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Squeezing Silicon Could Lead to Next-Generation Memory Devices

The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades. Low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory coul...

16 Apr 2009

Green Energy Tech Certifies SunFab Thin Film Line Supplied by Applied Materials

Green Energy Technology Inc., Ltd. (GET) has certified its SunFab Thin Film Line, supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., for the production of Taiwan's largest solar photovoltaic panels. The line, located in Tao Yuan, Taiwan, passed final acceptance testing with world-class panel efficiency, yield and throughput.

From Applied Materials Inc. 16 Apr 2009

Light-Permeable Conductive Coatings as Transparent Displays

Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent display...

15 Apr 2009

Precise Production of Tiny Ribbons by Slicing Open Carbon Nanotubes

A world of potential may lie tied up in graphene nanoribbons, particularly for electronics applications. But researchers have been hampered in their efforts to fully explore that potential because they had no reliable wa...

15 Apr 2009

Researchers Found A Way to Unzip Carbon Nanotubes to Make Flat Nanoribbons

Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material. And the...

15 Apr 2009

Informatics the Foundation of Research into Biomedicine and Nanomedicine

In the future, explained Peter Ghazal, Chair of Edinburgh University's Department of Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, biological sensors, the product of the integration of biology and electronics will be used to d...

15 Apr 2009

Partnership to Enhance National Security and Advance Research Opportunities in Life Sciences and Physics

Indiana University and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center recognized the success of an ongoing partnership to enhance national security and advance research opportunities in life sciences, physics and other fields during a ceremony Monday (April 13) at IU's Cyclotron Facility.

15 Apr 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 Film Microspectrophotometer Designed to Measure Thickness of Thin Films

CRAIC Technologies, the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers, is pleased to announce the QDI 2010 Film™ microspectrophotometer. The QDI 2010 Film™ instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films of sub-micron sampling areas rapidly and non-destructively.

14 Apr 2009

First Global Review of Research into the Environment, Health and Safety Risks of Nanotechnology

'EMERGNANO' - the first global review of active research into the environment, health and safety risks of nanotechnology has been published today by Defra, the UK Government Department for Food + Rural Affairs.

14 Apr 2009

Tungsten Carbide and Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Nanoparticles Can Enter Cultured Mammalian Cells

Nanoparticles of tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide cobalt can enter cultured mammalian cells. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the University of Dresden, the Leipzig-based Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems in Dresden.

14 Apr 2009