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Leti Announces Workshop for European CMP Users Group at Minatec in Grenoble

Leti announced today that the spring meeting of the European Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Users Group will be April 30, 2010, on the Minatec campus in Grenoble. Formerly the German CMP Users Group, the new ...

From CEA-Leti 12 Apr 2010

Inaugural Prize Awarded for Outstanding Research in Surface Science

At the German Physical Society's (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft - DPG) annual Spring meeting the organization's Surface Science division (Fachverband Oberflächenphysik) selected Dr. Leo Gross, IBM Rese...

12 Apr 2010

Fullerene Layers Form an Ideal Substrate for Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are recognized as promising building blocks for future applications, however their fixation on surfaces or in a matrix is everything else than a simple task.

12 Apr 2010

SPP Process Shipped Broad Range of Etch, CVD, and PVD Single Wafer Tools in Q1 2010

SPP Process Technology Systems Ltd. (SPTS), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. (SPP), today announced shipments of $40 million during the first quarter of 2010 (ending 31 March).

12 Apr 2010

Positively Charged Nanoparticles Improve Drug Delivery into Tumor Cells

A study released this week suggests that anti-cancer chemotherapies which use nanoparticles to deliver drugs deep inside tumor tissue will be more effective if the particles are positively electrically charged because they are taken up to a greater extent by proliferating cells, according to a team of chemists and chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

12 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology Market Expected to Exceed US$13 Billion by 2018

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/95ad1c/nanotechnology_pl) has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology: Players, products & prospects to 2018 (Volume II)" report to the...

12 Apr 2010

Kavli Institute Looks Forward to Push Boundaries of Nanoscience

Looking to push the boundaries of nanoscience, the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science is no longer a think tank for new ideas, but a proving ground to aggressively push the limits of nanotechnology. And ...

12 Apr 2010

Key Insights into Nanoarchitecture of Protein

Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all organisms.

12 Apr 2010

Researchers Collaborate to Investigate Effects of Nanoparticles on Microorganisms

Nanoparticles are already widely used in everyday products such as cosmetics, textiles, dyes, and paints.

12 Apr 2010

Inexpensive Wireless Nanosensors for Civil Structures Monitoring

Could inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study publishe...

12 Apr 2010

GTA and CAST to Employ Dais' Nanotechnology Water Treatment System Components

Dais Analytic Corporation of Odessa, FL, USA (Dais, OTC:BB DLYT), CAST Systems Control Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China (CAST), and Genertec America of Redwood City, CA (GTA), today announced the signing of an sales a...

12 Apr 2010

HiSilicon Announces Completion of 65nm Wireless Network SoC Design

HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., Brite Semiconductor, Inc., and Open-Silicon, Inc., today announced that the companies have completed a 65nm Wireless Network SoC design with a TSMC foundry process.

12 Apr 2010

AuraSense Forms Advisory Board with Internationally Renowned Experts

AuraSense, a biotechnology company founded to pursue the unique therapeutic potential of engineered nanoparticles, announces the formation of their Advisory Board. The company is very fortunate to have engaged a set o...

12 Apr 2010

Nanocyl's Carbon Nanotube Technologies to be Featured at Chinaplas International Exhibition

Nanocyl announced today that it will showcase its range of carbon nanotube technologies developed for high-end electronics and automotive applications at the Chinaplas International Exhibition from April 19-22, 2010 in Shanghai, China.

From NANOCYL SA 12 Apr 2010

Researchers Use Virus to Assemble Nanoscale Components for Splitting Water Molecules

A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to split water and make chemical fuel to power their growth.

12 Apr 2010