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Nanometrics Receive Order from Japanese Flash Memory Manufacturer

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced it has received a multi-platform order from a major Japanese flash memory manufacturer. The orde...

12 Jul 2007

Equipment Acquisition Resources Expands Business with EARBid Online Semiconductor Auction Services

Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc., one of the largest suppliers of semiconductor equipment worldwide, today announced the launch of its new division EARBid (www.earbid.com). EARBid will conduct global online auctions...

11 Jul 2007

Copper Barrier CMP Technology Improved With Cabot Microelectronics CMP Slurries For Low K Devices

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, announces a major breakthrough in its CMP technology wit...

11 Jul 2007

Molecular Switch For Advanced Electronics a Step Closer

The electronics industry believes that when it comes to circuits, smaller is better -- and many foresee a future where electrical switches and circuits will be as tiny as single molecules. Turning this dream into real...

11 Jul 2007

Cancer Treatment Using Ultrasound to Deliver Targeted Nanobubbles of Drugs

A new targeted drug delivery method uses ultrasound to image tumors, while also releasing the drug from “nanobubbles” into the tumor. Cancer drugs can be targeted to tumors by delivering them in packets of...

11 Jul 2007

Malvern Zetasizer Nano Provides Insights into Protein at UMass

The user-friendliness of the Malvern Panalytical Zetasizer Nano is proving to be a significant factor in its successful use in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA, USA) for a wide ...

From Malvern Panalytical 11 Jul 2007

Forget About Bling, Cubic Zirconia Nanocrystals May Make Better Fuel Cells

A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective. The invention by a team led by Zuhair Munir, distinguished professor of chemi...

10 Jul 2007

Polymeric Micro and Nanoparticles Made in a Wide Variety Of Shapes and Sizes

Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equi...

10 Jul 2007

Magnetic Nano Tweezers Show How Cancer Drug Works

The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller's motion help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigato...

10 Jul 2007

Environmentally Friendly Batteries Produced Using Viruses

Viruses are notorious villains. They cause serious human diseases like AIDS, polio, and influenza, and can lead to system crashes and data loss in computers. A new podcast explores how nanotechnology researcher Angela...

10 Jul 2007

Self-assembled Nanostructures Function Better Than Bone as Porosity Increases

Naturally occurring structures like birds’ bones or tree trunks are thought to have evolved over eons to reach the best possible balance between stiffness and density. But in a June paper in Nature Materials, re...

10 Jul 2007

Three Silicon Valley Semiconductor Labs Merge To Form Nano Integrated Solutions

Three of Silicon Valley’s leading semiconductor service labs — Berkeley Consulting Services, Inc.(1996), FIB International, Inc.(1996), and Nano Measurements, Inc.(2003), in an unprecedented move, announced t...

10 Jul 2007

Microbattery Development Boosted With mPhase Extending Research Agreement With Rutgers

mPhase Technologies today announced that it has signed an additional extension of its original cooperative research agreement with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as related to lithium-based chemistries for ...

From MyPebble 10 Jul 2007

Nanodesign Software Tools For Multi-Scale Computer Aided Design Delivered By Accelrys Nanotechnology Consortium

Accelrys a leader in Computer Aided Nanodesign™ (CAN), announced the release of QMERA, the latest software solution developed by the Accelrys Nanotechnology Consortium. QMERA is a multi-scale method that enables us...

10 Jul 2007

China and Korea Launch Joint Nanotechnology Research Center

The China-Korea Nanotechnology Research Center has been opened in Beijing. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Executive Vice President Bai Chunli and Vice Premier and S&T Minister of Republic of Korea (ROK) Kim Woo...

10 Jul 2007