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Importance of Nanotechnology in Research into Renewable Energy

The chemistry student association Technologisch Gezelschap is organising a symposium on 19 and 20 November 2009 on the importance of nanotechnology in research into renewable energy. Specialists from trade + industry and...

17 Nov 2009

Capturing Tumor Cells in Bloodstream using Nanotechnology

Jin-Woo Kim, a biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, is part of a cutting-edge nanotechnology research group that has discovered a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream. The work could dramatically improve early cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.

17 Nov 2009

Killian Lab Creates Bose-Einstein Condensate from Strontium

The Rice lab of physicist Tom Killian published a paper online this month demonstrating the long-sought creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of strontium atoms. BEC is a state of matter predicted by early 20th-century physicists Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein. Basically, at extremely cold temperatures, some types of atoms come to almost a complete standstill and enter a state in which they lose their individual identity.

17 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Center to Take Delivery of UK's Most Versatile Electron Microscope

Swansea University is to take delivery of the UK's most versatile electron microscope. Scientists will be able to magnify objects 800,000 times to devise new treatments for cancer and other life-changing technologies...

17 Nov 2009

Understanding the Electrical Properties of Graphene

First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made o...

17 Nov 2009

New, Inexpensive, Reusable and Highly Efficient Microfluidic Connector

Like other users of microfluidic systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Javier Atencia was faced with an annoying engineering problem: how to simply, reliably and most of all, tightly, connect his tiny devices to the external pumps and reservoirs delivering liquids into the system.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Brings Big Improvement to Medical Imaging

If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important-especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution imaging.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Nov 2009

Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots

To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement-the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, phy...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Nov 2009

Novel and Simple Way to Analyze Samples that are Complex Mixtures

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze complex solutions containing particulates or other contaminating materials often find that the first part of the process isn't so easy.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Nov 2009

Federally-Funded Project Part of Long-Range Lab Modernization Plan

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $8 million to Argonne National Laboratory for detailed design work for a new, world-class energy research facility. This is the first step in beginning work on what is expected to be a $95 million construction project.

From Argonne National Laboratory 17 Nov 2009

Top EU Grant Goes to Nanotechnology

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant to the Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (TU Delft) for its work in bio-nano resear...

17 Nov 2009

Semiconductor Veteran Eyes Nanofiber Market with New Venture

Semiconductor veteran and serial entrepreneur Ellery Buchanan today announced the launch of FibeRio Technology Corporation.

17 Nov 2009

Industry's First Easy-to-Use Demonstration Kit for WLC Evaluation Simplifies Process for Customers

Nemotek Technologie, a manufacturer of customized Wafer-Level Cameras (WLCs) for portable applications, today announced the availability of its WLC demonstration kit for sensor, camera module and mobile phone vendors. Co...

17 Nov 2009

Applied Materials to Spearhead Three-Year Project Named Light InLine

Applied Materials, Inc., Merck KGaA and the Braunschweig University of Technology (TU-BS) today announced that they have been awarded a grant by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop processes to lower the cost of manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting for general illumination applications.

From Applied Materials Inc. 17 Nov 2009

Combination Makes Applied Materials Leader in High-Growth Equipment Market for Advanced Packaging of Chips for Mobile Devices

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) and Semitool, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMTL) today announced a definitive agreement for Applied to acquire the outstanding shares of Semitool for $11 per share in an all-cash tender offer. T...

From Applied Materials Inc. 17 Nov 2009