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Writing Self-Erasing Images using Nanotechnology

Those who like to watch spy movies like "Mission Impossible" are familiar with the self-destructing messages that inform the secret agents of the details of their mission and then dissolve in a puff of smoke.

26 Aug 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Establishes Carbon Nanotube Coatings Center

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), in partnership with Chasm Technologies, Inc. (Chasm), a consulting firm specializing in nanomaterials and thin film coating + patterning, have established a carbon nanotube coatings application development center at Chasm's facility located in the Boston area.

26 Aug 2009

New Method Paving the Way for Three-Dimensional Microchips

Stanford researchers have developed a method of stacking and purifying crystal layers that may pave the way for three-dimensional microchips. The scientists added tiny germanium crystals in the shape of nanowires to ...

26 Aug 2009

HRL Laboratories Announces Collabration with National Secure Manufacturing Center

HRL Laboratories, LLC, announced today that it has partnered with the National Secure Manufacturing Center at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City Plant (KCP) to provide multiple-project wafer s...

26 Aug 2009

Lab-on-a-Chip Test Could Lead to Wider and More Convenient Use of DNA Testing

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA.

26 Aug 2009

Cost-Effective Technology for Disease Diagnosis and Biological Research

A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has been developed by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and...

26 Aug 2009

mPhase Technologies Work Resulted in Rapid Advancement of Smart NanoBattery Technology

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:XDSL - News) reported today that its work with a world leading MEMS foundry has resulted in the rapid advancement of its Smart NanoBattery technology. Last week, mPhase announced a laboratory discovery of a polymer coating that improves the ability to control activation of the Smart NanoBattery.

From MyPebble 26 Aug 2009

AMS Technologies Enters into Distribution Agreement with Nanometer Technologies

AMS Technologies AG, pan European distributor of high-tech systems and components based in Germany, and Nanometer Technologies, based in California, have entered into a distribution agreement.

26 Aug 2009

CEMMNT and MM Live to Host Metrology in Micro Manufacturing Workshop

In partnership with CEMMNT, MM Live is pleased to announce the introduction of the Metrology in Micro Manufacturing Workshop, which will take place during the afternoon session of Day 2, 21st October, of the Micro Manufacturing Conference. MM Live is being held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 20-21st October.

26 Aug 2009

Researchers Using Carbon Nanotubes with Gold as Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells

Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes.

26 Aug 2009

Joint Research Agreement to Advance the Development of Microfluidics Technology

Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre Suisse d...

26 Aug 2009

Argonne Lab Receives $29.1 Million for Improvements and Upgrades to Major Scientific Facilities and Other Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has received an additional $29.1 million in DOE Office of Science (SC) funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a range of improvements and upgrades to major scientific facilities and other projects.

From Argonne National Laboratory 25 Aug 2009

Useful Tool for Determining Batch-to-Batch Variation in Processability of Pharmaceutical Powders

In today's pharmaceutical development environment, scientists are looking to new analytical test methods for help in determining the sources of variability in all aspects of drug development and production.

From Malvern Panalytical 25 Aug 2009

Sandwich Recipe May Prove Tasty for Computer Chip Designers

The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized electronic components – but no clear way to satisfy it until now.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Aug 2009

New, Highly Sensitive, Low-Cost Technique for Measuring Light in the Near-Infrared Range

In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, highly sensitive, low-cost technique for measuring light in the near-infrared range.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Aug 2009