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$X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy Providing the Best Resolution Yet$

X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy Providing the Best Resolution Yet

A team of scientists working at beamline 9.0.1 of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has used x-ray diffraction microscopy to make images of whole yeast cells, achieving the highest resolution-11 to 13 nanometers (billionths of a meter)-ever obtained with this method for biological specimens.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 27 Apr 2010

Raith Installs New ionLiNE at Tel Aviv University

Raith GmbH a leading provider of Nano-Structuring and Lithography systems, announced today the installation of a novel solution based on Raith's successful e-Line Electron Beam Lithography systems and their new Nano-FIB ion source and focused ion optics, at The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

From Raith 27 Apr 2010

ABF Develops SOEC Electrolytic Cell to Convert CO2 into Useful Fuel

Lower CO2 emissions demand more renewable energy in the energy system. This calls for new solutions that take account of the considerable variations in the amount of wind energy, hydropower, solar energy etc. One of t...

27 Apr 2010

Raman Microscopy Helps Researchers to Precisely Locate Metal Complexes in Cancer Cells

Scientists from Bochum have managed to accurately determine the location of metal complexes within living cancer cells using Raman microscopy.

27 Apr 2010

Arrowhead Appoints Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to its Scientific Advisory Board

Arrowhead Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ARWR) announced today the appointment of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. von Eschenbach served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2005 until 2009 where he engaged an agenda to modernize the FDA. Under his leadership, many new programs were designed to strengthen the FDA, including the establishment of a nanotechnology initiative. He emphasized the FDA’s role in working with external partners to assure quality throughout the entire life cycle of the products it regulates while internally fostering, through process improvements, a regulatory pathway that is transparent and efficient while still rigorous and science led.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 27 Apr 2010

New Spintronics Finding can Lead to Further Development of Nanoscale Magnetic Storage Devices

Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one has actually seen the spin—a quantum mechanical property of electrons—in individual atoms until now.

27 Apr 2010

Scientists Find That Melanin Nanoparticles Protect Bone-Marrow from Radiation Damage

Tiny, melanin-covered nanoparticles may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University who successfully tested the ...

27 Apr 2010

New Research on Shape-Memory Material at Molecular Scale

X-ray studies and fundamental calculations are helping physicists gain molecular level insight into the workings of some magnetic shape-memory materials, which change shape under the influence magnetic fields. Shape-m...

27 Apr 2010

Nanometrics Announces Additional Delivery of UniFire Metrology Systems

Nanometrics Incorporated today announced that additional UniFire™ 7900 metrology systems have been delivered and qualified by an existing customer, and are currently in production for high volume manufacturing process control of advanced wafer-level packaging processes.

27 Apr 2010

Researchers Develop New Kind of Platinum to Make Cheaper Fuel Cells

A new form of platinum that could be used to make cheaper, more efficient fuel cells has been created by researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Houston.

27 Apr 2010

EUVA’s LPP Light Source Achieves Breakthrough 104W Power Output for EUV Lithography Tools

Technology consortium, the Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography System Development Association (EUVA), today announced that its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source has achieved a power output of 104 Watts at the inter...

27 Apr 2010

Phoenix Solar Selects MiaSole’s Thin-Film Modules to Broaden its Product Portfolio

Phoenix Solar AG, a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the TecDAX, has signed a framework agreement with MiaSole, a leading manufacturer of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar...

27 Apr 2010

Innovalight’s Silicon Ink Solar Cell Sets Conversion Efficiency Record at 19%

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling a platform of silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has achieved a new record of 19 percent conversi...

27 Apr 2010

Panelists Discuss Students' Placements in Nanotechnology Companies at Community Forum

On April 15, 2010, Dr. Stipkala joined a panel discussion on student education and technology transfer at the Nanotechnology Community Forum hosted by the University of South Carolina's NanoCenter in Columbia, SC.

27 Apr 2010

Biosensor Chip Recognizes Diseases

Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), together with Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan, have developed a novel biosensor chip that not only recognizes proteins that are characteristic for specific diseases, but also can show if these proteins are changed through the influence of disease or drugs.

27 Apr 2010