100th nanoimprint lithography (NIL) system. The mil...

From EV Group 14 Oct 2008

Toshiba Licenses IMEC Technology for Designing Power-Efficient, Flexible Processors

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute today announced that Toshiba, world-leading integrated device manufacturer, has licensed IMEC technology for designing power-efficient, flexible p...

From IMEC 14 Oct 2008

Oxford Instruments Revolutionizes EDS with New X-Max Silicon Drift Detector

Once again, Oxford Instruments has revolutionized EDS! Its new X-Max Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) now provides electron microscopists with the biggest area detector ever - over TEN times the solid angle of conventional EDS detectors.

From Oxford Instruments plc 14 Oct 2008

Researchers Write Nanoscale Protein Arrays Using a Nanofountain Pen and Electric Fields

Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale a...

14 Oct 2008

Award-Winning Technology Could Speed Adoption of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

ExxonMobil Chemical announced today that it has received a leading industry innovation award for its battery separator film technology. The technology, pioneered by a team of ExxonMobil scientists led by Dr. Pat Bran...

13 Oct 2008

Brookhaven Lab Physicist Awarded Robert R. Wilson Prize

Satoshi Ozaki, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been selected as the recipient of the American Physical Society's 2009 Robert R. Wilson Prize.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 13 Oct 2008

IMEC Announces Significant Progress with 3D-SIC Technology

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute today announced that it has made significant progress with its 3D-SIC (3D stacked IC) technology.

From IMEC 13 Oct 2008

Student Entrepreneurs Win Top Prizes at UC Berkeley Venture Competition

Eighteen semifinalist teams competed on the UC Berkeley (UCB) campus October 2 for four first prizes, each including $10,000 cash, $2,000 in supplies, mentoring from experts, and a space in the new Venture Lab housed in ...

13 Oct 2008

Kiel University Researchers Report Sequence-Dependent Effects of Light on DNA

DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems.

13 Oct 2008

Cooperation Making Microreactor Technology Accessible to Chemists

The Dutch companies Micronit Microfluidics, FutureChemistry and Flowid today announced the start of a cooperation named Access2Flow. Together, the three companies will offer a new generation of microreactor systems that ...

13 Oct 2008

Z-Medica Awarded Contract for Penetrating Wound Study Using New Hemostatic Gauze

Z-Medica Corporation (Z-Medica), a medical products company focused on innovative hemostatic nano-technologies, today announced that it has been awarded a $2.9 million contract from the United States Navy and Marine Corp...

13 Oct 2008

Germany's ERP Start Fund invests in Nanostart-Held Namos

Namos GmbH, a Dresden-based company which is partly owned by Nanostart AG, will receive up to one million euros from the ERP Start Fund, a joint program of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German govern...

From Nanostart AG 13 Oct 2008

Delaware University Professor Receives ACA Early Career Award

Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2009 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award from the American Crystallographic Association (ACA). The nonprofit scientific association has more than 2,200 members in over 60 countries.

13 Oct 2008

University of Delaware to Host Workshop on Environmental Nanoparticles

The University of Delaware will host "Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics + Policy" on Nov. 10-11 at the John M. Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark, Del. The registration deadline is Monday, Oct....

13 Oct 2008