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Carl Zeiss, SEMATECH Partner to Design Metrology Tool for EUV Photomasks

SEMATECH and Carl Zeiss today announced their agreement to design and develop the industry’s first-ever actinic aerial image metrology system (AIMS™) for defect review of EUV photomasks.

9 Jul 2010

New Nano-Based System for Targeted Drug Delivery

A new system for the controlled delivery of pharmaceutical drugs has been developed by a team of University of Rhode Island chemical engineers using nanoparticles embedded in a liposome that can be triggered by non-...

9 Jul 2010

Collaborative Research to Develop Metals for Medical Applications

The Australian government announced that Manhattan Scientifics and its existing industrial partner, Carpenter Technology Corporation have joined with a new industrial partner, Cochlear Ltd. to create customized metals for use in human beings advancing the bionic age.

From Manhattan Scientifics Inc. 9 Jul 2010

National Nanotechnology Initiative to Host Workshop in Virginia

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) will host the Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop at the Hotel Palomar in Arlington, VA on July 13-14, 2010. The goal of this workshop is to obtain input fro...

9 Jul 2010

CIMIT Prize Awarded to Project Using DNA Nanobarcodes for Clinical Diagnoses

Imagine finding out before you leave the pediatrician's office if your child has strep throat, or even something more serious requiring a different treatment. A novel application for applying DNA "nanobarcodes" in a clinical assay could help primary-care physicians quickly and more accurately determine what's causing a patient's acute pharyngitis from an easy throat swab.

9 Jul 2010

Physicists Explore Magnetic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

Metallic carbon nanotubes show great promise for applications from microelectronics to power lines because of their ballistic transmission of electrons. But who knew magnets could stop those electrons in their track...

9 Jul 2010

Researchers Observes Unexpectedly Small Proton Radius in a Precision Experiment

International team of researchers observes unexpectedly small proton radius in a precision laser experiment with exotic hydrogen atoms. The proton – one of the universal building-blocks of all matter – is ...

9 Jul 2010

PNNL Scientists Win Four R+D 100 Awards for Environment, Biology, Security Technologies

Technologies that enhance threat and radiation detection, improve life sciences research and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels received recognition for their innovation today. R+D Magazine honored four advancements developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with its annual R+D 100 awards.

8 Jul 2010

ORNL Researchers Win Eight R+D 100 Awards

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been honored with eight awards in the annual R+D 100 Awards by R+D Magazine. Sometimes referred to as the "Academy Awards of Science," the magazine selected win...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

NREL Solar Research Garners Two Prestigious R+D 100 Awards

An etching technique that makes silicon wafers more efficient and a mammoth power generator that sets a new standard for the production of solar energy - both developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nation...

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

LLNL Captures Six Awards for Top Industrial Innovations

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are the recipients of six awards among the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2009.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

UAlbany Nanotechnology College Partners with American Red Cross

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany, in partnership with the American Red Cross, held its 2nd Annual Blood Drive on July 8 at CNSE's Albany Nanotech Complex. More than 80 people representing CNSE students, faculty, staff and global corporate partners participated in this year's blood drive, which was held in memory of Alivia Lovell, the daughter of CNSE Integration Engineer Dave Lovell.

8 Jul 2010