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What Nanotechnology Can Do for Your Average Donut

European food companies already use nanotechnology in consumer products, but few volunteer the information to consumers, said Dutch food scientist Frans Kampers. He is among the panelists gathered in Chicago for the ...

14 Feb 2009

Founder of Nanobosym to Deliver Luncheon Address at FDLI's Annual Nanotechnology Conference

Anita Goel, M.D., Ph.D., the founder of Nanobosym, Inc., and Harvard-MIT-trained physicist and physician will deliver the featured luncheon address Feb. 19, 2009 at FDLI's 2nd Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law,...

14 Feb 2009

Penn State Engineers Search for a Better Artificial Nose

For the sensitive work of detecting explosives and drugs in airports and other high-risk areas, humans have long relied on a marvel of evolutionary biology: the sniffer dog. The canine nose can detect a seemingly infinite range of odors, alone and in combination, at concentrations down to the parts per trillion level.

14 Feb 2009

Particle Sensor Improves Die Yield, Compresses Final Wafer Inspection

CyberOptics Semiconductor, Inc., has developed a new wireless sensor that allows fab engineers to monitor airborne particles in process equipment to validate and analyze wafer contamination in real-time to reduce wafer scrap and improve die yield with a wafer-like device -- the WaferSense® Airborne Particle Sensor (APS).

13 Feb 2009

Chirality at the Nanoscale: Nanoparticles, Surfaces, Materials and More

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Chirality at the Nanoscale: Nanoparticles, Surfaces, Materials and more" to their offering. The only standard ref...

13 Feb 2009

Discovery Paves Way for a New Type of Quantum Computing

An international team of scientists led by a Princeton University group recently discovered that on the surface of certain materials collective arrangements of electrons move in ways that mimic the presence of a magnetic field where none is present.

13 Feb 2009

Using Nanotechnology, Researchers Demonstrate Ways to Convert Irregular Biomechanical Energy into Electricity

Could hamsters help solve the world's energy crisis? Probably not, but a hamster wearing a power-generating jacket is doing its own small part to provide a new and renewable source of electricity.

13 Feb 2009

Applied Materials Hosts Forum to Explore 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 dou...

From Applied Materials Inc. 13 Feb 2009

Number of Nanotechnology Companies in Finland Tripled Since 2004

In its third study for Tekes, Spinverse Ltd studied the operations, challenges, and funding of companies developing and utilising nanotechnology. The study concludes that there are currently 202 active Finnish nanotechno...

13 Feb 2009

MEMS Market Expects to Reach $15.5 Billion in 2012

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Component industry is available in its catalogue. Status of the MEMS industry is providing an unique analysis of the evolution of the MEMS ma...

13 Feb 2009

Report Examines the World MEMS Equipment and Materials Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Components and Semiconductors industry is available in its catalogue.

13 Feb 2009

Report Examines Market for Nanocoatings to 2015

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Nanotechnology industry is available in its catalogue. This 360 report provides the most comprehensive market assessment yet of industrial app...

13 Feb 2009

Nanoscopic Technique May Help Detect Deadly Disease Early

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Lett...

13 Feb 2009

Controlling the Data Flow Inside a Quantum Computer

Pushing the envelope of Albert Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," known as entanglement, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have demonstrated a "quantum buffer," a technique that could be used to control the data flow inside a quantum computer.

12 Feb 2009

President and CEO of Arrowhead Research Corporation to Attend Roth Capital Partners Conference

Arrowhead (NASDAQ: ARWR) ("Arrowhead") President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Christopher Anzalone will be in attendance at the 21st Annual Roth Capital Partners OC Growth Stock Conference in Dana Point, Cal...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 12 Feb 2009