Nanotechnology News

RSS

New Grant Program to Promote the Use of AFMs

Veeco Instruments, a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, today introduced the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program, designed to stimulate the generation of new scientific investigation for researchers in the atomic force microscopy community.

2 Jul 2008

Semiconductor Industry Rates SUSS MicroTec Very Highly

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry has been ranked again among the best suppliers in the 2008 VLSI Research 10 BEST Customer Satisfaction Awards. Customers rate...

2 Jul 2008

Researchers Develop Technique for Generating Atom Clusters

Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms (clusters of 13 silver atoms, for example) behave in the same way as individual atoms and have opened up a whole new branch of chemistry.

1 Jul 2008

Another Reason Why Nanoparticles are Attractive Potential Biomedical Sensors

The ability to use genetic material to assemble nanoscopic particles of gold could be an important step toward creating tiny "spies" that will be able to infiltrate individual cells and report back in real time...

1 Jul 2008

ApNano Materials Announces Major Breakthrough in WS2 Nanotube Production for Bulletproof Vests

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a major breakthrough in the production of the company's unique, inorganic tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanotubes in industrial quantities.

1 Jul 2008

Nanotechnology - Latest Weapon in Fighting Cancer

A novel technique for reducing tumors in rats-using nano-sized, oil-based emulsions may be the latest weapon in fighting cancer. The technique, part of the burgeoning field of nutraceuticals, involves creating nanoemu...

1 Jul 2008

BAE Systems to Co-Produce Nano-Sensor Technology Under Agreement with Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies

BAE Systems -- under an agreement with Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies Inc., -- will co-produce nano-sensor technology that will leverage both companies' expertise for use in military, commercial, and homeland s...

1 Jul 2008

Professor Awarded Grant to Conduct Nanoparticle Cancer Research

A biomedical engineering assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute grant to conduct nanoparticle cancer research. ...

1 Jul 2008

Ascent Solar to Develop Thin-Film Multijunction PV for US Air Force

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state-of-the-art, thin-film photovoltaic materials, announced today that the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Ascent Solar for a Broad Agency Announcement award to develop high-performance thin-film multijunction photovoltaics (PV) based on Ascent Solar's flexible monolithically integrated CIGS technology.

1 Jul 2008

Sale of Nansulate HomeProtect Continues to Increase Exponentially Worldwide

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that sales of the Company's patented energy saving and mold resistant product for homes and buildings, Nansulate® HomeProtec...

1 Jul 2008

New Carbon-Based Products from Cutting Edge Nanotechnology Research

From diamonds, the world's hardest mineral, to the soft graphite used in pencils, the many forms of the versatile element carbon have been used and appreciated by humans for centuries. Now visitors to this year&rs...

1 Jul 2008

New Technique in Reading and Evaluating DNA or RNA Assays

A new method for reading DNA (or RNA) microarrays is based on measuring the electrostatic repulsion between silica microspheres and hybridized DNA. Surface areas containing double-stranded DNA (red) or single-stranded DNA (blue) can be easily distinguished from each other and from background areas by the naked eye. (Illustration Flavio Robles, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs)

1 Jul 2008

PANalytical Providing Unrivalled Levels of Customer Support

With a service network spanning more countries than any other manufacturer of analytical X-ray equipment, PANalytical is able to provide unrivalled levels of customer support. An extensive program of courses for its engineers lies at the heart of the company’s expertise in this area.

1 Jul 2008

Microsphere Technology Signs Licence Deal with Trelleborg Engineered Systems

Microsphere Technology, the Edinburgh-based technology company, has signed an intellectual property licence deal worth in excess of $1m with Trelleborg Engineered Systems, part of Sweden's Trelleborg Group AB. Mic...

1 Jul 2008

Unidym Launches Patent License Option Program

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that MDA Co., LTD of South Korea has purchased an option to negotiate a future intellectual property (IP) license to Unidym'...

1 Jul 2008