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Oxford Instruments Sells Five of their New OpAL Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

Oxford Instruments, the high-technology tools and systems company, is pleased to announce the launch and first customer orders of its new OpAL atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. Following on from Oxford Instruments&rs...

2 Oct 2007

Carbon Nanotube Forests Connect Computer Chips to Heat Sinks

Engineers have shown how to grow forests of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to cooling devices called hea...

2 Oct 2007

New Analysis Makes Revelations About the Next Frontier in Particle Physics

A sophisticated, new analysis has revealed that the next frontier in particle physics is farther away than once thought. New forms of matter not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics are most likely twice a...

2 Oct 2007

Materials and Chemical Sensing Developer Announces Strategic Partnership with Military Technology Solutions Company

Polychromix Incorporated, an innovative developer of material analysis and chemical sensing technologies, today announced a strategic investment and development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investme...

2 Oct 2007

Harvard Nanotechnology Team Selects Carl Zeiss Imaging Equipment

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, today announced that Harvard University's Faculty for Arts and Sciences (FAS) has selected a number of its most adva...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Oct 2007

Research Agreement Extended for Nano-Proprietary

Nano-Proprietary, Inc.today announced that upon successful conclusion of its initial research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc., has entered into...

2 Oct 2007

Industrial Nanotech Expands Intellectual Property Rights for Nanocomposite

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company is filing to expand the patent rights worldwide for a patent application it originally filed in March of 2006 on a ...

2 Oct 2007

Mathematical Algorithm That Solves the Linear Equations of the Lattice Quantum Chormodynamics

Two Baylor University researchers have developed a new mathematical algorithm that solves the linear equations of the Lattice Quantum Chormodynamics (Lattice QCD) much faster, marking the first time an effective method h...

2 Oct 2007

Seven Nanotechnology Research Centres to get $7million in NanoQuébec Funding

The Board of Directors of NanoQuébec met this morning to consider the report of the international assessment committee. The funding program has two primary objectives. The first is to ensure the stability and acc...

2 Oct 2007

Nanoethics Group to Deliver Public Lecture at Yale University on October 10

The Nanoethics Group announced today that that it has been invited by Yale University’s Technology and Ethics Working Group to deliver a public lecture on nanoethics next week at the university. As part of Yale&rsq...

1 Oct 2007

Latest Humanoid Robotics Technology to go on Show at NanoTX'07

Lewisville, Texas, based KumoTek Robotics is set to showcase its latest humanoid robot on October 02-04 at the nanoTX’07 Conference and Trade Expo in Dallas, Texas. The “KumoTek-X” (KT-X) bipedal ro...

1 Oct 2007

Imago Scientific and University of Alabama to Establish Atom Probe Tomography Research Facility

The University of Alabama and Imago Scientific Instruments® announced plans to establish a new research facility for atom probe tomography. LEAP® microscopy, also known as atom-probe tomography, provides very...

1 Oct 2007

Festivities of International Nanotechnology Week to Continue After nanoTX’07 Closes

Since the nanoTX’07 Conference & Expo makes up only two days of observance celebrations (3 and 4 October), other events are springing up to fill out International Nanotechnology Week. The most popular networ...

28 Sep 2007

Quantum Device Traps, Detects and Manipulates Spin of Single Electrons

A novel device, developed by a team led by University at Buffalo engineers, simply and conveniently traps, detects and manipulates the single spin of an electron, overcoming some major obstacles that have prevented progr...

28 Sep 2007

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Detect and Repair Cracks in Structures like Aircraft Wings

Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength, integrity, and safety of plastic materials widely used in engineering applications, according to a new study. Researc...

28 Sep 2007