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Invisibility Cloak Could Reduce Risk of Large Waves Overtopping Coastal Defences

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.

2 Oct 2008

ASM International Finalizes Sale of NanoPhotonics AG

ASM International today announced that it has finalized the sale of its 72.86% interest in NanoPhotonics AG, a company engaged in defect measurement equipment for the semiconductor industry, to Ricmar Beteiligungs GmbH, ...

From ASM International 2 Oct 2008

Elsevier Announces Georgia Tech Professor as Winner of Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences

The Editors of the leading international journal Chemical Physics Letters are pleased to announce that the second Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences has been awarded to Professor Mostafa El-Sayed from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the electronic and molecular dynamics and properties of systems with different length scales, ranging from molecules to nanoparticles to biomedical systems.

From Elsevier B.V 2 Oct 2008

Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates Recognized for Contributions to the Advancement of Science

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the 2008 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates"researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honors " in anticipation of this year's Nobel Prize winners to be announced in October.

2 Oct 2008

Nanoledge Raises New Financing and Relocates to Canada

Nanoledge Inc., a high performance resins manufacturer specializing in the integration of nanoparticles into composites and the development of environmentally friendly materials, announced today the closing of a multi-mi...

2 Oct 2008

Carl Zeiss Executes Pixer Technology Acquisition

After formal closing of its recent acquisition of Karmiel (Israel) based Pixer Technology Ltd., Carl Zeiss SMT's Semiconductor Metrology Systems division (SMS) presents its market-leading suite of closed-loop product...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Oct 2008

Carl Zeiss Acquires Karlsruhe Startup Nanoscribe

Oberkochen-based optical company Carl Zeiss has acquired approximately 40 percent of Karlsruhe startup Nanoscribe GmbH. The young company that emerged in December 2007 from the work group of Professor Dr. Martin Wegener...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Oct 2008

Corning and DSM Announces Successful Demonstration of Microreactor Technology for cGMP Production

Corning Incorporated and DSM Pharma Chemicals announced publication of a joint paper at CPhI Worldwide 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany this week, describing a successful, commercially viable demonstration of Corning's microreactor technology for Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) production.

2 Oct 2008

AVS 55th International Symposium Showcases Nanotechnology and Materials Research

The AVS 55th International Symposium next month in Boston will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and engineering devoted to research on such topics as nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine.

2 Oct 2008

Advanced Wafer Level Packaging Licensed SHELLCASE Technology from Tessera

Tessera Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, announced today that Advanced Wafer Level Packaging Inc. (AWLP) has licensed the full range of SHELLCASE® i...

2 Oct 2008

MicroRNAs Found in Animals that Appeared a Billion Years Ago

MicroRNAs, the tiny molecules that fine-tune gene expression, were first discovered in 1993. But it turns out they've been around for a billion years. Evidence reported in Nature on October 1 by scientists in the ...

2 Oct 2008

Nanotailor to Attend Upcoming NanoTXUSA'08 Conference and Expo

Nanotailor, Inc., a nanomaterials company specializing in the manufacturing of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, announced today that in cooperation with the Nanomaterials Application Center [NAC] at Texas State University...

2 Oct 2008

Findings May Lead to New Ways to Protect Crops

Flexible filamentous viruses make up a large fraction of known plant viruses and are responsible for more than half the viral damage to crop plants throughout the world. New details of their structures, which were poorly understood, have been revealed by scientists using a variety of sophisticated imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions.

2 Oct 2008

Veeco's InSight 3D Automated AFM Accepted by Key Global Semiconductor Customer

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that its new InSight(TM) 3D Automated Atomic Force Microscope (3DAFM) Platform has been accepted by a key global semiconductor customer for Critical Dimension (CD) Reference Metrology for Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) modeling.

From Veeco 2 Oct 2008

Using Nanoparticles to Deliver Treatments to Injured Brain and Spinal Cord Cells

Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Cent...

2 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology News

Invisibility Cloak Could Reduce Risk of Large Waves Overtopping Coastal Defences

ASM International Finalizes Sale of NanoPhotonics AG

Elsevier Announces Georgia Tech Professor as Winner of Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences

Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates Recognized for Contributions to the Advancement of Science

Nanoledge Raises New Financing and Relocates to Canada

Carl Zeiss Executes Pixer Technology Acquisition

Carl Zeiss Acquires Karlsruhe Startup Nanoscribe

Corning and DSM Announces Successful Demonstration of Microreactor Technology for cGMP Production

AVS 55th International Symposium Showcases Nanotechnology and Materials Research

Advanced Wafer Level Packaging Licensed SHELLCASE Technology from Tessera

MicroRNAs Found in Animals that Appeared a Billion Years Ago

Nanotailor to Attend Upcoming NanoTXUSA'08 Conference and Expo

Findings May Lead to New Ways to Protect Crops

Veeco's InSight 3D Automated AFM Accepted by Key Global Semiconductor Customer

Using Nanoparticles to Deliver Treatments to Injured Brain and Spinal Cord Cells

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