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Researcher Observes Molecular Chaos for the First Time

A Baylor University researcher has created the first experimental observation of molecular chaos, providing evidence that a widely accepted, yet unproven, assumption is indeed accurate. Molecular chaos is an assumptio...

25 Jul 2007

Scientists Discover New Way to Study Nanostructures

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a phenomenon which allows measurement of the mechanical motion of nanostructures by using the AC Josephson effect. The findings, which may be used to iden...

25 Jul 2007

Smith and Nephew Join Nanocode Initiative

Leading medical device company Smith & Nephew is to take part in a new international initiative to develop a Code of Conduct for businesses working with nanotechnologies. Scientists from the Smith & Nephew Res...

25 Jul 2007

Royal Society Launches Responsible Nanocode for Businesses Working with Nanotechnology

An initiative to develop a ‘Responsible NanoCode’ for businesses working with nanotechnologies has been launched by the Royal Society(1), Insight Investment(2), the Nanotechnology Industries Association(3) an...

25 Jul 2007

Advanced Diamond Technologies Receives Phase I SBIR from NSF for Diamond Starter Wafers

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) is pleased to announce the award of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of “Starter Wafers fo...

24 Jul 2007

E M Optomechanical Announces Introduction of 3D MEMS Optical Profiler for Microsystems Training

E M Optomechanical, Inc., has introduced a new version of its 3D MEMS Optical Profiler that has been specifically configured to meet the needs of educational institutions. Known as the OPTOPro Model 622-EDU, the Profiler...

From Optomec 24 Jul 2007

Rigaku NANOHUNTER Wins 2007 R and D 100 Award

Rigaku Americas Corporation is pleased to announce that the Rigaku NANOHUNTER benchtop Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence (TXRF) spectrometer has won the 2007 R&D 100 Award. Presented annually for 44 yea...

From Rigaku Corporation 24 Jul 2007

Magnetic Tape Analysis 'Sees' Tampering in Detail

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an improved version of a real-time magnetic microscopy system that converts evidence of tampering on magnetic audio and video tapes—erasing, o...

24 Jul 2007

Graphene Nanoelectronics, Making Tomorrow's Computers From a Pencil Trace

A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics. Graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon, eluded scientists fo...

24 Jul 2007

Steampunk Meets Nanopunk, Building The New Mechanical Nano Computer

A new type of electromechanical computer built from components a millionth the thickness of the human hair could soon be gearing up to do high speed computation, according to researchers writing in the New Journal of Phy...

24 Jul 2007

Using Nanotechnology to Detect Contaminants in Food and Water

Researchers have created two tiny instruments capable of detecting a range of contaminants, from molecules to whole bacteria, in food and water, according to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today. Canti...

23 Jul 2007

Metal Rubber and Nanotechnology May Eventually Lead To Real Life Transformers Style Robots

Standard conductors like metal wires can be bent and twisted but if you try and stretch them, they tend to break. In order to produce things like the advanced robots shown in the movie Transformers, the wiring and other ...

23 Jul 2007

Headwaters Incorporated Forms Strategic Partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to Commercialize Carbon Nanospheres

Headwaters Incorporated today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of carbon nanospheres, a new cabon nano-material. Sumitom...

23 Jul 2007

Euro AFM Forum at University of Münster Focuses on Current Research in Atomic Force Microscopy

Asylum Research, in conjunction with the University of Münster, CeNTech, and Atomic Force F&E, announces the Euro AFM Forum to be held at the University of Münster, Germany, Sept. 3-5. The Euro AFM Fo...

23 Jul 2007

Applied Materials Releases ACE Oxide Spacer System to Enable Patterning at 32nm and Below

Applied Materials, Inc. today broadened its portfolio of advanced patterning solutions with the launch of its Applied Producer® ACE™ SACVD®(1) system. Helping customers extend 193nm lithography using self-a...

From Applied Materials Inc. 23 Jul 2007