New Renaissance Institute, a Belmont, California-based for-profit interdisciplinary research and development organization, has declared that it has sold numerous molecular electronics patent assets, which cover important fields concerning the future of commercial carbon nanotube, graphene ribbon and semiconducting polymer nanoelectronics fabrication, to an undisclosed buyer in August 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Sep 2011
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new family of sophisticated predictive and filtering software for integrating the outputs from several MEMS sensors.
Scientists at Fractal Antenna Systems based in Boston have reported that new measurements verify its claims of a functioning ‘invisibility cloak’ that uses advanced metamaterial layers, produced from self repetitive designs known as fractals.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Scientific instruments company FEI has entered into a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to establish the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology that will have advanced electron microscopes to enhance knowledge about lethal diseases such as AIDs and cancer and their treatment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its low power 65-nm process-based Lattice MachXO2 PLD family with embedded flash technology has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Digital Semiconductor Product of the Year’ category by an independent panel of judges of Elektra 2011, a competition of the European Electronics Industry Awards.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Nanometrics, a provider of sophisticated metrology systems, has proclaimed that its Atlas XP+ optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology systems have been chosen by an Asian foundry for process control of sophisticated logic devices.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
Scientists at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics have found that atomic nano-switches mimic the human memory.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
On September 25 – 29, 2011, Micromeritics will be participating as a sponsor of the 4th International Conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection (CESEP 2011). Originally held in Orléans, France in 2005, past CESEP conferences have also been held in Krakow, Poland and Malaga, Spain. In 2011 CESEP returns to France, organized by the French Carbon Group, situated at the historical “Palais des Congres” in Vichy.
An international research team has explained for the first time that silicon nanowires that have been randomly grown can considerably enhance the power-generating capabilities of solar cells by trapping sunlight radiating in from different angles and capturing a wide spectrum of light waves.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Graphene2012, the biggest European event in graphene, will be conducted from 10 to 13 April 2012 at Brussels44Center in Brussels, Belgium.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel of Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum (RUB) has for the first time experimentally confirmed the spin pumping effect, an important physical phenomenon, in magnetic layers.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have determined that nanoblades, a novel nanomaterial, can store and discharge hydrogen rapidly and at relatively low temperatures when compared to the same kind of materials. They can also be recharged for numerous times.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
The University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a RNA nano-scaffold that is thermodynamically stable in the body. This discovery further leads to the advancement of therapeutic RNA nanotechnology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Indiana-based University of Notre Dame scientists have discovered graphene’s ability to effectively modulate the terahertz band, a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Sidense, a provider of logic one-time programmable (OTP), non-volatile memory (LNVM) IP cores, has declared that its SiPROM 1T-Fuse OTP macro portfolio for the 90 nm low-power (LP) process has fulfilled the requirements of IP9000 assessment program of TSMC.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011