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New Method to Make Efficient Optical Graphene Circuits

EPFL scientists have come up with a “how-to manual” for making the most efficient optical graphene circuits possible. The procedure facilitates and accelerates technological development in this future field. The research has been published in the scientific journal “Nature Photonics.”

19 May 2014

Ultra-Sensitive Nano-Chip can Detect Cancer at Early Stages

Today, the majority of cancers are detected on the macroscopic level, when the tumor is already composed of millions of cancer cells and the disease is starting to advance into a more mature phase.

19 May 2014

Novel Nano Crystalline Coating Shows Exceptional Resistance to High Temperatures

Solar thermal panels developed at EPFL are are dressed up in unique and patented new materials. Researchers created a stronger black coating that retains its original color and thereby its absorption properties much longer than traditional panels.

19 May 2014

Researchers Charge-Dope Graphene and Boron Nitride Heterostructures Using Light

Graphene continues to reign as the next potential superstar material for the electronics industry, a slimmer, stronger and much faster electron conductor than silicon.

19 May 2014

Penn State Awarded Department of Defense Funds for Terahertz-Range Metamaterials Research

Metamaterials research having potential applications in high-speed data transmission, medical imaging and other kinds of imaging and remote sensing is the focus of a U.S. Department of Defense project funded for five years at $7.5 million.

19 May 2014

ASM 2014: New Outcome Data from Studies Using Nanosphere's Verigene Infectious Disease Tests Presented

Nanosphere, Inc., a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced that new performance and clinical outcome data for three Verigene® multiplex infectious disease tests will be presented at the 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (asm2014), to be held in Boston, Massachusetts on May 17 – 20, 2014.

19 May 2014

New Advanced IC technology R&D Institution Created in China

China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, today announced that SMIC, Wuhan Xinxin, Tsinghua University, Beijing University, Fudan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Microelectronics have collaborated to setup the "IC Advanced Technology Research Institute" to create the most advanced IC technology research and development institution in China.

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 19 May 2014

NSERC Awards UBC Researchers $3.3 Million Grant for Nanomaterials and Isotope Research

Researchers studying nanomaterials and isotopes at the University of British Columbia received a $3.3 million boost in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

19 May 2014

National Nanotechnology Initiative partners with USDA to Host Cellulose Nanomaterials Workshop

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to announce the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service to host “Cellulose Nanomaterials – A Path Towards Commercialization."

19 May 2014

Ruthenium Oxide Anchored Nanocarbon Graphene Foam Architecture Improves Performance of Supercapacitors

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a novel nanometer scale ruthenium oxide anchored nanocarbon graphene foam architecture that improves the performance of supercapacitors, a development that could mean faster acceleration in electric vehicles and longer battery life in portable electronics.

19 May 2014

Novel Method to Watch Newly Forming AIDS Virus Particles Emerging from Infected Human Cells

University of Utah researchers devised a way to watch newly forming AIDS virus particles emerging or “budding” from infected human cells without interfering with the process.

19 May 2014

Multiple Pathways Found in Growth Mechanism of Zeolites

Researchers have found the first definitive evidence of how silicalite-1 (MFI type) zeolites grow, showing that growth is a concerted process involving both the attachment of nanoparticles and the addition of molecules.

19 May 2014

800 participants at Graphene 2014

Participants: 800 from 49 countries (a huge success, a greater engagement as the organizers initially forecast roughly 600 participants) Exhibitors: 38 booths with roughly 85 exhibitors represented. For the 1st time t...

16 May 2014

Omnetics Announces New Line of High-density, Multi-position Metal Nano-Connectors

Omnetics Connector Corporation, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of micro and nano miniature interconnect products, announces its new line ofMetal Nano-Connectors, which are high-density, multi-position connectors made withbreak-away or threaded metal housings for a positive lock and environmental seal.

From Omnetics Connector Corporation 16 May 2014

Cadence Announces IP Solutions for Third-party Designs Available on 28nm FD-SOI Process

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced the immediate availability of two intellectual property (IP) solutions for third-party designs on the 28nm FD-SOI process node that is accessible via the recently announced agreement between STMicroelectronics and Samsung Electronics.

From Cadence Design Systems 16 May 2014

Nanotechnology News

New Method to Make Efficient Optical Graphene Circuits

Ultra-Sensitive Nano-Chip can Detect Cancer at Early Stages

Novel Nano Crystalline Coating Shows Exceptional Resistance to High Temperatures

Researchers Charge-Dope Graphene and Boron Nitride Heterostructures Using Light

Penn State Awarded Department of Defense Funds for Terahertz-Range Metamaterials Research

ASM 2014: New Outcome Data from Studies Using Nanosphere's Verigene Infectious Disease Tests Presented

New Advanced IC technology R&D Institution Created in China

NSERC Awards UBC Researchers $3.3 Million Grant for Nanomaterials and Isotope Research

National Nanotechnology Initiative partners with USDA to Host Cellulose Nanomaterials Workshop

Ruthenium Oxide Anchored Nanocarbon Graphene Foam Architecture Improves Performance of Supercapacitors

Novel Method to Watch Newly Forming AIDS Virus Particles Emerging from Infected Human Cells

Multiple Pathways Found in Growth Mechanism of Zeolites

800 participants at Graphene 2014

Omnetics Announces New Line of High-density, Multi-position Metal Nano-Connectors

Cadence Announces IP Solutions for Third-party Designs Available on 28nm FD-SOI Process

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