Nano-sized molecular motors that exist in the hair cells of the inner ear sense the vibrations of all sounds, whether loud like heavy metal being ground together or subtle and soothing sounds like those of the ocean.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Mar 2011
Pittsburgh-based Aerotech, a company that develops and produces motion control and positioning systems, recently unveiled its Nano Motion Technology catalog that lists its long-travel nanopositioners.
Dr. Moon Kim, a professor of material science and engineering at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, has written a book on nanotechnology for children. He has also started a program that will help them intern at the university laboratory at the University of Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Mar 2011
Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control metrology systems, today announced that a leading Japanese semiconductor company has selected its IMPULSE integrated metrology (IM) ...
With its continued commitment to offering the best in material characterization instrumentation, Micromeritics introduces the new ASAP 2020 HD which includes many features that offer improved isotherm resolution and accuracy. Current ASAP 2020 users can also benefit from these new capabilities by upgrading their instrument to the new HD standard.
Dr Peterson Årsköld believes that, because her research depends on accurate, routine sample quality control in a wide range of sample conditions, it would not be feasible without the rapid, reliable, resource-efficient measurement capabilities of the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical.
VEGA 3 Scanning Electron Microscope has been supplied to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by TESCAN, a company that manufactures analytical scanning electron microscopes and focused ion beam workstations for industrial applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Mar 2011
Rice University researchers have created a single-atomic-layer deposition using lithography based on the fact that zinc affects graphene.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Mar 2011
NetLogic Microsystems, a company that produces high-performance semiconductor solutions for Internet networks, today declared that it will be displaying the industry’s truly comprehensive portfolio that spans across 40nm-based, quad-channel 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHY/SerDes family of products.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Mar 2011
Industrial Nanotech, a Naples-based nanotechnology developer with research and manufacturing facilities across United States, launched a new product Nansulate that had immense potential to generate annual revenues of $5 million.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Mar 2011
A Phase 1 contract worth $100,000 has been signed between Boston Micromachines (BMC) and NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) for the advancement of space-based imaging research.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Mar 2011
Harris & Harris Group, Inc. notes that Amgen and BioVex Group, Inc., today announced the completion of the acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.
The Oxford Instruments patents will be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Spring 2011 Live IP Auction on March 31, 2011 in New York City.
A new microscope invented by scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus will let researchers use an exquisitely thin sheet of light -- similar to that used in supermarket bar-code scanners -- to peer inside single living cells, revealing the three-dimensional shapes of cellular landmarks in unprecedented detail.
Graphene – a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure – holds great promise for microelectronics.