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University of Alberta and Micralyne Announces Nanotechnology Agreement

Micralyne, one of the world's largest independent developers and manufacturers of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and microfluidic products, today announced it will be giving Alberta's nanotechnology indu...

From Micralyne Inc. 1 Sep 2009

SUSS MicroTec Introduces Probe Station PA300PS 3D

SUSS MicroTec (FWB:SMH)(GER:SMH), a leading supplier of process and test solutions for semiconductor industry and related markets, announces the release of the probe station PA300PS 3D geared for 300mm electrical probing of 3D stacked structures on wafer level and targeted at the market for 3D integration.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 1 Sep 2009

Chinese Academy of Sciences Authorizes USTC to Build Solar Research Center

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) authorized the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) to build the Research and Demonstration Center for Integrated Utilization of Solar Energy in Hefei, Anhui province on ...

1 Sep 2009

Turning Pure New Zealand Merino Wool into Gold

Professor Jim Johnston was this week awarded one of five 2009 Bayer Innovators Awards for developing a world-first process in which nano-particles of pure gold and silver are embedded in New Zealand merino wool to create a luxury fibre that can be used in high-end fashion garments, textiles and carpets.

31 Aug 2009

Getting a Grip on the Environment of a Quantum Particle

Researchers of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at the TU Delft have succeeded in getting a grip on the environment of a quantum particle, thereby increasing the control over single electrons. With this result, the tea...

31 Aug 2009

NSF to Fund Rutgers University Research in Clean Energy Using Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. The foundatio...

31 Aug 2009

Rice Scientists Create Video of Bending and Flexing Carbon Nanotubes

The wiggling rainbows are pretty to look at, and what they represent is certainly intriguing. Rice scientists have created a video of bending and flexing carbon nanotubes to show once-undetectable characteristics that may someday be tuned for medical and industrial use.

31 Aug 2009

TankeBlue Semiconductor Scales-Up Production of High Quality SiC Wafers

TankeBlue Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a pioneer in the SiC industry of the Asia-pacific region, has recently scaled-up production of high quality 3" SiC wafers. Early this year, TankeBlue lowered its 2" wafers'...

31 Aug 2009

OECD Releases New Report on Manufactured Nanomaterials

OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) released a new report in their series on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials. Based on an OECD workshop held on the topic in Paris Oct 2008, the report's f...

31 Aug 2009

Carl Zeiss Presents Integrated Solution for Correlative Microscopy in Materials Analysis

Core elements of the link between light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are the sample holder and adapter, as well as software for the fast, automated relocation and examination of one and the same region of interest in the light microscope as well as in the SEM.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 31 Aug 2009

New Journal Publishes Experimental and Theoretical Work Across Breadth of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

A new peer reviewed journal publishing experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology Specialists in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology have a new high quality resourc...

31 Aug 2009

New Method for Fabricating Silk-Based Optical Waveguides that are Biocompatible and Biodegradable

There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications - from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are ...

31 Aug 2009

Researchers Discover Metallofullerenes Capable of Forming Ordered Supramolecular Structures

Small, smaller, "nano" data storage! Interest is growing in the use of metallofullerenes - carbon "cages" with embedded metallic compounds - as materials for miniature data storage devices. Researchers at Empa have discovered that metallofullerenes are capable of forming ordered supramolecular structures with different orientations.

31 Aug 2009

Polymer-Coated Gold-Platinum Nanorods for Industrial Use

Nanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful form. Rice University chemists have answered the call this week with a polym...

31 Aug 2009

NSF Awarded Clemson $2 million to Mimic Nature's Probes

The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics.

31 Aug 2009