NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program has awarded a $750,000 Phase II contract to Boston Micromachines, a company specializing in adaptive optics systems and MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products, to assist NASA's Exoplanet Exploration program.
By Will Soutter
9 May 2012
A major foundry has chosen Nanometrics’ IMPULSE integrated metrology (IM) system and NanoDiffract software for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology to deploy them for front-end-of-line etch process control in volume production of advanced 2x nm products.
By Will Soutter
9 May 2012
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc., a global leader in nanotechnology, is pleased to announce that it has unveiled the new product CNTstix™, an ultra-strong carbon-nanotube reinforced adhesive for structural applicati...
Baolab Microsystems has announced that it expects to be able to modify the structures that it designed for its 3D NanoCompass to build a range of other motion sensors and, ultimately, to create low cost, smart, reconfigurable Inertial Measurement Units.
MiniFAB Pty Ltd Founder and CEO, Erol Harvey, was named the 2012 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame's Enabling Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.
Madrid (Spain) will host the 13th edition of the Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference (TNT 2012) from the 10th until the 14th of September 2012.
This high-level scientific meeting aims to present a broad ...
NaturalNano has declared the issuance of a key patent application by the US Patent & Trademark Office. The patent covers the utilization of the company’s proprietary Halloysite nanotubes as an essential reinforcing ingredient to improve the performance properties of polymeric composite materials such as nano-particle fillers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 May 2012
Applied Nanotech Holdings has introduced an ultra-strong carbon-nanotube reinforced adhesive called CNTstix for structural applications.
A research team led by Keon Jae Lee, a Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has used piezoelectric ceramic nanoparticles to develop new types of large-area nanogenerator technology at a lower cost.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 May 2012
Nanovations has achieved the status of being one among the first carbon neutral nanotechnology producers in the globe. This achievement corroborates the company’s commitment towards decreasing the emissions of greenhouse gases.
In a paper titled ‘Nanoclay-Modified Asphalt Materials: Preparation and Characterization,’ Zhanping You, an Associate Professor at Michigan Technological University, has reviewed the effect of nanomaterials in the preparation and characterization of asphalt.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 May 2012
A team of engineers from the University of Arkansas has designed a wireless health-monitoring system meant for gathering critical patient information and communicating that information to a hospital, physician or the patient.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 May 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Global Ultracapacitor Market 2011-2015’ to its database.
MonoSol Rx, a provider of PharmFilm drug delivery technology, and Midatech, which produces nanomedicines using its passivated gold-nanoparticle technology, have released positive Phase 1 clinical study results on bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of their Midaform Insulin PharmFilm product.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 May 2012
Researchers from the University of Bristol have demonstrated that quantum computer may need lesser memory for simulations of reality when compared to a classical computer.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 May 2012