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New System For Nanometer Patterning on Microchips

Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips - a key part of many modern technologies - is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers. The simple, low-cost techn...

3 Sep 2007

Australian Nanobusiness Forum form Alliance with Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative of Japan

The Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF) in Melbourne, Australia and the Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative (NBCI) in Tokyo, Japan today jointly announced the signing of a major international collaboration betw...

3 Sep 2007

Concept Space Craft Capable of Reaching 10% of Speed of Light With Nanotubes To Increase Efficiency

A theoretical space craft is under development that would be able to achieve speeds up to around 10% of the speed of light. Powered by plasma directed through a magnetic nozzle, the Mini-Mag Orion is proposed as a met...

31 Aug 2007

QUALCOMM Has Joined IMEC's Technology-Aware Design Program for Sub-45nm Scaling

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, today announced that QUALCOMM, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and mobile data solutions, has joined IMEC&#39...

From IMEC 31 Aug 2007

Nanoparticle Growth Technique Could Be Applied To Electronics, Medicine, Environmental Monitoring and Car Exhausts

A University of Leicester research team is working on a new technique for growing nanoparticles which could have extraordinary implications in electronics, medicine, the measurement of atmospheric air and the cleansing o...

31 Aug 2007

Ultra-Small, Microchip Thermoelectric Coolers (TECS) For Laser and Photonic Sensor

Micropelt GmbH, manufacturer of thin film thermoelectric devices, announces a significant technology advancement in its ultra-small, microchip thermoelectric coolers (TECs). The new MPC-D303 Series, one of Micropelt&rsqu...

31 Aug 2007

Growing Brain Cells, Neurons, In Microfluidic Chambers

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. The new approach extends the lifespan of the neurons at very low ...

31 Aug 2007

Fighting E. Coli With Nanotechnology and Carbon Nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls, according to a recent report from Yale researchers in the American Chemical Society (ACS) ...

31 Aug 2007

Spallation Neutron Source Now World's Most Powerful Accelerator Based Source of Neutrons

The Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has established a new record as the world's most powerful accelerator based source of neu...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 31 Aug 2007

New Nobel Prize Category For Over 40 Years To Be Announced At nanoTX'07 Nanotechnology Conference

The organizers of nanoTX’07, the world’s most comprehensive nanotechnology conference & exposition and the Nobel Charitable Trust jointly gave notice today that Dr. Michael Nobel will announce at nanoTX&r...

31 Aug 2007

Ground Breaking X-Ray Fluorescence Microscope from HORIBA Scientific

HORIBA Scientific 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 qualitati...

From HORIBA 31 Aug 2007

International Experts To Speak On Bio-nano, Coatings, Functional Nanomaterials, Nanomaterials For Energy Applications and Structural Nanomaterials

Nine U.S. and international leaders in business, academia and government are scheduled to speak at Commercialization of NanoMaterials 2007, Nov. 11-13, at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The conf...

30 Aug 2007

Biosensors To Monitor Water For Heavy Metals Contamination

Researchers from CRC CARE are pioneering a world-first technology to warn people if their local water or air is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals and metal-like substances. Andrew McKay, a PhD s...

30 Aug 2007

$Diffractometer With Cross Beam Optics and Small Footprint Released By Rigaku$

Diffractometer With Cross Beam Optics and Small Footprint Released By Rigaku

Rigaku Americas Corporation announced the introduction of the Ultima IV X-ray diffractometer, an advanced general purpose X-ray diffraction (XRD) instrument for materials science, semiconductor, and nanotechnology resear...

From Rigaku Corporation 30 Aug 2007

Self Assembling Molecular Nanowires

As technology gets smaller and smaller, the computer industry is facing the complex challenge of finding ways to manufacture the minuscule components necessary. “Computer chips are constantly getting smaller and...

30 Aug 2007