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Breakthrough Terahertz Modulator Holds Promise for Advanced Medical and Security Imaging Systems

A UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science research team has developed a breakthrough broadband modulator that could eventually lead to more advanced medical and security imaging systems.

From University of California, Los Angeles 17 Jul 2014

Improved Method for Exact Dosing of Heavy Ion Irradiation to Treat Cancer

PTB has developed a method for the more exact dosing of heavy ion irradiation in the case of cancer

17 Jul 2014

Novel Protein Biomarker Test Platform May Improve Diagnostic Testing

A new protein biomarker test platform developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana University promises to improve diagnostic testing. The test can accurately and simultaneously measure multiple proteins that indicate the presence of diseases like graft-versus-host disease (bone marrow transplant rejection) in only two hours, no washing steps, and using only a minute volume of blood plasma. A report on this new technology can be found online in the journal TECHNOLOGY.

17 Jul 2014

NAU Research on Muscle Contraction Receives W. M. Keck Foundation Award

Devising a way to see something that has yet to be seen takes big ideas, teamwork and the support of those who understand the value of a calculated risk.

17 Jul 2014

Etched Nano-Size Teeth Make Mobile Display Surfaces Anti-Reflective

If you've ever tried to watch a video on a tablet on a sunny day, you know you have to tilt it at just the right angle to get rid of glare or invest in a special filter. But now scientists are reporting in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that they've developed a novel glass surface that reduces both glare and reflection, which continue to plague even the best mobile displays today.

From American Chemical Society 17 Jul 2014

New Self-Assembling Nanoparticle Enables Early Diagnosis of Cancer

Scientists have designed a new self-assembling nanoparticle that targets tumours, to help doctors diagnose cancer earlier.

17 Jul 2014

Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscope Cuts Sheets of Graphene into Ribbons

Graphene, a material that consists of a lattice of carbon atoms, one atom thick, is widely touted as being the most electrically conductive material ever studied. However, not all graphene is the same. With so few atoms comprising the entirety of the material, the arrangement of each one has an impact on its overall function.

17 Jul 2014

New York State Partners in Launch of NY Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by SEMATECH and IBM, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium. The Consortium will invest over $500 million and create thousands of high-skilled, high-paying jobs in Upstate New York over the next five years – including at least 500 in Rochester– focusing on the development and manufacture of the next generation of materials used on semiconductors.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Jul 2014

New Kind of Photoresist Needed to Extend Moore's Law

Over the years, computer chips have gotten smaller thanks to advances in materials science and manufacturing technologies. This march of progress, the doubling of transistors on a microprocessor roughly every two years, is called Moore's Law.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Jul 2014

Physicists Construct ‘Swiss Cross’ with 20 Single Atoms

The manipulation of atoms has reached a new level: Together with teams from Finland and Japan, physicists from the University of Basel were able to place 20 single atoms on a fully insulated surface at room temperature to form the smallest "Swiss cross", thus taking a big step towards next generation atomic-scale storage devices. The academic journal Nature Communications has published their results.

16 Jul 2014

NanoStruck Enters Binding Agreement to Acquire Technology Business

NanoStruck Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “NanoStruck”) announces the signing of a binding agreement to acquire a technology business in order to strengthen the Company’s technology and operations and for the combined companies to further grow revenue and profit.

16 Jul 2014

Coordinated Vibrations Between Hydrogen-Bonded Molecules Visualized Using Ultrafast Femtosecond Infrared Light

Using a newly developed, ultrafast femtosecond infrared light source, chemists at the University of Chicago have been able to directly visualize the coordinated vibrations between hydrogen-bonded molecules -- the first time this sort of chemical interaction, which is found in nature everywhere at the molecular level, has been directly visualized. They describe their experimental techniques and observations in The Journal of Chemical Physics, from AIP Publishing.

16 Jul 2014

Public-Private Partnership to Launch New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the State will partner with over 100 private companies, led by GE, to launch the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 16 Jul 2014

MIG, SIMIT and SITRI Host MEMS Industry Group Conference Shanghai

MEMS Industry Group (MIG), in partnership with Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) and Shanghai Industrial Technology Research (SITRI), will host MEMS Industry Group® Conference Shanghai, a two-day event exploring the global MEMS and sensors supply chain, with particular focus on Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities in Asia.

16 Jul 2014

3-D Boron Nitride Nanostructure May Benefit Nanoelectronics

A three-dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength, toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage and composite materials that perform multiple functions, according to engineers at Rice University.

16 Jul 2014