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Photon Signs Hanbek Corporation as Distributor in South Korea

Photon etc. is proud to announce that its range of products is now distributed in South Korea through Hanbek Corporation. Photon etc. has a worldwide network of distributors with a strong focus in Asia, especially in ...

28 Sep 2010

NIST to Award Up to $15 Million to UMD to Support Nanotechnology Research

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) will award a five-year cooperative agreement totaling $15 million to the University of Maryland (UMD), College ...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 28 Sep 2010

Growing Nanowires Horizontally Yields New Benefit

While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an unexpected bonus—a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 28 Sep 2010

Malvern Particle Size Analyzer Being Used to Study Transport of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environments

Researchers in the new environmental nanoscience laboratory at Baylor University’s Department of Geology (Texas, USA) hail the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Panalytical as an indispensable laboratory instrument. Run by Dr. Boris Lau, the new laboratory addresses cutting edge research focusing on the fate and transport of nanomaterials in an aquatic environment.

From Malvern Panalytical 28 Sep 2010

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ships Ionfab500 to Key Customer in Asia.

Leaders in etch, deposition and growth systems and processes, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, will shortly be shipping an Ionfab500 ion beam system to a key customer in Asia. Designed for ultra high quality optic...

28 Sep 2010

NIH Awards $9.4 Million to Support Research Projects in Regulatory Science

The National Institutes of Health will award $9.4 million over three years to support four research projects in regulatory science. This research is conducted in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,...

28 Sep 2010

GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Host GTC 2010 Event in Asia Pacific Region

GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it is taking the Global Technology Conference on the road. On the heels of the inaugural GTC 2010 in California, the company is planning two additional events in October in the Asia Pacific region.

From GlobalFoundries 28 Sep 2010

Nanoscale-Thin Solar Cells Can Absorb Sunlight More Efficiently

In the smooth, white, bunny-suited clean-room world of silicon wafers and solar cells, it turns out that a little roughness may go a long way, perhaps all the way to making solar power an affordable energy source, say Stanford engineers.

28 Sep 2010

NanoMarkets Releases New Report on Zinc Oxide Electronics Market

A new report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets says that Zinc Oxide (ZnO) is emerging as an important electronics material, with sales of conductive coatings, electrode materials, and electronic devices using ZnO mo...

28 Sep 2010

Sunplus Adopts Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System for Multimedia SoC Designs

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2401) (LSE: SUPD), a leading multimedia IC design company, adopted the Cadence Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System for its multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

From Cadence Design Systems 28 Sep 2010

Scientists Use Plasmonic Nanobubbles to Remove Implanted Cancer Cells

Rice University physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated that plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo by creating tiny, shiny vapor bubb...

28 Sep 2010

Professor Earns Honorary Degree for Creating Nanotechnology-Based Filtration Systems

For his significant and global contributions to clean water and environmental causes, his dedication as an outstanding educator, and his commitment to invention and the pursuit of discovery, Professor Xiaoguang Meng rece...

28 Sep 2010

Gallium Manganese Arsenide Semiconductor Material Could Convert Heat into Electricity

Computers might one day recycle part of their own waste heat, using a material being studied by researchers at Ohio State University. The material is a semiconductor called gallium manganese arsenide. In the early onl...

28 Sep 2010

Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Receives NCI Grant to Advance Cancer Therapy

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.6 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (C-CCNE) based at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through applying/using advances in nanotechnology.

28 Sep 2010

New Nanoneedle Releases Quantum Dots into Cell’s Nucleus

Getting an inside look at the center of a cell can be as easy as a needle prick, thanks to University of Illinois researchers who have developed a tiny needle to deliver a shot right to a cell's nucleus.

28 Sep 2010