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New Microscope Allowing Scientists to See Very Small Things

That's why Jennifer Ross, a University of Massachusetts Amherst physicist, is building a new microscope that achieves super resolution, allowing scientists to see molecules 100 times smaller than are visible using traditional light microscopy.

6 Jan 2010

T2 Biosystems Appoints New Vice President

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first point-of-care medical diagnostic products that enable rapid molecular and immunodiagnostic testing on a single instrument, today announced it has appointed Ken Toso as ...

6 Jan 2010

Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded two scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory with the distinction of Fellow. Chi-Chang Kao and Thomas L...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 6 Jan 2010

Project Aims to Determine the Properties of Hydrogen Bonds in Molecular Systems

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Thomas Elsaesser an 'Advanced Grant' of 2.49 Million Euros. The project aims at elucidating extremely fast processes which determine the properties of hydrogen bonds in molecular systems.

6 Jan 2010

Fluidigm BioMark System Sales Surpass The Century Mark

The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), provides high throughput real-time qPCR enabling researchers to streamline their experimental workflow, increase throughput and lower costs.

From Standard BioTools 6 Jan 2010

Blueprint for Tiny Robots Capable of Working Inside the Human Body

"Nature has some million years of experience. It seems like a good idea to make use of this fact", says Holger Stark. Indeed, the Professor for theoretical physics at the Technical University of Berlinis engage...

6 Jan 2010

Advantest Introduces SEM-Based Critical Dimension Measurement System for Photomasks

Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) today announced availability of its new SEM-based Critical Dimension (CD) measurement system for photomasks. The E3610 and E3620 advanced mask metrology tools, developed and m...

6 Jan 2010

Nanowires Made of 'Strained Silicon' Show How to Keep Increases in Computer Power Coming

Computers keep getting more powerful because silicon transistors keep getting smaller. But that miniaturization can't continue much further without a change to the transistors' design, which has remained more or less the same for 40 years.

6 Jan 2010

Nanoelectronics: It Takes Two

A new type of nanowire that can be fabricated using conventional manufacturing techniques has been reported by researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and the Institute of Materials Research and Enginee...

5 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology Boost the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells

In the quest to reduce the costs of solar cells to increase the use of solar energy, scientists are focusing on the use of cheap thin films rather than thick wafers of silicon. However, light absorption in thin films is ...

5 Jan 2010

Innovative MEMS Sensor for Fully Implantable Heart

MEMSCAP today announce a partnership in the frame of development and industrialization of the first fully implantable artificial heart.

From MEMSCAP 5 Jan 2010

Camtek's GANNET System Chosen by Leading Asian Integrated Device Manufacturer

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) ("Camtek" or the "Company"), today announced its first sale, during December 2009, of the Gannet, Camtek's first new Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) system f...

5 Jan 2010

Optomec Receive New Contract from AFRL to Deliver High Throughput Enhancements to its Aerosol Jet System

Optomec announced today that it has received a new contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to deliver high throughput enhancements to its Aerosol Jet® system. The upgrades will be made to a system that...

From Optomec 5 Jan 2010

Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop New Way to Navigating Molecular Worms Inside Chemical Labyrinths

With the passage of a molecule through the labyrinth of a chemical system being so critical to catalysis and other important chemical processes, computer simulations are frequently used to model potential molecule/labyrinth interactions.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Jan 2010

Breakthrough Battery Technology Features 20-Year Shelf Life

mPower Technologies, Inc., the consumer products division of mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:XDSL - News), announces the debut of the mPower Emergency Illuminator(TM), a personal lighting device with a battery shelf li...

From MyPebble 5 Jan 2010