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New Water Desalination Device Operates at Microscopic Scale

A new approach to desalination being developed by researchers at MIT and in Korea could lead to small, portable units that could be powered by solar cells or batteries and could deliver enough fresh water to supply the needs of a family or small village.

24 Mar 2010

NCI and Cornerstone Collaborate to Apply Emulsiphan Nanoemulsion to Anticancer Agents

Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the private pharmaceutical company focused on therapies exploiting distinctive cancer cell metabolism announced that it has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with the United States National Cancer Institute ("NCI").

24 Mar 2010

Asia's Leading Foundry to Install Automated microRSP-A300 from CAPRES

CAPRES A/S, a Danish developer of next-generation semiconductor metrology systems for the direct nano- and micro-scale electrical characterization of materials, today announced the first shipment of its fully automated 300mm microRSP-A300 to an industry leading foundry located in Asia.

From KLA Corporation 24 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology Solutions to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Usable Products

Three new complementary research projects will turn carbon from a pollutant into useful products that could help both industry and the environment. Nanotechnology solutions will be used to: convert carbon dioxi...

24 Mar 2010

Oxford Instruments Announces 2010 Winner of Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce the 2010 winner of the Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize is Dr Vivien Zapf, from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Los Alamos.

24 Mar 2010

Research Paper to be Presented on Nano Process for Concrete Corrosion Problem

Professors Henry Cardenas and Sven Eklund, and Ph.D. candidate Kunal Kupwade-Patil of the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University will present their award-winning paper at the Second International...

24 Mar 2010

Scientists Create New Material to Make Next Generation Small Devices

As the electronics industry works toward developing smaller and more compact devices, the need to create new types of scaled-down semiconductors that are more efficient and use less power has become essential.

24 Mar 2010

UC Researchers Develop Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

UC engineering researchers create tiny pools without walls with programmable microfluidic systems. Microfluidic devices typically depend upon electrokinetic or traditional pressure methods to move microscopic amounts ...

24 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology and Optical Research Works Earned NSF Awards

Promising research on superconducting materials, near infra-red spectroscopy, and nanotechnology has earned three faculty at Tufts University's School of Engineering early career awards from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy.

24 Mar 2010

The Planet Announces Server Availability with New 32 Nanometer Intel Processor

The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the availability of the Dell PowerEdge R710 server, equipped with the Intel® Xeon® X5600 series processor and now the most powerful server in the company’s fleet.

24 Mar 2010

SiFotonics Launches New Optical Receiver Based on Silicon Photonics

SiFotonics Technologies Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of optical communications components based on the Silicon Photonics technology platform, announced on Monday March 22, 2010 that the TP1001, an integrated receiver for 2.5Gb/s optical communication applications is available for volume production.

24 Mar 2010

New Spin Coater from Microelectronics Equipment Supplier Brewer Science

Brewer Science, supplier of materials and equipment to the microelectronics industry, today announced the launch of the Cee® 250X precision spin coater, the newest and most advanced member of the Cee® lineup of benchtop tools.

24 Mar 2010

Towards the Realization of Diamond Electronic Devices

Hideaki Yamada and Akiyoshi Chayahara, Diamond Wafer Team, The Diamond Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a technology for manufacturing inch-siz...

24 Mar 2010

Evolved Machines Completes First Nanotube-FET Integrated Sensor Chip

Evolved Machines, Inc. today announces completion of the first carbon nanotube field effect transistor (nanotube-FET) integrated sensor chip. Consisting of 1,536 nanotube-FET sensors along with a digital backplane for in...

24 Mar 2010

Oxford Instruments Appoints New General Manager

Oxford Instruments - TDI, part of the Oxford Instruments Group, announces the appointment of Neil Wester as General Manager. His key responsibility will be to oversee both product and process developments at TDI's Silver Spring, Maryland, USA facility.

23 Mar 2010