Ithaca-based MicroGen Systems has received a $1,200,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the commercialization of its proprietary MEMS-based vibrational energy harvester technology.
By Will Soutter
25 May 2012
Research and Markets has included a new book titled ‘Raman Spectroscopy and its Application in Nanostructures’ from John Wiley and Sons to its catalogue.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 May 2012
LMU scientists have successfully created a functional complex with nanometer accuracy by placing two biomolecules close to each other with the help of an atomic force microscope.
By Will Soutter
24 May 2012
Peking University, Duke University (USA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have fabricated an ‘uncooled’ ultrasensitive photovoltaic infrared detector using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 May 2012
XEI Scientific Inc announces their new Evactron® SoftClean™ specimen cleaning chamber is being used at Nanolab Technologies.
Taiwan-based Etron Technologies, which is a fabless Integrated Circuits design and product company has selected Berkeley Design Automation’s Analog FastSPICE(AFS) Platform for verifying the integrity of their memory designs used in consumer and low-power products.
By Will Soutter
24 May 2012
Provider of all-programmable technology, Xilinx is using SiTime’s programmable silicon MEMS oscillators for reference timing in its 7 series Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) evaluation kits.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 May 2012
The first human genome sequencing was accomplished after 13 painstaking years of research at the cost of $3 billion. But recent advances in sequencing technology holds promise of rapid increase in speed of sequencing at the rate of 6 billion nucleotide bases every 6 h at a cost below $1000.
By G.P. Thomas
24 May 2012
Analog Devices has unveiled a new analog 3-axis, high-g MEMS accelerometer called the ADXL377, which is the first commercially available accelerometer of its kind in the industry.
InvenSense has announced that all MEMS developers can now use InvenSense’s patented MEMS fabrication process called the Nasiri Fabrication process on the basis of a limited license.
By Will Soutter
24 May 2012
DELRUS, a major medical device distributor in Russia, has inked a distribution deal with MagForce, a medical technology firm focusing on nanomedicine in oncology, to market MagForce's NanoTherm therapy in the regions, including the Russian Federation, Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Ukraine, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Belarus Republic.
By Will Soutter
24 May 2012
A new handbook named the ‘Quality Handbook’ has been released under the guidance of Empa management, with an objective to integrate European standards in the field of nanoparticle research.
By Will Soutter
24 May 2012
A research team from the Israel Institute of Technology or Technion has developed a new optical microscope capable of revealing information similar to a conventional blood test but in real-time.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
Shocking Technologies, a developer of advanced polymer nanocomposite dubbed as the Voltage Switchable Dielectric (VSD) material to protect electronic products against electrostatic discharge (ESD), has amassed $10.5 million.
By Will Soutter
23 May 2012
Industrial Nanotech, a provider of nanoscience-based solutions, has reported the completion of initial installations of its Nansulate thermal insulation and protective coatings at the facilities of numerous key US manufacturers operating in the textile and paper industries for surface protection, insulation and personnel protection.
By G.P. Thomas
23 May 2012