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Catalyst Allowing Carbon Dioxide to be Used as a Versatile Synthetic Chemical

RIKEN chemists have developed a catalyst that should allow carbon dioxide to be used as a versatile synthetic chemical. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced whenever fossil fuels are burned, and it is a powerful greenhous...

10 Oct 2008

New Design Concept for Tiny Metallic Lens Tipped to Revolutionize Imaging of Nanoscale Objects

Researchers in Japan have developed a design concept for a device that allows imaging at scales previously impossible for optical instruments. Their advance is based on novel imaging techniques that allow optical imaging in the subwavelength regime, where the wavelength used is larger than the smallest features of the object being imaged.

10 Oct 2008

Breakthrough in Modern Microscopy - The THz Nanoscope

Contrary to textbook wisdom, the unusually long illuminating wavelength of 118 µm did not at all preclude researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) to resolve details as small as 40 nm (= 0.0...

10 Oct 2008

California Governor Dedicates Solar Power System at Applied Materials Campus

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States.

From Applied Materials Inc. 10 Oct 2008

UAlbany NanoCollege to Co-Host National Technology Transfer Society Conference

"Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clusters" is the theme of the 2008 annual conference of the national Technology Transfer Society ("T2S"), to be co-hosted this month by the University at Albany's ...

10 Oct 2008

New Thermoelectric Material Could Help Improve Gas Mileage

With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car. ...

10 Oct 2008

Carbon Nanotube-Based Material Creating Directionally-Varied Adhesive Force

The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers from four U.S. institutions.

10 Oct 2008

New Analytical Tools Coming Online at the Spallation Neutron Source

New analytical tools coming on line at the Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's state-of-the-art neutron science facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, include a beam line dedicated to nuclear ph...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 10 Oct 2008

New Particle Sizer from Malvern is Specifically Designed for Proteins and Biomolecules

Malvern Panalytical’s
new Zetasizer µV is an advanced light scattering system specifically intended
for the characterization of proteins and other biomolecules. This latest addition
to Malvern Panalytical’s highly successful Zetasizer family, is designed and optimised
for maximum sensitivity and minimum sample volume.

From Malvern Panalytical 10 Oct 2008

Leading Lithography Supplier Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these incl...

9 Oct 2008

Next-Generation Mass Spectrometry Systems Raise Standards for Compound Analysis

Applied Biosystems Inc. and its joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc., today announced the introduction of two of the most advanced mass spectrometry systems ever built - the AB SCIEX Triple Quad(TM) 5500 and the AB SCIEX QTRAP® 5500 Systems - both of which will provide researchers with complete workflow solutions that are unmatched in terms of functionality, speed and performance.

9 Oct 2008