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Discovery Offers New Insight into the Growth of Graphene Layers

Researchers analyzing the assembly of graphene (sheets of carbon only one atom thick) on a surface of iridium have found that the sheets grow by first forming tiny carbon domes. The discovery offers new insight into the growth of graphene layers and points the way to possible methods for assembling components of graphene-based computer circuits.

12 Oct 2009

Optics of Nanomaterials

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of a new handbook "optics of nanomaterials" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 12 Oct 2009

Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics Held in Lanzhou

The 12th Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics (COOL'09) hosted by Institute of Modern Physics(IMP), CAS took place in Lanzhou on August 31st, 2009, with over 80 beam cooling experts from France, Germany, Japan...

11 Oct 2009

Nanophotonic Market Expect to Reach $3.6 Billion in 2014

The global nanophotonics market is expected to be worth US$3.6 billion by 2014, out of which the Asian market will account for nearly 74% of the total revenues. The global market is expected to record a CAGR of 100.7% fr...

10 Oct 2009

Physicists Resolved a Decade-Long Puzzle

A team led by physicists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have resolved a decade-long puzzle that is set to have huge implications for use of one of the most versatile classes of materials available to us for future technology applications: copper oxide ceramics.

From Nanomix Inc 9 Oct 2009

SMARTHAND Rises to the Challenge of Manufacturing Artificial Limbs

Pioneering techniques in the manufacture of artificial limbs continue to emerge in Europe, and the SMARTHAND ('The smart bio-adaptive hand prosthesis') project has risen to the challenge.

9 Oct 2009

University Establishes NanoMedicine and Biomedical Engineering Department

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has established a Department of NanoMedicine and Biomedical Engineering (nBME), which will give students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in these emerging fields of medicine.

9 Oct 2009

Exploring the Limits of Antiferromagnetism in a Nanostructured Material

Researchers in the Electronic + Magnetic Materials + Devices Group (Argonne National Laboratory) and at Politecnico di Milano in Italy explored the limits of antiferromagnetism in a nanostructured material for the first time, measuring the temperature required to support antiferromagnetic order in atomic monolayers of manganese on tungsten as the dimensions of the structures are reduced.

From Argonne National Laboratory 9 Oct 2009

Researcher Wins 2009 Donald R. Ulrich Award for Sol-Gel Work

Dr. Rob Kreiter, working at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), has received the 2009 Donald R. Ulrich award for "an outstanding contribution to the field of Sol-Gel science and technology".

9 Oct 2009

MEMC Electronic Materials Announces Organizational Changes to its Corporate Leadership Team

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR) today announced three organizational changes to its corporate leadership team. The changes align the business around MEMC's primary end-markets, semiconductor and solar, pla...

From GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. 9 Oct 2009

MIT NanoStructures Laboratory Installs Novelx's Award-Winning Benchtop Field Emission SEM

Novelx, Inc. announced that the NanoStructures Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently purchased and installed the company's award-winning benchtop field emission SEM, the Novelx mySEM.

9 Oct 2009

UW Leaders Broke Ground on Nation's Largest Molecular Engineering Building

University of Washington leaders today officially broke ground on a molecular engineering building. "It's incredibly exciting to see the building become a reality," said Matthew O'Donnell, Frank + Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering.

9 Oct 2009

Scientists Using Nanotechnology to Address One of the Most Elusive Challenges in Physics

A team of researchers from UT Dallas, Clemson University and Yale University are using science on the nanoscale to address one of the most elusive challenges in physics - the discovery of room-temperature superconductivity.

9 Oct 2009

Nanogea Adds New Members to its Scientific Advisory Board

Nanogea, a nano-biotech company focused on commercializing the industry's most sensitive single molecular detection platform, is pleased to announce today that Dr. C. Thomas Caskey and Dr. Saul Tendler have joined it...

9 Oct 2009

Permanent Electric Currents in Metal Rings

Since the early days of quantum physics in the 1920s and 30s, it has been suggested time and again that electric "continuous currents" flow in tiny metal rings. These currents are small, but flow permanently, e...

9 Oct 2009