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Engineers Make Use of Man-Made Surfaces Resembling Lotus to Improve Efficiency of Modern Engineering Systems

Now, almost one thousand years since Zhou Dunyi wrote these lines in China, scientists finally understand how the plant keeps itself clean and dry. It took an ultra high speed camera, a powerful microscope and an audio speaker to unlock a secret that has puzzled scientists for ages.

22 Oct 2009

Discovery Could Offer New Information About How Molecule Moves and Works

Scientists who study RNA have faced a formidable roadblock: trying to examine RNA's movements in a living cell when they can't see the RNA. Now, a new technology has given scientists the first look ever at RNA in...

22 Oct 2009

Research Paves Way for New 3-D Lithography Method

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale (billionths-of-a-meter) pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless patterns.

22 Oct 2009

Discovery Pointing the Way to Enzymes Tailor-Made for Any Application

Perilous and polluting industrial processes can be made safer with enzymes. But only a short range of enzymes have been available for the chemical industry. Recently a group of researchers at The Department of Chemis...

22 Oct 2009

Simple Way to Induce Nanoparticles to Assemble Themselves into Complex Arrays

An important advance towards this goal has been achieved by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) who have found a simple and yet powerfully robust way to induce nanoparticles to assemble themselves into complex arrays.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 22 Oct 2009

Tegal Wins Order from Leading Provider of Advanced Systems and Technologies Products

Tegal Corporation, (Nasdaq:TGAL) an innovator of specialized production solutions for the fabrication of advanced MEMS, power ICs and optoelectronic devices, today announced it has received an order for a Tegal 110 S/DE DRIE tool from a leading provider of advanced systems and technologies products.

From Collabrx, Inc. 22 Oct 2009

Transforming Carl Zeiss SteREO Discovery Stereomicroscopes into Single-Channel Zoom Microscope

The Carl Zeiss SteREO Discovery range of stereomicroscopes can now be transformed into a single-channel zoom microscope at the touch of a button with a coded, three-position nosepiece and motorized Y intermediate tube.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Oct 2009

MTI MicroFuel CEO to Present at Upcoming Business Conferences

MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro), developer of the Mobion® off-the-grid mobile power source and a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (MTI) (OTC: MKTY), today announced that President and CEO of MTI...

From Vitrek, LLC 22 Oct 2009

Sandia's National Institute for Nano-Engineering Program Wins "Deal of Distinction" Award

Sandia National Laboratories' National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE) program, operated in conjunction with the Semiconductor Research Corp., has won a "Deal of Distinction" award from the Licensing Executives Society (U.S. and Canada), Inc.

From Sandia National Laboratories 22 Oct 2009

TSMC Selects Mentor Graphics Calibre Physical Verification Platform for ISO Flow

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) selected the Calibre® physical verification platform for its Integrated Sign-Off (ISO) Flow, which int...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 22 Oct 2009

NCI Employs NanoString nCounter Analysis System at its Core Labs

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a molecular barcoding detection system, today announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is employing its nCounter™ Analysis System at two of its core labs.

From Nanostring Technologies 22 Oct 2009

Biocompatibility of Nanowires in the Brain

The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments ...

22 Oct 2009

Oxford Instruments Receives Order from University of California Santa Barbara

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a leading manufacturer of systems for etch, deposition and thin film growth, is pleased to announce an order from University of California Santa Barbara, (UCSB) CA, USA for its FlexAL Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) tool.

From Oxford Instruments plc 22 Oct 2009

New Industrial Ink-Jet Technology Enables Low-Resistance Wiring on Various Types of Substrates

Jun Akedo and Akito Endo, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have succeeded in developing a high-speed printing technology that involves laser irradiation during ink-jet printing.

22 Oct 2009

GE Announces Formation of "GE Healthymagination Fund"

GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the formation of the "GE Healthymagination Fund", a new equity fund that will make investments in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The fund will invest in companie...

22 Oct 2009