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SINANO Receives AIXTRON Black Magic CNT Tool for Experiments in LPCVD and PECVD Modes

SINANO, Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nano-bionics of Chinese Academy of Science, China, recently received their new AIXTRON Black Magic CNT tool. It was delivered in a 2 inch wafer configuration in the second quarter...

From AIXTRON SE 27 Oct 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Offering a Surprising Hydrogen Storage Solution

Hydrogen fuel, because its only byproduct is steam, should be the ultimate in green alternatives to fossil fuels, but it hasn't delivered on its promise yet because of one enormous stumbling block, storage. Now a tea...

27 Oct 2009

Paintings and Gilt Surfaces Effectively and Gently Restored using Nanotechnology

One of the most important tasks for modern restorers is thus to remove these layers, because it turns out that acrylic resins not only drastically change the optics of the treated artwork, but in many cases they accelerate their degradation.

26 Oct 2009

IEDM Showcases Smallest SRAM Memory Cell, Non-Conventional Lithography, New Tunneling Transistor

The smallest SRAM memory cell ever demonstrated, and a novel SRAM cell with impressive low-power performance built using tunneling field effect transistors, highlight the late-news papers to be presented at the 55th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December.

26 Oct 2009

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

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SINANO Receives AIXTRON Black Magic CNT Tool for Experiments in LPCVD and PECVD Modes

Carbon Nanotubes Offering a Surprising Hydrogen Storage Solution

Paintings and Gilt Surfaces Effectively and Gently Restored using Nanotechnology

IEDM Showcases Smallest SRAM Memory Cell, Non-Conventional Lithography, New Tunneling Transistor

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

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