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Northwestern Scientists Explore New Shapes of Microcompartment Shells

In nature and engineering, microcompartments — molecular shells made of proteins that can encapsulate cellular components — provide a tiny home for important reactions. In bacterial organelles, for example, microcompartments known as carboxysomes trap carbon dioxide and convert it into sugar as an energy source.

5 Mar 2011

NASA Begins Testing New Multi-Capability Microscope for Space Applications

NASA began testing a new multi-capability microscope this week on the International Space Station.

5 Mar 2011

NSG Precision Cells Manufactures Custom Flow Cells

NSG Precision Cells has been manufacturing flow cells for flow cytometry, HPLC, life sciences, etc. for over 50 years.

5 Mar 2011

Scientists Use LLNL's NanoSIMS to Explore Solar System Formation

Scientists have found that calcium, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the mid-plane of the solar system. The fi...

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 5 Mar 2011

Performance Comparison of Implen's NanoPhotometer Pearl and Thermo Fisher's NanoDrop 2000c

Spectrophotometers allow for quantification of nucleic acid and protein samples based on absorbance at 260nm and 280nm, respectively.

4 Mar 2011

ASU's Research on Single Molecule Aids Development of Future Nanoscale Devices

In research appearing in a recent issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Nongjian “NJ” Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute at ASU, has demonstrated a clever way of controlling electrical conductance of a single molecule, by exploiting the molecule’s mechanical properties.

From Arizona State University 4 Mar 2011

Enhanced PLT Series of Precision Thin Film Resistors from Vishay

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that it has enhanced its PLT series of precision low-TCR thin film resistors with improved tolerances down to 0.01%.

4 Mar 2011

Analysis on Semiconductor Microelectronics Segment

With consumer demand for sophisticated electronic devices sparking a surge in new product announcements, Strategy Analytics foresees 2011 growth for the microelectronics segment of the compound semiconductor industry. ...

4 Mar 2011

Camtek Wins $4 Million Worth Order for Metrology and Inspection Systems

Camtek Ltd. ("Camtek"), announced today that it received a repeated order from a leading OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) supplier in Asia.

4 Mar 2011

Cascade Microtech and imec Collaborate to Test New 3D-TSV Integrated Circuit

Cascade Microtech, Inc. a leading expert at enabling precision measurements of integrated circuits at the wafer level, and the nanoelectronics research center imec, today announced they have entered into a collaborative research partnership for testing and characterization of 3D integrated circuit (IC) test structures.

From FormFactor 4 Mar 2011

Optical MEMS Process Technology from Micralyne to be Featured at OFC, NFOEC

Micralyne Inc., a world-renowned, independent MEMS foundry, will be exhibiting at the 2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 8-10, 2011.

From Micralyne Inc. 4 Mar 2011

Research Team Builds Silicon Optical Chips Using Nanofabrication Tools

In an effort to make it easier to build inexpensive, next-generation silicon-based electro-optical chips, which allow computers to move information with light and electricity, a University of Washington photonics professor, Dr. Michael Hochberg and his research team are developing design tools and using commercial nanofabrication tools.

4 Mar 2011

KIT to Submit Proposals for Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will go into the final round of the Excellence Initiative II with three new and three follow-up proposals.

4 Mar 2011

JQI Scientists' Spin-Orbit Coupling Technique Has Potential Applications in Quantum Computing

Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park, have for the first time caused a gas of atoms to exhibit an important quantum phenomenon known as spin-orbit coupling.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 4 Mar 2011

Illinois Physicists Combine Two Molecular Imaging Technologies to Study DNA Proteins

Illinois researchers have combined two molecular imaging technologies to create an instrument with incredible sensitivity that provides new, detailed insight into dynamic molecular processes.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4 Mar 2011