Nanotechnology News

RSS

New Research Offers Clues to How Shells Grow in Nature

Single crystals of the mineral calcite -- the chief material in limestone -- are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. But scientists have long marveled at how biological crystals of calcite grow together with other organic materials to form, for example, shells and sea urchin spines.

30 Nov 2009

Applied Materials Introduces Applied Vantage Astra Millisecond Anneal System

Applied Materials, Inc., today announced its new Applied Vantage® Astra™ millisecond anneal system, an important breakthrough in transistor fabrication that enables faster, lower power consumption devices.

From Applied Materials Inc. 30 Nov 2009

Raising CMP Technology to A New Level

Applied Materials, Inc., today raised CMP* technology to a new level while lowering system cost of ownership (CoO) with the launch of its Applied Reflexion® GT system for advanced metal CMP applications.

From Applied Materials Inc. 30 Nov 2009

Monolithic Laser Combiner System for Confocal and Fluorescence Microscopy

Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today introduced its monolithic laser combiner system for confocal and fluorescence microscopy applications. The MLC400 monolithic laser combiner brings Agilent's patented complex...

30 Nov 2009

Industry's First Abatement and Vacuum Pumping Solution for Controlling Emissions in Semiconductor Fab

Applied Materials, Inc., today unveiled its Applied iSYS™ platform, the industry's first fully-integrated abatement and vacuum pumping solution for controlling emissions in the semiconductor fab.

From Applied Materials Inc. 30 Nov 2009

Exploring the Synergies in Moving Oil and Pumping Blood

Scientists and engineers from two of the nation's largest industries - medicine and energy - will come together Dec. 7 with leading academicians to explore the synergies in moving oil and pumping blood. Much like...

30 Nov 2009

Adaptable Technology Opens Door to Wide Range of Applications in Chemical Detection

An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum (infrared). By contrast, typical lasers emit a single light beam of a well-defined wavelength.

30 Nov 2009

Workshop and Technical Papers Outline Emerging Solutions for Logic and Memory Devices

Engineers from SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program will present technical papers revealing research breakthroughs at the 55th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) from December 7-9, 2009...

30 Nov 2009

Micromeritics Announces Instrument Grant to the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas

After careful consideration by a special Grant Selection Committee appointed by the president of the company, Micromeritics' grant award winner for the third quarter of 2009 has been selected. An ASAP 2020 Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System has been awarded to the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX.

From Micromeritics International Sales 30 Nov 2009

First Demonstration of High-Temperature Stability in Metallic Nanoparticles

A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The ...

30 Nov 2009

Industrial Nanotech Enters into Agreement with Angstrom Technology

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with Angstrom Technology Private Limited to serve as the Company's exclusive distributor for India.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 30 Nov 2009

MagForce Commences Conformity Assessment Procedure for its Nano-Cancer Therapy

MagForce Nanotechnologies AG has submitted the product file for NanoTherm® to Medcert GmbH, the medical certification and testing company which serves as Notified Body for the certification of medical products. With ...

30 Nov 2009

Delivering the Right Therapy Directly to Tumors Using Special Molecules

Finding and treating a tumor without disturbing normal tissue presents challenges - sometimes the most effective therapies can be invasive and harsh. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way th...

30 Nov 2009

Project to Improve NMR for Structural Biology

In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements in the techniques behind these predictions, the "eNMR" project has launched a new initiative.

30 Nov 2009

Cambridge NanoTech Signs Partnership Agreement with M. Braun

Cambridge NanoTech, the world leader in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) science and equipment, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with M. Braun, Inc. to provide integration of M. Braun gloveboxes into its line of ALD systems.

30 Nov 2009