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Novel Microscopy Tool Provides Highest Resolution for Hard X-Rays

The Center for Nanoscale Materials' (CNM) newly operational Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world's most powerful x-ray microscopes. ...

25 Jun 2008

Orders Highlight Increasing Interest in Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

Gaining momentum from recent orders and installations, sp3 Diamond Technologies, Inc. (sp3), a leading supplier of diamond film products, equipment and services, today announced two new orders for its Model 650 hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) diamond reactor.

25 Jun 2008

Research Team Advances Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Renewable Energy Solutions

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode devices, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced the acquisition of West C...

25 Jun 2008

Nano-Scissors Performing Extremely Precise Surgery

Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy and other diseases.

25 Jun 2008

Advance Nanotech Receives Order to Develop Miniature Chemical Detection Technology

Advance Nanotech, Inc., announced today that its Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. subsidiary has received an order from SELEX GALILEO totaling $629,000. SELEX GALILEO, a Finmeccanica company and one of Europe's foremost Aeros...

From Owlstone Nanotech 25 Jun 2008

Universiti Sains Malaysia Signs Agreements to Promote Research and Innovation

On 22 June, Universiti Sains Malaysia launched their Science and Arts Innovation Space in a bid to stem the brain drain, boost local innovation and attract international collaboration. They have now signed 8 agreemen...

25 Jun 2008

New and Less Laborious Technique for On-Chip Separation of DNA Molecules

Precision control of DNA separation using an electric field An electric voltage can be used to propel DNA molecules through a channel a few nanometers deep, or to stop them in their tracks. In a strong electric field ...

25 Jun 2008

Energy Research Collaboration Aimed At Exploring New Materials and Concepts

As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, are forming an energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient ...

25 Jun 2008

Applied Materials Issues Statement Regarding Thin Film Solar Technology

Applied Materials, Inc. today released the following statement regarding its thin film solar technology: Applied Materials believes that its SunFab thin film solar tandem junction technology does not infringe Euro...

From Applied Materials Inc. 25 Jun 2008

HORIBA Ellipsometers become Even More Versatile

The UVISEL+ RM from HORIBA Jobin Yvon Thin Films extends the capability of the UVISEL with a new independent Reflectometry Module (RM) that can be mounted on the UVISEL goniometer.

From HORIBA 25 Jun 2008

The Study of Nanoscale Carbon Materials Represents the New School

In the grand scope of scientific understanding, the study of nanoscale carbon materials represents the new school. It has been little more than 20 years since the discovery of "buckyballs," hollow spherical...

24 Jun 2008

New High-Res Resists Enable Maskless Lithography Systems to Produce Nano Features

Dow Corning Electronics' Silicon Lithography Solutions group today announced the commercial availability of Dow Corning(R) XR-1541 E-Beam Resists, designed to enable the development of next-generation, direct-write l...

24 Jun 2008

Breast Motion, Nanotechnology and Nanowires Might Be The Solution To Powering Your iPod

As the world searches for novel solutions for providing green electricity, iPods and other small electronic devices may be powered by the kinetic energy of breasts and nanowire embedded bras.

24 Jun 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Inject Gene-Silencing Tools into Cells

More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks. The Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to apply the technique, known as RNA interference, in living cells.

24 Jun 2008

What Makes Diamond Films Slippery

They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides w...

24 Jun 2008