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Experiments Give Strong Evidence Superconductivity is Related to Material's Magnetic Properties

Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechan...

2 Feb 2010

Using Nanotechnology to Diagnose and Treat Disease

SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit wrapped up today in Albuquerque, N.M., with in-depth discussion-and a high sense of energy looking ahead. Nanotechnology is a quickly growing, but still-evolving fie...

2 Feb 2010

Research May Lead to New Ways to Move or Position Single Molecules

A group of Marshall University researchers and their colleagues in Japan are conducting research that may lead to new ways to move or position single molecules-a necessary step if man someday hopes to build molecular machines or other devices capable of working at very small scales.

2 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Putting Entirely New Dimension Before the Eye

A mystical glow emanates from the display case. A white light appears out of nowhere. And a light source is invisible - at least at first glance. Only upon close examination does the source of the apparently supernatural...

2 Feb 2010

New Approach Making Synthesis of Hydrogen Fuel Storage Materials Less Complicated

An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.

2 Feb 2010

ADA to Utilize Firm's Nanotechnology Expertise to Develop UAV Wing Skins

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $100,000 contract from the United States Air Force to conduct early stage research on a new method of creating a wing skin for use on morphing unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Much like...

2 Feb 2010

Cartilage Regeneration Using Nanotope's Lead Compound

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) today announced publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of a study using Nanotope's lead compound for cartilage regeneration.

2 Feb 2010

Nanowires for a New Chip Architecture

Nowadays, a myriad of silicon transistors are responsible to pass on the information on a microchip. The transistors are arranged in a planar array, i.e. lying flat next to each other, and have shrunk down already to a size of only about 50 nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 millionth part of 1 millimeter).

2 Feb 2010

Method for Treating Surface of Nanoparticles Greatly Improves Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

Scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which greatly improves the efficiency of organic solar cells.

2 Feb 2010

SHHIC Enters into Commercial Production Using SMIC's 0.162um Embedded EEPROM Process

Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SHHIC"), a leading smart card IC supplier in China, today announced that its design of a high-end contactless smart card IC has success...

2 Feb 2010

First System Permitting Real-Time Kinetic Analysis of Molecular Interactions Directly on Cell Surfaces

Attana AB introduces the Attana Cell 200 - the first system to permit real-time kinetic analysis of molecular interactions directly on cell surfaces, bringing drug development a step closer to the body. As the first c...

2 Feb 2010

Observing Chemical Exchange Processes in Ultracold Sample of Cesium Atoms and Feshbach Molecules

Considerable progresses made in controlling quantum gases open up a new avenue to study chemical processes. Rudolf Grimm's research team has now succeeded in directly observing chemical exchange processes in an ultracold sample of cesium atoms and Feshbach molecules. They report on their findings in the journal Physical Review Letters.

2 Feb 2010

Humans Could One Day Walk on Walls with New Palm-Size Adhesive Device

Could humans one day walk on walls, like Spider-Man? A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make it possible. The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to ...

2 Feb 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order from Formosa Epitaxy for Multiple MOCVD Reactors

AIXTRON AG announced today that in the third quarter of 2009 Formosa Epitaxy Inc. 'FOREPI', based in Lung-Tan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, placed an order for multiple MOCVD reactors which will be used for the production of ultra-high brightness (UHB) InGaN-based blue LEDs.

From AIXTRON SE 2 Feb 2010

Physik Instrumente Introduces New N-216 NEXLINE High-Load Piezo Linear Motors

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. introduces the new N-216 NEXLINE®® high-load piezo linear motors. These ultra-precision nanopositioning actuators provide travel ranges to 20 mm and push / pull forces to 600 N (130 lb).

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 1 Feb 2010