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Micromeritics Introduces Materials Characterization Webinar Series

In 2010 Micromeritics will begin presenting a series of webinars that will highlight applications, theory, and instrumentation for a variety of materials characterization techniques.

From Micromeritics International Sales 26 Jan 2010

Validated Flow for Rapid Reduction in Variation Risk in Nanometer Designs at Transistor Level

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform), and Solido Design Automation, provider of Variation Designer, today announced a validated fl...

26 Jan 2010

Supercomputing Time on Argonne's Blue Gene/P to Investigate Materials at the Nanoscale

Five researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will lead projects that have been awarded a total of 80 million hours of computing time on Argonne's energy-efficient Blue Gene/P.

From Argonne National Laboratory 26 Jan 2010

Veeco Responds to a Need in the Precision Machining and Solar Markets with NT9080

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leader in scientific and industrial metrology, today introduced the NT9080(TM) Surface Metrology System, which combines non-contact white light interferometry, operator ease of use, and affordability for both expert- and entry-level precision surface measurements.

From Veeco 26 Jan 2010

Tiny Implant that Sows Seeds of New Cells in the Eye

Researchers trying to restore vision damaged by disease have found promise in a tiny implant that sows seeds of new cells in the eye. The diseases macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa lay waste to photorecep...

26 Jan 2010

New Material Permanently Traps Only its Desired Prey

Not every object is food to a Venus flytrap. Like the carnivorous plant, a new material developed at Northwestern University permanently traps only its desired prey, the radioactive ion cesium, and not other harmless ion...

26 Jan 2010

Mismatched Alloys A Good Match for Future Development of High Performance Thermoelectric Devices

Employing some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development of high performance thermoelectric devices.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 26 Jan 2010

AMETEK Acquires Sterling Ultra Precision

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) announced it has acquired the assets of Sterling Ultra Precision, a privately held reseller of machine tools for the ophthalmic lens market. Sterling Ultra Precision is headquartered in Tampa, FL...

26 Jan 2010

Swedish Graphene Offers High Degree of Accuracy for Quantum Mechanical Effects

The hyper-quick electronics of the future will require new materials and the hottest around is graphene - a single layer of carbon atoms. Graphene produced using a method developed at Linköping University is now bei...

26 Jan 2010

Speeding up Photons Faster Than Speed of Light Through Stack of Materials

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) to seemingly faster-than-light speeds through a stack of materials by adding a single, strategically placed layer.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 26 Jan 2010

Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas

In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from industry and academia have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly efficient and yet a fraction of the size of standard antenna systems with comparable properties.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 26 Jan 2010

sp3 Diamond Technologies Announces Availability of New Turnkey Metalized Diamond Heat Spreading Segments

sp3 Diamond Technologies, Inc. (sp3), a leading supplier of diamond products, equipment and services, and Stellar Industries Corp. (Stellar), specializing in thermal management materials and metallization, today announce...

From sp3 26 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Signs Partnership Agreement with Russian Railways

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies CEO Anatoly Chubais and Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin have signed an agreement for strategic partnership in the implementation and commercialization of nanotechnology for rail transport.

26 Jan 2010

Nanoscale Protective Coating Market to Reach $3515 Million in 2015

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Nanoscale Protective Coatings" report to their offering. The market for nanosca...

From Research and Markets 26 Jan 2010

Collaborative Agreement Expands Ability to Provide Carbon Nanotubes and Technical Support for High Performance Conductive Plastic Applications.

Nanocyl announced today it has appointed NRC to be its commercial partner for NC 7000 multiwall carbon nanotubes and Plasticyl™ thermoplastic concentrates marketed to automakers in Germany. In the agreement, NR...

From NANOCYL SA 26 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology News

Micromeritics Introduces Materials Characterization Webinar Series

Validated Flow for Rapid Reduction in Variation Risk in Nanometer Designs at Transistor Level

Supercomputing Time on Argonne's Blue Gene/P to Investigate Materials at the Nanoscale

Veeco Responds to a Need in the Precision Machining and Solar Markets with NT9080

Tiny Implant that Sows Seeds of New Cells in the Eye

New Material Permanently Traps Only its Desired Prey

Mismatched Alloys A Good Match for Future Development of High Performance Thermoelectric Devices

AMETEK Acquires Sterling Ultra Precision

Swedish Graphene Offers High Degree of Accuracy for Quantum Mechanical Effects

Speeding up Photons Faster Than Speed of Light Through Stack of Materials

Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas

sp3 Diamond Technologies Announces Availability of New Turnkey Metalized Diamond Heat Spreading Segments

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Signs Partnership Agreement with Russian Railways

Nanoscale Protective Coating Market to Reach $3515 Million in 2015

Collaborative Agreement Expands Ability to Provide Carbon Nanotubes and Technical Support for High Performance Conductive Plastic Applications.

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