A University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have examined the challenges facing scientists building the next generation of materials and innovative electronic devices and identified opportunities for taking the rational material design in new directions.
MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will host its first MEMS Executive Congress Europe, March 20, 2012 in Zurich. This European edition of MIG's highly successful executive event features an opening presentation by MIG Managin...
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Rice University conducted a study, which established that silicon, copper and gold become wet even when they are covered with a single graphene layer.
Electronics.ca Publications is a network related to market research and knowledge of the electronics industry network. It declared the introduction of a new report titled ‘Metamaterials: Technologies and Global Markets’.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Jan 2012
IMS Nanofabrication has declared that the company together with Photronics, Intel and Dai Nippon Printing is launching a joint electron multi-beam mask writer tool partnership to further develop the electron multi-beam projection technology of the company.
Targray Technology International, a provider of advanced materials and focused solutions for the solar industry, has signed an exclusive distribution deal to supply Washington Mills’ CARBOREX silicon carbide product line in the Taiwanese market.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Jan 2012
Silex Microsystems, a pure-play MEMS foundry, has declared that it has become a part of an international program, Energy-efficient Piezo-MEMS Tunable RF Front-End Antenna Systems for Mobile Devices (EPAMO), funded by the European Union with focus on the development of a novel technology platform for designing sophisticated RF solutions for 4G mobile handsets and base stations.
In his ‘Taking the NanoPulse’ column in IndustryWeek, Nanofilm’s Chief Executive Officer, Scott Rickert has reported that several years of investment by the private sector and government in the field of nanotechnology has resulted in a sector having high level of economic opportunity and more number of jobs.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
25 Jan 2012
In 2011, exactly ten years after the first presentation of the "Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes" short course, a new book with the same title has been published by a 2004 NASA spin-off, Nanodesigns Consulting of Newark, DE. The new still emerging field of nanomechanics is, probably, one of the simplest parts in the conceptual foundation of new nanoscale sciences and the nanotechnology. It is an essential part of the new nanotech education.
Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a novel laser cooling method for semiconductor membranes, paving the way to develop efficient cooling systems for components of future ultrasensitive sensors and quantum computers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jan 2012
Duke University Medical Center researchers have developed synthetic nanoparticles capable of directly targeting lymph nodes, paving the way to optimize vaccine responses and develop customized vaccines.
Scientists at the University of Oxford and Kyoto University have created a motor that can navigate a programmable network of tracks and switches using DNA building blocks, paving the way to further advancements in the nanoengineering field.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jan 2012
Scientists from Nano Med Tech are working on designing multi-chambered nanoparticles capable of treating infected cells without causing damage to healthy tissues.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jan 2012
The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) and Waters have released a first-of-its-kind database for glycan analysis using Waters ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jan 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-New Construction platinum certification to the Upper Cumberland Regional Health Facility located in Cookeville.