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New Instrument Can Delicately Pull Chain of Atoms Apart

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of-let's say-gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked by engineers.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2010

Nanogea Presents Results of its Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Study

Nanogea, a nano-biotechnology company focused on commercializing the industry's most sensitive single molecular detection platform, is pleased to announce results regarding its Prostate Cancer diagnostic study.

31 Mar 2010

New Simulation Software Developed for Quantum Computer

A quantum computer could provide an enormous improvement in the processing speed of existing computers. However, as yet they only exist in the laboratory in the form of small prototypes with a capacity of a few bits. ...

31 Mar 2010

DMU Research Team Explores Potential of Gold Nanoparticles for Use in Memory Devices

Medicine bottles that alert you when a prescription needs updating and computer screens which can be rolled up to fit in a briefcase are a step closer thanks to research led by a De Montfort University (DMU) academic fro...

31 Mar 2010

Innsbruck Reseachers Study Transition Between Quantum and Classical Lasers

Rainer Blatt‘s and Piet Schmidt’s research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical properties of the atom-photon interaction.

31 Mar 2010

Celebration to Mark Milestone Acheived by CERN's LHC Particle Accelerator

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is celebrating March 30, 2010 as "World TeV Day" in recognition of the major milestone achieved at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at approximately 1:06 p.m. CEST ...

31 Mar 2010

FZD Scientists Conduct Research on Ultra-Short Electron Pulses

Over the last few years interest has grown in compact x-ray laser sources which do not require the use of large particle accelerators. Instead, high-intensity laser light is used to accelerate ultra-short, high-density e...

31 Mar 2010

Spansion Announces Sampling of 90nm 256Mb MirrorBit SPI Multi-I/O Flash Memory Device

Spansion Inc. today announced it is sampling its 90nm 256 Megabits (Mb) MirrorBit® Multi-I/O Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash memory device to set-top box, digital TV and industrial design customers and chipset manufacturers.

31 Mar 2010

Indepth Research on CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell Market in China

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/517317/2010_deep_research) has announced the addition of the "2010 Deep Research Report on Global and China CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell Industry" report to t...

31 Mar 2010

UIC to Become First University to Own New Generation Electron Microscope

The University of Illinois at Chicago will become the first university in the world to have a new generation of electron microscope, promising views up to three times sharper than instruments now commonly used and provid...

31 Mar 2010

Infineon Achieved First-Pass Silicon Success of 40nm Baseband Processor Using Galaxy Platform

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform has helped Infineon Technologies AG achieve first-pass silicon success of the 40-nanometer (nm) baseband processor for its X-GOLD™ 626 3G wireless analog and digital system-in-package (SIP).

31 Mar 2010

BioNanomatrix Becomes Exclusive Licensee of Nanochannel Arrays Patent

BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough single-molecule genomic analysis technology, today announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,670,770 for nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis.

31 Mar 2010

Lexington Unveils Integrated Insurance Product for Nanomaterials Manufacturers

Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, today introduced LexNanoShieldSM, an integrated insurance product and array of risk management services designed for firms whose principal business is manufacturing nanopar...

31 Mar 2010

NanoHex Project Team Works on Next-Generation Nanofluid Coolant

Thermacore, Inc., a leading provider of heat pipe technology and other thermal management solutions, announced today that Thermacore Europe is making tremendous progress as lead partner of an 8.3 million euro ($11.4M) Eu...

31 Mar 2010

Thin-Film Battery Manufacturer Infinite Power Earns ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film energy storage devices, today announced it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification, the international standard for Quality Management Systems.

31 Mar 2010