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New Microscope Uses "Silver Nanoparticle" to Reveal Hidden Details

In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses "silver nanoparticle" ...

25 Feb 2009

Super-Thin Films of Carbon Poised to Revolutionize Electronics

Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digi...

25 Feb 2009

World's Smallest Periscope to Look at Cells and Other Micro-Organisms

A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

25 Feb 2009

Study Part of Effort to Tap Nature's Secrets for Building Tiny Tools

Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a...

25 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Increase Efficiency of Plastic Solar Cells

Researchers at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta have engineered an approach that is leading to improved performance of plastic solar cells (hybrid organic solar cell...

25 Feb 2009

Forum Explores Emerging Lithography Technologies

Without robust and affordable next-generation lithography, the current semiconductor roadmap could change dramatically. For 22nm and beyond, patterning candidates such as EUVL*, nano-imprint, direct write and optical double patterning methods show promise.

25 Feb 2009

NanoFab Serving Researchers and Businesses Specializing in Developing and Bringing to Market Nanotechnology-Related Products and Processes

The NanoFab (nanoscale fabrication facility) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is expanding its capabilities to serve researchers, academic institutions and businesses that specialize in develo...

24 Feb 2009

CEMMNT Upgrades TEM with Gatan Tridiem ER Energy Loss Filter

CEMMNT is pleased to announce that it has recently upgraded its Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with a Gatan Tridiem ER energy loss filter (GIF). TEM and Gatan filter provide a wealth of information about mater...

24 Feb 2009

Research Brings Quantum Computing a Step Closer to Reality

Scientists using a single atom to control another with the Rydberg Blockade principle have moved a step closer to unimaginable computing power.

24 Feb 2009

BTU International Receives $2 Million Order for Thin Film Solar Equipment

BTU International (Nasdaq: BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, announced the receipt of an order from a new, major, thin fi...

24 Feb 2009

Report Foresees Continued Growth in the Zinc Oxide Electronics Market

The report predicts that revenues from the leading ZnO-related electronics applications will reach about $860 million ($US) in 2012, rising to $2.3 billion in 2016.

24 Feb 2009

eBeam Initiative Aims to Increase Design Starts and Reduce Time-to-market in Semiconductor Industry

A group of leading companies throughout the electronics industry today announced the launch of the eBeam Initiative -- a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of an innovative, new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB).

24 Feb 2009

Synopsys Announces Joint Collaboration with Powerchip and Nikon on 42-nm Flash Memory Optimization

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced a joint collaboration with Powerchip and Nikon to deploy the Nikon Scanner Signature Files (NSSF...

From Synopsys, Inc. 24 Feb 2009

Turning Algae Into Biofuels using Nanotechnology

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, high-performance electrode systems, and related process chemistries for portable power and clean-tech applications, today announced that it was awa...

24 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Revolutionising the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide

EU-funded scientists have developed a simpler, cleaner method of producing hydrogen peroxide (H202), which is widely used as an antiseptic and disinfectant. The results could lead to the on-site production of hydrogen peroxide in smaller quantities and at weaker concentrations, thereby avoiding the risks associated with the transport and storage of large amounts of highly concentrated H2O2.

24 Feb 2009