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Obducat Awarded Chinese Patent for Electron Beam Recording Technology

OBDUCAT AB, the world-leading supplier of lithography solutions based on Nano Imprint Lithography and E-beam lithography, is pleased to announce that a new patent have been granted. The Chinese Patent Office has issued a...

From Obducat AB 7 Feb 2007

mPhase Technologies to Develop Smart Nanobattery with US Army

mPhase Technologies today announced that it has signed a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny New Jersey. ...

From MyPebble 7 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Help Create Cleaner Fuels

Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. It is well...

7 Feb 2007

Purdue Researchers Create New Class of Tiny Sensors

Researchers at Purdue University have shown how to create a new class of tiny sensors for applications ranging from environmental protection to pharmaceutical preservation. Although similar "gas-flow sensors&quot...

7 Feb 2007

FEI Reports Record Bookings and Earnings for Q4 2006

FEI Company reported increases in bookings, revenue, earnings and cash for the fourth quarter of 2006. Bookings and earnings were the highest in the company's history, and quarterly revenue was the second-highest eve...

7 Feb 2007

Nano Chemical Systems Hires Louis Petrucci as CEO

Nano Chemical Systems has announced the appointment of Louis Petrucci as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Sales. Mr. Petrucci will be responsible for the Company's Nanotechnology product launch and marke...

7 Feb 2007

Direct Synthesis of Polymer Nanocapsules with a Noncovalently Tailorable Surface

To accurately transport pharmaceutical agents to their specific target organs or cell types, you need a good carrier: nanoscopic capsules with surface elements that can "recognize" the target in question could ...

7 Feb 2007

Natural Lavas as Catalysts for Efficient Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

Since their discovery in the early 1990s, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers—tiny structures made of pure carbon—have been used in a wide variety of applications. They have become indispensable in the nan...

7 Feb 2007

New Method for Rapidly Assessing Carbon Nanotube Quality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not onl...

6 Feb 2007

Artificial Atoms on a Chip

Using artificial atoms on a chip, Yale physicists have taken the next step toward quantum computing by demonstrating that the particle nature of microwave photons can now be detected, according to a report spotlighted in...

6 Feb 2007

Nanomachine Ensnares Molecules as They Move

An idea conceived by one of the world's greatest scientists nearly 150 years ago has finally been realised with a tiny machine that could eventually lead to lasers moving objects remotely. James Clerk Maxwell, who...

6 Feb 2007

Nanostructured Material Offers Environmentally Safe Armor-Piercing Capability

Armor-piercing projectiles made of depleted uranium have caused concern among soldiers storing and using them. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are close to developing a new composit...

6 Feb 2007

MIT Brings "Optics on a Chip" Closer to Market

In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market...

6 Feb 2007

Researchers Observe in Real-Time Collective Transportation of Gold Atoms in a Thin Layer

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer. This research illustrates the rapid progress t...

6 Feb 2007

MIT 'Microsieve' Device Promises to Speed up Separation, Sorting of Proteins

A new MIT microchip system promises to speed up the separation and sorting of biomolecules such as proteins. The work is important because it could help scientists better detect certain molecules, or biomarkers, associat...

6 Feb 2007