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Mentor Supports TSMC in 28nm Test Chip Development

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that its Calibre® Design-to-Silicon solutions were key elements in the successful development of TSMC's 28nm Product Qualification Vehicle (PQV), a major milestone in the TSMC process development. Multiple Mentor products were used in the design of the PQV test chips, including the Calibre nmDRC and Calibre nmLVS tools for design verification, and Tessent™ test suite for silicon test.

10 Aug 2010

Spintronics, New Substitute for Microelectronics

Researchers at Ohio State University have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data. An alternative to traditional microelectronics, so-called &qu...

From Ohio University 10 Aug 2010

EnSol, University of Leicester to Develop Thin Film Solar Cell Technology

An international team of scientists and industrialists is to meet at the University of Leicester to develop of a revolutionary new technique for harnessing green energy.

10 Aug 2010

Computing Application to Better Study Nanoscale Properties in Superconductors

Superconducting materials, which transmit power resistance-free, are found to perform optimally when high- and low-charge density varies on the nanoscale level, according to research performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 10 Aug 2010

Business Leaders to Discuss MEMS Integration into Electronic Products

8.58 billion MEMS devices generating nearly $10B in revenue will ship in 2014, according to leading microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) market analysts.

10 Aug 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order from New Customer in Bulgaria

AIXTRON AG today announced an order for three mass production MOCVD systems for GaN HB-LED production from the INCOTEX Group, a new AIXTRON customer in Bulgaria. INCOTEX placed the order in the first quarter of 2010 and the systems will be delivered from the third quarter of 2010 onwards.

From AIXTRON SE 10 Aug 2010

Molecular Design Made to Measure

Biomolecules such as peptides and nucleic acids can nowadays be synthesised relatively quickly and inexpensively. In addition, great progress has been made in the development of methods enabling the directed mutagenesis ...

10 Aug 2010

Living Cells Made To Fluoresce Using Nanotechnology

Individual molecules and their dynamics can also be made visible in living cells using conventional fluorophores at a resolution of around 20 nanometers. How this is done is being revealed for the first time by researche...

10 Aug 2010

Researchers Study Unique Properties of Epitaxial Graphene Using Spectroscopy

Researchers have taken one more step toward understanding the unique and often unexpected properties of graphene, a two-dimensional carbon material that has attracted interest because of its potential applications in future generations of electronic devices.

10 Aug 2010

TSMC Employs Synopsys' Galaxy Platform for 28 Nanometer Test Chip Design

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that TSMC has successfully taped out a complex 28-nanometer (nm) Product Qualification Vehicle (PQV) test chip using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform.

From Synopsys, Inc. 10 Aug 2010

New Nano-Based Heat Technique for Cancer Treatment

Though a valuable weapon against cancerous tumors, radiation therapy often harms healthy tissue as it tries to kill malignant cells. Now, Prof. Israel Gannot of Tel Aviv University's Department of Biomedical Engin...

10 Aug 2010

Sheffield Team Receives Grant to Develop Nano-Bio-Chip for Oral Cancer Test

A new test for oral cancer, which a dentist could perform by simply using a brush to collect cells from a patient's mouth, is set to be developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching H...

10 Aug 2010

Bioengineers Discover ePop Circuit Using Microscope

Under the microscope, the bacteria start dividing normally, two cells become four and then eight and so on. But then individual cells begin "popping," like circus balloons being struck by darts. This phenome...

10 Aug 2010

Scientists Amplify Brightness of Fluorescent Probes Using 1-2 nm Dyedrons

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center (MBIC) are turning up the brightness on a group of fluorescent probes called fluoromodules that are used to monitor biological activities of individual proteins in real-time.

10 Aug 2010

Tiny Bubbles Collapse to Produce Sharp Liquid Jets

Duke University physicists have developed a way to produce sharp fluid jets with enough precision that they can inject material into a single, living cell. The technique promises a way to deliver drugs to cells one at a time, which is likely to be very valuable for research involving stem cells and other cellular-level studies.

10 Aug 2010