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Transistor Noise Model Improves Prediction Accuracy, Supports Continued Device Scaling

Researchers from SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program have developed a comprehensive transistor noise model capable of extracting defect characteristics from low frequency noise data in advanced gate stack tr...

26 Oct 2009

Sporian Microsystems to Develop Field-Deployable Sensors under Contract

Sporian Microsystems, a developer of sensors and sensor systems, has been awarded two contracts from the US Air Force to develop small, modular, field-deployable sensors for use in solid rocket motor (SRM) health assessm...

26 Oct 2009

Acoustic Hyperlens Providing Eightfold Boost in Magnification Power of Sound-Based Imaging Technologies

Created by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the acoustic hyperlens provides an eightfold boost in the magnification power of sound-based imaging technologies.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 26 Oct 2009

Sanan OptoElectronics Places Multiple Tool Orders for Veeco's TurboDisc MOCVD Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that Sanan OptoElectronics of China has placed multiple tool orders for Veeco's TurboDisc® Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs).

26 Oct 2009

A Little Nanotechnology, A Lot of Oil

A wall of graphene a single nanometer wide could be the difference between an oil well that merely pays for itself and one that returns great profit. Rice University and Houston-based M-I SWACO, the world's large...

26 Oct 2009

Researchers Create New, Ultra-Sensitive Technique to Analyze Life-Sustaining Protein Molecules

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created a new, ultra-sensitive technique to analyze life-sustaining protein molecules. The technique may profoundly change the methodology of biomolecular studies and chart a new path to effective diagnostics and early treatment of complex diseases.

26 Oct 2009

Princeton Awarded $15.2 Million from NCI to Explore Driving Forces Behind Evolution of Cancer

Princeton University physical scientists will partner with researchers at four other institutions to explore the driving forces behind the evolution of cancer under a five-year, $15.2 million award from the National Cancer Institute.

26 Oct 2009

Center Focusing on Using Nanobiotechnology to Advance Cancer Research

Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Corn...

26 Oct 2009

Breaking the Petaflop Barrier, Roadrunner Reveils Results of 10 Science Projects

The world's fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed its initial "shakedown" phase doing accelerated petascale computer modeling and simulations of a variety of unc...

26 Oct 2009

Applied Materials Opens Largest Non-Government Solar Energy Research Facility in the World

Applied Materials' Solar Technology Center, the largest non-government solar energy research facility in the world, is comprised of laboratory and office buildings covering more than 400,000 square feet and contains an entire Applied SunFab™ thin film manufacturing line and a complete crystalline silicon pilot process.

From Applied Materials Inc. 26 Oct 2009

Capturing the Actions of Tiny Water Droplets on Man-Made Superhydrophobic Surface

According to Duke University engineers, the answer is "jumping" water droplets. As it turns out, the same phenomenon that occurs when it's time for certain mushrooms to eject spores also occurs when dew droplets skitter across a surface that is highly water repellant, or superhydrophobic.

26 Oct 2009

Research Center Aimed at Unraveling the Physical Underpinnings of the Growth and Spread of Cancer

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have been awarded $14.8 million from the National Cancer Institute to launch a research center aimed at unraveling the physical underpinnings of the grow...

26 Oct 2009

Project Leading the Way in Microchip Design

Helped by more than EUR 7 million of Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) funding, the EUROPRACTICE IC3 and EUROPRACTICE IC4 projects have produced state-of-the-art micromechanical and mi...

26 Oct 2009

Nanocrystal Allowing Scientists to Confine Both Light and Sound Vibrations in Tiny Space

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a nanoscale crystal device that, for the first time, allows scientists to confine both light and sound vibrations in the same tiny space.

26 Oct 2009

Manufacturer using Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate on All New Solar Water Heaters

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced that the company's patented Nansulate® thermal insulation and asset protection coatings will now be used on all new solar water heater systems manufactured by Asia based First Energy Solution Manufacturing Corporation.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 26 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology News

Transistor Noise Model Improves Prediction Accuracy, Supports Continued Device Scaling

Sporian Microsystems to Develop Field-Deployable Sensors under Contract

Acoustic Hyperlens Providing Eightfold Boost in Magnification Power of Sound-Based Imaging Technologies

Sanan OptoElectronics Places Multiple Tool Orders for Veeco's TurboDisc MOCVD Systems

A Little Nanotechnology, A Lot of Oil

Researchers Create New, Ultra-Sensitive Technique to Analyze Life-Sustaining Protein Molecules

Princeton Awarded $15.2 Million from NCI to Explore Driving Forces Behind Evolution of Cancer

Center Focusing on Using Nanobiotechnology to Advance Cancer Research

Breaking the Petaflop Barrier, Roadrunner Reveils Results of 10 Science Projects

Applied Materials Opens Largest Non-Government Solar Energy Research Facility in the World

Capturing the Actions of Tiny Water Droplets on Man-Made Superhydrophobic Surface

Research Center Aimed at Unraveling the Physical Underpinnings of the Growth and Spread of Cancer

Project Leading the Way in Microchip Design

Nanocrystal Allowing Scientists to Confine Both Light and Sound Vibrations in Tiny Space

Manufacturer using Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate on All New Solar Water Heaters

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