Boeing, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and MIT are collaborating with Russia’s Skolkovo Innovation Center, which recently inaugurated its American division in Silicon Valley together with OAO ROSNANO and the Russian Venture Company (RVC).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
31 Mar 2011
Cleveland-based Keithley Instruments, a developer of advanced electrical test equipment and platforms, has recently released a poster that provides details on nanotechnology measurement guidelines and methodologies.
BCC Research in a recent report has predicted that the worldwide market for microsensors, which stood at nearly $5.2 billion in 2010, will rise to about $5.9 billion in 2011 and $12 billion by 2016, registering a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.3% over five years.
Recent information released by, ABI Research reveals that the MEMS market will continue to expand over the coming five years with almost five billion MEMS being sold in 2016.
Researchers led by Kenji Hata at the Advanced Industrial of Science and Technology at Tsukuba in Japan have developed a strain sensor that deploys a carbon nanotube network to repeatedly break up and put it back together in the same order.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
31 Mar 2011
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to measure the wear and degradation of the microscopic probes used to study nanoscale structures in situ and as it’s happening.
Nano-crystals added to solid electrolyte material can make fuel cells function more efficiently, says a research team at the University of Technology, Delft.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
Samsung LED is collaborating with Japan's Sumitomo Chemical in South Korea to develop sapphire wafers that will help produce lighting parts in consumer electronic products such as flat-screen televisions.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
A research team led by Mark Lusk at the Colorado School of Mines has discovered a way to enhance solar cell efficiency.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
KLA-Tencor has unveiled its SpectraShape 8660 and 8810 dimensional metrology systems, that feature the AcuShape2 modeling software designed jointly with Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
According to Mehmet Toner, professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the microfluidic product, which has been described in the March 17 online issue of the journal Small, looks like a dime.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
Researchers at the Center for Pediatric Nanomedicine (CPN) will design specific, nanoparticles in an endeavor to treat pediatric illnesses.
Focus will be on pediatric heart disease and thrombosis, infectious diseases,...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
Dr Julianna Olah, an EU Marie Curie Fellow in Bristol has worked with Professor Jeremy Harvey and Professor Adrian Mulholland of Bristol's School of Chemistry, to analyze a group of enzymes called cytochromes P450, which help remove drug molecules from the human body.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany has introduced educational and community outreach programs such as granting a Girl Scouts’ patch for nanotechnology to celebrate National NanoDays 2011.
John Oliver has recently published a report in Reportlinker giving an in-depth analysis of the global trends and future growth prospects of quantum-dots-technologies-and-global-markets over the next five years.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Mar 2011