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Commissioner Welcomes Result of European Technology Platforms Evaluation

European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the results of a recent evaluation of the 34 European Technology Platforms (ETPs). At a meeting of industrial leaders of European Technology Platforms on 30 September, Commissioner Potocnik praised the ETPs, calling them 'unique and exceptional', and welcomed the results of the survey as overwhelmingly positive.

3 Oct 2008

Putting the Squeeze on Thin Films of Polystyrene

From buttons to storage bins, the molding of polymers is big business. At the nanoscale, processes such as nanoimprint lithography squeeze polymers to form patterns during the manufacture of semiconductor devices, organi...

3 Oct 2008

Designing Artificial Electric Eel Cells as Power Source for Medical Implants

Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level.

3 Oct 2008

Atomically Precise Manufacturing Consortium Receives Award from Texas' ETF and DARPA

Zyvex Labs today announced the award of a $9.7M program funded by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and Texas' ETF (Emerging Technology Fund). The goal of this effort is to develop a new manufacturing...

3 Oct 2008

Technique Offers Close-Ups of Electrons and Nuclei

Diamond-based magnetic imaging could prove a boon in materials science, biology, medicine Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest ...

3 Oct 2008

Book Explores Nanotechnology and Potential Risks to Health and the Environment

ARCADIS, an international environmental and engineering services consulting firm, announced today Kate Sellers, P.E., a principal environmental engineer in the Lowell, MA office, edited and co-authored the new publicatio...

3 Oct 2008

New MEMS Accelerometer to Provide Solution for Cost-Sensitive Consumer Electronics

Virtus Advanced Sensors, Inc. has unveiled a three-axis analog accelerometer, the first product of its multi-axis motion sensor family to meet the growing demand for motion sensors in cost-sensitive consumer electronics....

3 Oct 2008

Micralyne Recognized as Top 50 MicroNano Technology Suppliers

Micralyne Inc., a world leading independent MEMS Foundry, will be recognized this week by OnBoard Technology Magazine as one of the Top 50 MicroNano Technology suppliers.

From Micralyne Inc. 3 Oct 2008

Fresh Discovery About the Way Water Behaves Inside Carbon Nanotubes

A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, ...

3 Oct 2008

Nanomaterial-Based Biomedical Device has Potential to Transform Cancer Treatment

A Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically removed...

3 Oct 2008

NSF Funds Clemson University Professors to Develop Nanofiber-Based Probes

The National Science Foundation has granted two Clemson University professors $250,000 to research and develop nanofiber-based probes - needles that are 10 times smaller in diameter than a human hair - for medical diagno...

3 Oct 2008

First Atomic-Scale Compositional Images of Fuel Cell Nanoparticles

In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more,
engineers at MIT and two other
institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the
surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy storage devices.

3 Oct 2008