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Finalists Announced For 2007 Feynman Prize

Foresight Nanotech Institute, a leading think tank and public interest organization focused on nanotechnology, announced the finalists for the 2007 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes. These prestigious prizes, named in h...

10 Sep 2007

The XGT-7000, The Latest in Energy Dispersive X-ray Fuorescence (EDXRF) Microscopes

HORIBA Jobin Yvon is pleased to offer the XGT-7000, the latest system in the XGT series of energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) microscopes. This ground breaking instrument offers fast, high sensitivity qua...

7 Sep 2007

Manipulating Atoms and Seeing The Results

In 1959, Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman presented a talk entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom. “ Feynman concluded that there was no physical reason why humans couldn't manipulate atoms....

7 Sep 2007

New Benchmarks in Precision Control of Jet Printing

By combining electrically induced fluid flow with nanoscale nozzles, researchers at the University of Illinois have established new benchmarks for precision control and resolution in jet-printing processes. “We ...

7 Sep 2007

Important Advances Towards Quantum Computing

Physicists at the University of Michigan have coaxed two separate atoms to communicate with a sort of quantum intuition that Albert Einstein called "spooky." In doing so, the researchers have made an advance...

7 Sep 2007

Best Nanoimages in the World Arise from Scanning Probe Microscope Image Contest

The International Scanning Probe Microscope Image Contest (SPMage07) has announced their five awarded images. In this first edition around 300 images have been submitted from over the world. Choosing the best images has ...

7 Sep 2007

Nanomedicine, is it the Real Deal?

The Institute of Nanotechnology is organising a public engagement evening ‘Nanomedicine…hype? Or a real revolution in healthcare?’ on the 28th November at the Royal College of Surgeons of London. This ...

6 Sep 2007

Hexapod Six-Axis Precision Parallel Kinematics Systems, Positioners & Robots Featuring Sub-Micrometer Resolution

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of precision sensors and motion-control equipment for optics / photonics, nano / biotechnology, semiconductor and life science applications - offers a new brochure on ...

6 Sep 2007

MEMS Technology, Embracing the Future Technology Roadshow Hits The Streets With SUSS MicroTec and STS

SUSS MicroTec and Surface Technology Systems, two of the leading providers for MEMS manufacturing solutions worldwide, announced today that the successful “MEMS Roadshow”, which toured 5 cities in the US earl...

6 Sep 2007

Measuring How Environmental Exposures Affect Health With New Nanotechnology Tool

Engineers at UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have received a four-year $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to be shared with researchers at Arizona State University, to dev...

6 Sep 2007

Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics Launched

Computing researchers at Houston's Rice University and electronics specialists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today announced the formation of a $2.6-million Institute for Sustainable Nanoe...

6 Sep 2007

Nanopantography Technique May Make LCD Screens Obselete In Favour of Field Emission Displays or FEDs

Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions may soon be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors. Vincent Donnelly, Demetre Economou and Paul ...

6 Sep 2007

Clostridium Superbug Has Self Assembling Nanoarmour Shell

A common hospital superbug called Clostridium has a protective coat of armour that can self assemble when put into a test tube on its own, which may have important commercial uses in nanotechnology, according to scientis...

6 Sep 2007

Good Progress being Made on Prototype Smart Nanobattery

AlwaysReady, Inc., a new subsidiary of mPhase Technologies, Inc., said that it is making good progress in its research and development effort as part of the recently awarded grant from the U.S. Army to develop a prototyp...

6 Sep 2007

New Wafer Fabrication Plant Opened to Deal with Increased Demand for Flash Memory

Toshiba Corporation and SanDisk(R) Corporation today celebrated with a traditional ceremony and reception the opening of Fab 4, the latest 300mm wafer fabrication facility at Toshiba's Yokkaichi Operations, in Mie Pr...

6 Sep 2007