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Microscope User Workshop Attracted over 150 Scientists

More than 150 scientists and users of the ZEISS CrossBeam® and Helium Ion Microscope systems met at the 1st European user workshop in Dresden. In several sessions the participants got an overview on current product developments and new applications.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 30 Apr 2009

FRT Introduces New Optical Profilometer at CONTROL 2009 Exhibition

FRT presents a new profilometer at this year's CONTROL 2009 in Stuttgart. The optical profiler has been optimized for the non-destructive measurement of surfaces. The MicroSpy Profile measures roughness, contour, 3D topography, step height, planarity, geometry, volume, bearing contact area and more with metrological precision.

From Fries Research + Technology GmbH 30 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology Funding Landscape has Changed Dramatically with New Players such as Russia and China

With over $40 billion in government funds having been poured into nanotechnology research worldwide over the last five years, countries are now emphasizing the importance of application-driven research in this emerging f...

30 Apr 2009

Fujitsu Microelectronics Announces Collaboration on Leading-Edge Process Technology Production

Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that they will collaborate on leading-edge process technology production for the manufacturing...

30 Apr 2009

Method to Integrate High-Speed CMOS Electronics and Nanophotonic Circuitry Based on Plasmonic Effects

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that are much smaller than conventional optic components.

From IMEC 30 Apr 2009

Microscopic Medical Instruments on Road to Becoming Highly Functional

Nozomu Mishima, Tsuneo Kurita, and others of the Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing Group, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a combined laser and electrochemical machining system that can machine a microscopic metal tube with a diameter of less than 100 µm into a complex shape.

30 Apr 2009

Electronic Nose Detecting Odour Differences in Normal and Cancerous Brain Cells

An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in normal and cancerous brain cells.

30 Apr 2009

Research Making Quantum Cryptography Practical

Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster.

30 Apr 2009

Nano Method for Inducing Immunity to Certain STDs

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease, accounting for more than a million reported infections in the United States each year. Researchers at the California NanoSyste...

30 Apr 2009

New Research Effort Focusing on Opportunities for Suppliers and Materials Used in Photovoltaics

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst based here, today announced a new research effort that will focusing on the opportunities for suppliers or metals and related materials used in photovoltaics. Metals covered in the...

30 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology Improving Lithium Ion Battery Function

With the cost of lithium ion batteries falling and their efficiency levels being greater than traditional car batteries, automobile manufacturers are closer than ever to making electric cars affordable to the general public.

29 Apr 2009

Compact Lasers for Novel Nanomaterials Research

Compact lasers which can work in formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum and are suitable for mass production are now within reach, thanks to pioneering work by a European consortium. Digital projectors use a variety...

29 Apr 2009

"Self-Propelled" Oil Droplets that Can Run on a Chemical "Fuel"

Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life - the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement.

29 Apr 2009

Complete Line of Optical-Sensing Systems Addressing the Needs of the Growing Market for Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Now available from Ocean Optics is a complete line of optical-sensing systems and components that addresses the needs of the growing market for photovoltaic solar cells - from characterization of the thin films comprising such cells to measurement of the spectral output of solar simulators.

29 Apr 2009

How Proteins Interact with Cell Membranes when a Virus Strikes

Researchers from Durham University's Centre for Bioactive Chemistry are developing methods that show how proteins interact with cell membranes when a virus strikes. Using their approach, the team hopes to find new wa...

29 Apr 2009