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Critical Component for Possible Future Technologies Based on Nanophotonic Circuitry

Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.

16 Aug 2009

UC Merced to Lead Multicampus Research Program on Solar Energy using Nanotechnology

As the world's hunger for energy grows and fossil fuel supplies become less certain, the need to develop alternative renewable energy sources is paramount. The most abundant source of renewable energy is the sun.

15 Aug 2009

Report Examines Market for MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU Market 2008-2013" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Aug 2009

MultiProbe Adds DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company to their Worldwide Network of Representatives

MultiProbe, the developer and manufacturer of the Atomic Force nano Prober (AFP), announces the addition of DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company, to their worldwide network of representatives. Eff...

14 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology Research Revolutionizing How Computers Work

The London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) - a joint venture between UCL and Imperial College London - is leading two international projects to develop radically new approaches to miniaturising computer systems, which would require less energy and make data storage completely stable, among other benefits.

14 Aug 2009

Scientists Measure Drag/Friction of Single Molecules

Friction limits the speed and efficiency of macroscopic engines. Is this also true for nanomachines? A Dresden research team used laser tweezers to measure the friction between a single motor protein molecule and its track.

14 Aug 2009

Aviza Technology to Sell Certain Assets to Sumitomo Precision Products under Agreement

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agr...

14 Aug 2009

Work is a Further Advance in the Study of Metamaterials

While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.

14 Aug 2009

Researchers Identify Proteins Capable of Direct Response to Alarm Signal

Our genome is constantly under attack from things like UV light and toxins, which can damage or even break DNA strands and ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. Scientists have known for a long time that when DNA...

14 Aug 2009

IMEC to Present Host of New Partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation Program at Upcoming Conference

At the upcoming 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (21 - 25 September, Hamburg, Germany), IMEC will present a host of new partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation program (IIAP). Among these are MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH, Roth & Rau AG and Mallinckrodt Baker B.V.

From IMEC 14 Aug 2009

ANSI Announces Nanotechnology Standards Panel Meeting To Be Held in September

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has announced that it will hold a meeting of its Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) this September in Chicago, co-located with the NanoBusiness Alliance's Eighth Annual NanoBusiness Conference.

14 Aug 2009

Intradermal Delivery of Vaccines can Provide Significant Dose Sparing Urgently Required in the Swine H1N1 Pandemic

Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a swine flu pandemic,[1] NanoPass Technologies Ltd. (NanoPass) announced today that it has successfully developed a microneedle-based injection device that cou...

From NanoPass Technologies 14 Aug 2009

Mechanically Trapped Molecules Throw Light on Energy Transfer within Artificial Photosynthetic Systems

Now, a research team led by Makoto Fujita from the University of Tokyo and Tahei Tahara from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute has found a simple way to mimic the initial stage of photosynthesis by mechanically trapping a guest molecule inside a cage structure.

13 Aug 2009

Sigma-Aldrich Publication Continues to be a Premier Forum for Chemical Research

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today that its chemistry review journal, Aldrichimica Acta, was recently ranked number one by Impact Factor (IF) when evaluated against all 55 international journals in the field of...

From Sigma Aldrich 13 Aug 2009

API Nanotronics and Pulse Introduces World's Smallest 1553 Data Bus

API Nanotronics Corp. in collaboration with an industry partner, Pulse, a Technitrol company, have introduced Bus+, the world's smallest 1553 data bus transceiver/transformer integrated into a single package.

From Spectrum Control 13 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology News

Critical Component for Possible Future Technologies Based on Nanophotonic Circuitry

UC Merced to Lead Multicampus Research Program on Solar Energy using Nanotechnology

Report Examines Market for MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU

MultiProbe Adds DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company to their Worldwide Network of Representatives

Nanotechnology Research Revolutionizing How Computers Work

Scientists Measure Drag/Friction of Single Molecules

Aviza Technology to Sell Certain Assets to Sumitomo Precision Products under Agreement

Work is a Further Advance in the Study of Metamaterials

Researchers Identify Proteins Capable of Direct Response to Alarm Signal

IMEC to Present Host of New Partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation Program at Upcoming Conference

ANSI Announces Nanotechnology Standards Panel Meeting To Be Held in September

Intradermal Delivery of Vaccines can Provide Significant Dose Sparing Urgently Required in the Swine H1N1 Pandemic

Mechanically Trapped Molecules Throw Light on Energy Transfer within Artificial Photosynthetic Systems

Sigma-Aldrich Publication Continues to be a Premier Forum for Chemical Research

API Nanotronics and Pulse Introduces World's Smallest 1553 Data Bus

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