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Work May Lead to Understanding of New Class of Materials

MIT physicists have discovered that several high-temperature superconductors display patchwork quilt-like variations at the atomic scale, a surprising finding that could help scientists understand a new class of unconventional materials.

27 Jan 2009

UCSC Awarded Prestigious Keck Foundation Grant to Establish W. M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $1.5 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to establish the W. M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics. A joint endeavor of the Jack Baskin School of Engi...

27 Jan 2009

Mentor Graphics and Freescale Expand Collaboration to Improve Manufacturing and Testing of Nanometer Technologies

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) announced today it will supply Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL)(NYSE:FSL.B) with select electronic design automation (EDA) technologies designed to enhance the manufacturabili...

27 Jan 2009

Tegal Receives Order for DRIE 3200 Multi-Module Cluster Tool from High Volume Manufacturer of MEMS Sensors

Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL), a leading designer and manufacturer of DRIE, plasma etch, and deposition systems used in the production of MEMS, power semiconductor, and optoelectronic devices, announced today that the Company received an order for a Tegal DRIE 3200 multi-module cluster tool from a high volume manufacturer of MEMS sensors.

From Collabrx, Inc. 27 Jan 2009

Proprietary CMEMS-ZeroThermal Technology Matches Quartz-Crystal Performance and Efficiency

Silicon Clocks, a leading developer of custom semiconductor timing solutions, today announced its breakthrough CMEMS-ZeroThermal™ passive temperature compensation technology, a critical step toward making quartz cr...

27 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology Center Planned to Spur Energy Innovation and Job Creation

The Nano World Headquarters (NWHQ), located in the Houston, Texas region, will serve as the leading global center for scientific nanotechnology collaboration and as an accelerator for start-up companies. The initiative -...

27 Jan 2009

Magnetically Attractive Solution for a Refrigeration Problems

Your refrigerator's humming, electricity-guzzling cooling system could soon be a lot smaller, quieter and more economical thanks to an exotic metal alloy discovered by an international collaboration working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).

27 Jan 2009

Canadian Officials Plan to Require Quantity, Usage and Toxicity Data of Engineered Nanomaterials from Companies

The Canadian government reportedly is planning to release in February the world's first national regulation requiring companies to detail their use of engineered nanomaterials, according to environmental officials.

27 Jan 2009

Demron’s Unique Nanotechnology Surpasses the Current NBC Suits to Provide Total Protection

Ronald DeMeo, MD, MBA, president and CEO with Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), today announced the company has been granted U.S. nanotechnology patent No. 7,476,889 titled "Radiation Detectable and Protective Ar...

27 Jan 2009

Taking the Stress Out of Magnetic Field Detection

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a carefully built magnetic sandwich that interleaves layers of a magnetic alloy with a few nanometers of silver "spacer" has dramatically enhanced sensitivity-a 400-fold improvement in some cases.

27 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology Doubling the Service Life of Concrete

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized additive that slows down penetration of chloride and sulfate ions from road salt, sea water and soils into the concrete.

27 Jan 2009

SiOnyx Opens West Coast Office and Boosts CMOS Sensor Team

SiOnyx, Inc., the leading innovator in shallow junction photonics - a patented semiconductor process coined 'black silicon' that radically alters the photonic properties of semiconductor devices - has added sever...

27 Jan 2009

Initiative Builds on ISMI's Commitment to Drive Sustainable and Cost-Effective Manufacturing

International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI), the global consortium of the world's major semiconductor manufacturers, today announced the launch of its new Environment, Safety + Health (ESH) Technology Cent...

27 Jan 2009

Pharmaceutics International Launches New Business Initiative, PII Drug Delivery Solutions

PII, (Pharmaceutics International, Inc.) announced recently the formal launch of a new business initiative, PII Drug Delivery Solutions. In response to demand from its clients for product development tools that meet the ...

27 Jan 2009

The Smallest Quantum Dots Ever Created

Single atom quantum dots created by researchers at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta make possible a new level of control over individual electrons, a development that suddenly brings quantum dot-based devices within reach.

27 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology News

Work May Lead to Understanding of New Class of Materials

UCSC Awarded Prestigious Keck Foundation Grant to Establish W. M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics

Mentor Graphics and Freescale Expand Collaboration to Improve Manufacturing and Testing of Nanometer Technologies

Tegal Receives Order for DRIE 3200 Multi-Module Cluster Tool from High Volume Manufacturer of MEMS Sensors

Proprietary CMEMS-ZeroThermal Technology Matches Quartz-Crystal Performance and Efficiency

Nanotechnology Center Planned to Spur Energy Innovation and Job Creation

Magnetically Attractive Solution for a Refrigeration Problems

Canadian Officials Plan to Require Quantity, Usage and Toxicity Data of Engineered Nanomaterials from Companies

Demron’s Unique Nanotechnology Surpasses the Current NBC Suits to Provide Total Protection

Taking the Stress Out of Magnetic Field Detection

Nanotechnology Doubling the Service Life of Concrete

SiOnyx Opens West Coast Office and Boosts CMOS Sensor Team

Initiative Builds on ISMI's Commitment to Drive Sustainable and Cost-Effective Manufacturing

Pharmaceutics International Launches New Business Initiative, PII Drug Delivery Solutions

The Smallest Quantum Dots Ever Created

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