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EPSILON Sets Up Operations in Greater Montreal

French thermics company EPSILON, specializing in high-tech civil and military systems architecture, is partnering with a new Canadian-controlled private corporation, EPSILON RTO, which is opening in Montréal to spea...

11 Feb 2009

SEMATECH Experts Report Progress on Enabling EUVL

SEMATECH and International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) experts will present world-leading research and development results on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) manufacturability and extendibility, alternative lithog...

11 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Paving the Way for Next Generation of Computers

Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smal...

11 Feb 2009

Process that may Revolutionize the Manufacture of Nano-Devices

Yale engineers have created a process that may revolutionize the manufacture of nano-devices from computer memory to biomedical sensors by exploiting a novel type of metal. The material can be molded like plastics to create features at the nano-scale and yet is more durable and stronger than silicon or steel.

11 Feb 2009

Veeco to Host Event for the Nanoscience Community

Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs)
to the nanoscience community, announced today that it will host the “Seeing
at the Nanoscale VII” conference at the University of California, Santa
Barbara (UCSB), July 28–31, 2009.

From Veeco 11 Feb 2009

The Ultimate Sponge for Cleaning Up Oil Spills

Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively soaking up environmental oil spills. Their study is in ACS' Industrial + Engineering Chemistry Research, a bi-weekly journal.

11 Feb 2009

Stimulus Debate Highlights Need for Focus on Nanotechnology Risks

The nearly $800 billion stimulus package being debated in Congress contains a number of measures intended to improve information technology, infrastructure and the energy economy in the United States - all areas that will be greatly aided by nanotechnology.

11 Feb 2009

Anchor Semiconductor Announces Pattern-Based OPC Acceleration Tool for Time and Cost Saving in Mask Synthesis Flow

Anchor Semiconductor Inc. today introduced an easy-to-adopt Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) acceleration tool that will significantly shorten OPC cycle time and reduce OPC tool license usage through its proprietary pa...

11 Feb 2009

Researchers "Plug" Molecular "Wire" Directly into Biological Photosynthetic System

Japanese researchers have now developed a new process to capture light energy with nearly equal efficiency. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, they "plug" a molecular "wire" directly into a biological photosynthetic system to efficiently conduct the free electrons to a gold electrode.

11 Feb 2009

The Use of Nanotechnology in Virology and its Potential for Antiviral Therapeutics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Antiviral Therapeutics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering. This report reviews the current state...

From Research and Markets 10 Feb 2009

Report Examines the Future of Drug Delivery Technologies Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Pharmaceutical industry is available in its catalogue. Delivery Mechanisms for Large Molecule Drugs: Successes and failures of leading techno...

10 Feb 2009

2-Year Plan to Focus on Leading-Edge Nanotechnology

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced the company would spend $7 billion over the next two years to build advanced manufacturing facilities in the United States. The investment funds deployment of Intel&#...

10 Feb 2009

Strength Through Diversity - Fraunhofer Researchers Show Innovative Developments at nano tech 2009

Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing innovative developments at the nano tech 2009 exhibition in Japan.

10 Feb 2009

Size and Mobility of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by weight, and without it, there would be no life on Earth. Depending on its crystal structure--how its atoms bond together--carbon can form several different substances, ranging from sooty coal to glittering diamonds to slippery-smooth graphite.

10 Feb 2009

Researchers Demonstrate Breakthrough in Optical Nanoscopy

A collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Stanford University has demonstrated a breakthrough in optical nanoscopy, the science of imaging and sensing of nanoscale objects. ...

10 Feb 2009