Nanotechnology News

RSS

NCI Awards $16 Million Funds to Texas Center for Cancer Nanomedicine

A $16-million, five-year grant by the National Cancer Institute’s nanomedicine initiative blends the expertise of five research institutions to focus an array of innovative nanotechnologies on improving the outcome of pa...

8 Nov 2010

Synopsys’ Grant Supports SF State to Establish Nanoelectronics and Computing Research Lab

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that San Francisco State University (SF State) is the latest university to receive the Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys.

From Synopsys, Inc. 8 Nov 2010

Coating Drug Molecules with Nanoparticles Aid Colon Cancer Treatment

Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology. There are several drugs that would have more beneficial therapeutic effect...

8 Nov 2010

Development of Advanced Algorithms to Support Miniaturisation of Future Circuits

Today’s RFIC (integrated circuits for radio frequency) design is integrated with digital and analog modules on the same die, posing severe challenges to existing simulation tools. The ambitious objective of the EU-...

8 Nov 2010

New Fabrication Process for Nanostructured Silicon and Polymeric Surfaces

The Microfabrication group of Aalto University which specializes in microfabrication and microfludics has developed a new and rapid method for fabrication of non-reflecting and self-cleaning surfaces. Surface properties are based on the nanostructured surface.

8 Nov 2010

Intermolecular to Support Development of DRAM Technologies from 30 to 40 nm Nodes

Intermolecular, Inc. announced today a new expanded collaborative development program (CDP) with Elpida Memory, Inc. (Tokyo SE:6665), a leading global memory supplier. This new multi-year agreement focuses on researc...

8 Nov 2010

Major Advance in 3D Holographic Imaging Technology

Remember the Star Wars scene in which R2D2 projects a three-dimensional image of a troubled Princess Leia delivering a call for help to Luke Skywalker and his allies? What used to be science fiction is now close to becoming reality thanks to a breakthrough in 3D holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.

8 Nov 2010

Camtek Announces Filing of Patent Infringement Case Against Rudolph Technologies

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT), announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Rudolph Technologies Inc. ("Rudolph"). The patent infringement lawsuit, filed in German Federal court, ...

8 Nov 2010

Key to Freener Batteries Lies in "Nano-Urchins"

Montroseite, a vanadium oxide mineral first discovered 60 years ago, could be used as an anode for greener batteries, say Chinese researchers. Yi Xie and co-workers from the University of Science and Technology of Ch...

8 Nov 2010

Solving Agriculture Problems using Nanotechnology

Your cell phone may one one day be powered by a nanoprotein extracted from spinanch. Leafy vegetables use photosynthesis to convert solar energy in order to grow, said Hongda Chen, a national program leader at National Institute of Food and Agriculture at the United States Department of Agriculture.

8 Nov 2010