A research team from the University of Limerick (UL) led by Dr. Syed Tofail from UL’s Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) has joined SANOWORK, a project funded by European Commission (EC), to evaluate and control potential risks related to nanomaterials.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2012
Akustica, a provider of silicon microphone products, has expanded its portfolio of microphone products with the introduction of AKU340, a high-performance analog MEMS microphone designed specially to fulfill the needs of mobile phone manufacturers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2012
Semiconductor process and equipment solutions major, SÜSS MicroTec has acquired Tamarack Scientific Co. based out of CA, USA. The companies have inked a purchase contract, under the terms of which SÜSS MicroTec will acquire 100% shares of Tamarack for a total amount of $9.34 million. The price also includes a variable earn-out ingredient, which will rely on the revenues generated in the next three financial years.
Synopsys, a company offering intellectual property, software, and services utilized in the design, production and verification of electronic systems and components, has partnered with TSMC and Altera to deliver silicon-validate modeling of important parasitic effects in StarRC solution, developed by Synopsys, for TSMC’s 28-nm process nodes.
Raydium Semiconductor, an IC solution provider for TFT-LCD panels, has chosen Berkeley Design Automation’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform, which is recognized as the fastest nanometer circuit verification in the world for RF, analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2012
Global Industry Analysts has released a new research report titled ‘Nanobiotechnology: A Global Strategic Business Report.’
SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT)’s Chief Executive Officer, Dave Arthur has taken part in a panel discussion titled ‘Recent Advances and Challenges in Nanomanufacturing,’ conducted on March 29, 2012 at the SME 2012 NanoManufacturing Conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2012
Synopsys declared that its parasitic extraction solution called StarRC has facilitated over 150 successful 28-nm tapeouts, providing the signoff accuracy and rapid turnaround time needed for next-generation of designs across applications such as mobile, consumer, computer and wireless communications.
InvenSense, a provider of MotionTracking devices, has declared the dual-source supply capacity for its CMOS-MEMS wafers from two major semiconductor foundries, which include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
Researchers from the Purdue University have used a thin film of titanium nitride as a plasmonic material. The addition of titanium nitride to the small list of surface-plasmon-supporting materials may pave the way to produce new optoelectronic devices with unparallel efficiency and speed.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Researchers from the Rice University have produced starfruit-shaped gold nanorods, which may support surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
Researchers from the University of Florida have found a way for large-scale production of graphene.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
A research team led by Qun Zhao from the University of Georgia has discovered that a combination of alternating magnetic fields and iron oxide nanoparticles is capable of killing head and neck cancer cells in mice in 30 minutes without damaging healthy cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
A research team directed by Robert Morris from the University of Toronto has developed eco-friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that offer similar efficiency as the toxic, high-cost metal-based catalysts currently being used in a wide range of industries such as food, fragrance and drug.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012
At the American Chemical Society’s 243rd National Meeting & Exposition, a research team led by Paresh C. Ray from the Jackson State University in Mississippi has delivered a presentation on a gold nanoparticle-based method to rapidly detect the presence of Salmonella bacteria, particularly the multiple-drug resistant (MDR) strains in lettuce.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
29 Mar 2012