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JPK Instruments Hosted Annual Symposium on SPM and Optical Tweezers

2009 is the tenth anniversary of the founding of leading life sciences and nanotechnology company, JPK Instruments. In celebration, the company hosted their eighth annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) alongside the second annual symposium on optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 2 Nov 2009

Computational Physics For Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Nanocomputing: Computational Physics For ...

2 Nov 2009

Y-Carbon Appoints New CEO

Y-Carbon, Inc., a nanomaterials company founded in 2004 and headquartered in King of Prussia, PA announced today that James Horan has joined the company as its CEO. Jim comes to Y-Carbon with more than 15 years of executive experience in the strategic management of science and technology companies.

2 Nov 2009

Symposium Dedicated to Advancement of Catalysis

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (UniCat) and Nanyang Technolog...

2 Nov 2009

Physicists Develop New Method for Manufacturing Nanowires

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient so...

2 Nov 2009

Accelerating Protons to Energies Never Before Achieved

An international team of physicists, which also includes scientists from the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD), has succeeded in accelerating protons to energies never before achieved with laser-particle acceleration. Radiation in this energy range is for example needed to treat eye cancer.

2 Nov 2009

Researchers Develop New Type of Photovoltaic System using Nanotechnology

Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system. The approach could allow PV systems to be hidden from view and located away from traditional locations such as rooftops.

1 Nov 2009

Scientist Devised "Smart Capsule" Made from Tiny Cage of Gold Covered with Smart Polymer

In campy old movies, Lucretia Borgia swans around emptying powder from her ring into wine glasses carelessly left unattended. The poison ring is usually a confection of gold filigree holding a cabochon or faceted gemstone that can be broken to empty the ring's contents. It is invariably enormous - so large it is rather odd nobody seems to notice it.

1 Nov 2009

New Excimer Laser from Coherent Offers Economical Operating Cost for Micromachining Applications

The new LEAP excimer laser from Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) offers an unsurpassed combination of output power, low purchase price and economical operating cost for micromachining applications in microelectronics and medical device manufacturing.

31 Oct 2009

Scientists Created Quasicrystals Out of Self-Assembling Nanoparticles

Just a few decades ago, scientists believed that all ordered matter consists of self-repeating building blocks -- atoms, ions or molecules. In this view, the ordinary solids of everyday life are arranged in crystals of repeating, three -- dimensional patterns.

31 Oct 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 PV Microspectrophotometer

The QDI 2010 PV instrument is designed to measure the transmission and reflectance of photovoltaic cells whether they be the traditional crystalline silicon, one of the thin film variety or such components as super- and substrates.

31 Oct 2009

President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec Appointed Honorary Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Dr. Michael Kaschke, Member of the Carl Zeiss AG Executive Board and President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, has been appointed an Honorary Professor in the Faculty for Electrotechnology and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 30 Oct 2009

New Nanoformulation Eliminate Tumors After a Single Treatment

Duke University bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles and demonstrated in animal models that this new nanoformulation can eliminate tumors after a single treatment.

30 Oct 2009

Groundbreaking Method to Replicate the Wings of Butterflies on a Nanometric Scale

A Spanish-US team of researchers has used a groundbreaking method to replicate the wings of butterflies and the colours of insects on a nanometric scale. The resulting technology has great potential to be used in a wide range of optical structures such as diffusers for solar panels or optical sensors.

30 Oct 2009

New, Less Expensive Grade of Raw Material for Solar Cells

A series of joint sub-projects and work-packages has enabled the scientists to develop a new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells. And the best news is that the new modules are just as efficient as curre...

30 Oct 2009