A research team at the Oklahoma State University has developed and tested a spray-on material that can identify and make explosives that are carried on aircraft harmless.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The British government is investing almost £200,000 in eight companies to conduct feasibility studies that will encourage innovative technologies that will focus on environmental health and safety (EHS) issues rela...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Nordson MARCH and Semblant have announced their partnership to develop plasma systems for electronics deposition.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
A market research report, titled 'Microscopy market in Latin America', released by MarketsandMarkets, says that the microscopy market in Latin America is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.4% during the period 2010...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered that graphene transistors exhibit a nanoscale cooling effect that lowers their temperature.
A research team from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) has created atoms that can behave like charged particles speeded up by electric fields. The JQI is a joint venture of the National Institute of Standards and Technol...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The new MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook (ISBN 978-0-387-47316-1) pubished by Springer is an exhaustive design reference for researchers searching for new materials, properties of known materials, or specific processes available for MEMS fabrication.
Using a Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical, researchers at Indiana University’s (IU) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department have been studying self-assembled virus-based drug delivery systems that can be tuned to a particular size enabling the uptake of specific functional cargo.
Fuel cells do not last long, while the catalysts used in fuels cells disintegrate, restraining the chemical response that turns fuel into electricity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2011
Research conducted by chemistry professor Ron Naaman of the Weizmann Institute's Chemical Physics Department in collaboration with German scientists reveals that both biologists and physicists believe quantum systems and biological nano-particles resemble apples and oranges.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2011
XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports the use for cleaning carbon decontamination using hydrogen.
Hiden Analytical introduce their Transient Mass Spectrometer System specifically designed for the analysis of fast transient gas events at process pressures near atmosphere.
A major expansion and improvement programme at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is delivering key benefits to customers.
Jan-Laurens van der Steen at University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, has revealed that electrons in silicon whose thickness is less than 10 nanometers exhibit distinct properties.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Apr 2011
Karen Martinez, Head of the BioNano Group, University of Copenhagen’s Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, and her team at the Nano-Science Center have integrated nanotechnologies and nanomaterials that are conventionally utilized for electric systems with single viable cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Apr 2011