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Partnership Results in Promising New Tool for Fighting Infections

Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it&#39...

10 Jun 2009

A Widely Tunable Bandgap in Bilayer Graphene

Graphene is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, whose extraordinary electron mobility and other unique features hold great promise for nanoscale electronics and photonics. But there's a catch: graphene has no bandgap.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 10 Jun 2009

Formation of Interconnected Carbon Nanostructures on Graphene Substrate in a Simple Assembly Process

Engineers from the University of Pennsylvania, Sandia National Laboratories and Rice University have demonstrated the formation of interconnected carbon nanostructures on graphene substrate in a simple assembly process that involves heating few-layer graphene sheets to sublimation using electric current that may eventually lead to a new paradigm for building integrated carbon-based devices.

10 Jun 2009

The 1MX Technology Significantly Improves the RF and Microwave Performance of |Z| Probe Family of RF Wafer Probes

SUSS MicroTec Test Systems, one of the world's leading suppliers of process and testing solutions for markets as Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Nanotechnology, Compound Semiconductor, Silicon-On-Insulator and 3D Interconn...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 10 Jun 2009

First Use of a Fundamentally New Approach in the Quest to Snare the Holy Grail of Lighting Industry

Researchers are reporting the first use of a fundamentally new approach in the quest to snare the Holy Grail of the lighting industry: An LED (light-emitting diode) - those ultra-efficient, long-lived light sources - that emits pure white light.

10 Jun 2009

Sniffing Out Chronic Renal Failure in its Earliest and Most Treatable Stages

Scientists in Israel have identified the key substances in exhaled breath associated with healthy and diseased kidneys -raising expectations, they say, for development of long-sought diagnostic and screening tests that literally sniff out chronic renal failure (CRF) in its earliest and most treatable stages.

10 Jun 2009

New Process for the Production of Tin Sulfide Nanotubes

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes in the early 1990s, nanotubes and nanowires have been the focus of much scientific attention. Aside from carbon, nanotubes have since been made from various other materials.

10 Jun 2009

Low-Profile High-Stability Motion-Sensing IC Allows Mobile Applications to Deliver Enhanced User Experiences

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications, has introduced the world's thinnest three-axis digital MEMS accelerometer.

From STMicroelectronics 10 Jun 2009

Nanocyl 7000 Multi-Wall CNT Selected by Shinil Chemical Industry for ESD Packaging

Shinil Chemical Industry CO. LTD will exhibit new ESD packaging materials during the NPE based on Nanocyl multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The cost-performance of Nanocyl 7000, combined with Shinil’s proprietary di...

From NANOCYL SA 10 Jun 2009

QickCap NX Certified to Support TSMC iRCX Format for ICs Targeting 65- and 40-nm Processes

Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), announced today that QuickCap(r) NX has been certified to support the parasitic extraction and modeling accuracy requirements of the TSMC iRCX format for integrated circuits...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 10 Jun 2009

Nanometrics Receives Follow-On Order for Atlas Metrology System Equipped with NanoCD Capability

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance process control metrology systems today announced a follow-on order for an Atlas® metrology system equipped with NanoCD™ capability.

10 Jun 2009

SAFENANO Co-Hosts Pre-Conference Workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at NanoMaterials '09

SAFENANO, the UK's premier resource on Nanotechnology Health + Safety, is co-hosting a Pre-Conference workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at the forthcoming NanoMaterials '09 conference in Bonn, Germany. L...

10 Jun 2009

EMBL Launches New Free Service Helping Researchers Keep Up-to-Date with Scientific Literature on the Web

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now offers a new free service to help researchers, teachers and students keep up-to-date with scientific literature on the web, especially when researching unfamiliar molecules.

10 Jun 2009

JPK Announces Installation of NanoTracker Optical Tweezers System at Leiden University

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the installation of its unique NanoTracker™ optical tweezers system in the laboratory of Dr. Remus Dame at Leiden University.

From Bruker BioAFM 10 Jun 2009

High-Performance Hall Sensor Capability Proven to Enable Cost-Effective SoCs

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry group manufacturing silicon wafers for analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs), today announced the industry's first foundry process for ...

10 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology News

Partnership Results in Promising New Tool for Fighting Infections

A Widely Tunable Bandgap in Bilayer Graphene

Formation of Interconnected Carbon Nanostructures on Graphene Substrate in a Simple Assembly Process

The 1MX Technology Significantly Improves the RF and Microwave Performance of |Z| Probe Family of RF Wafer Probes

First Use of a Fundamentally New Approach in the Quest to Snare the Holy Grail of Lighting Industry

Sniffing Out Chronic Renal Failure in its Earliest and Most Treatable Stages

New Process for the Production of Tin Sulfide Nanotubes

Low-Profile High-Stability Motion-Sensing IC Allows Mobile Applications to Deliver Enhanced User Experiences

Nanocyl 7000 Multi-Wall CNT Selected by Shinil Chemical Industry for ESD Packaging

QickCap NX Certified to Support TSMC iRCX Format for ICs Targeting 65- and 40-nm Processes

Nanometrics Receives Follow-On Order for Atlas Metrology System Equipped with NanoCD Capability

SAFENANO Co-Hosts Pre-Conference Workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at NanoMaterials '09

EMBL Launches New Free Service Helping Researchers Keep Up-to-Date with Scientific Literature on the Web

JPK Announces Installation of NanoTracker Optical Tweezers System at Leiden University

High-Performance Hall Sensor Capability Proven to Enable Cost-Effective SoCs

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