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Transducer Made of PDMS and Carbon Nanotubes Enables Light-to-Sound Conversion

A device that essentially listens for light waves could help open up the last frontier of the electromagnetic spectrum—the terahertz range.

20 May 2014

Novel Structural Supercapacitor Stores and Releases Electrical Charge Flawlessly

This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy directly into a wide range of products, such as a laptop whose casing serves as its battery, or an electric car powered by energy stored in its chassis, or a home where the dry wall and siding store the electricity that runs the lights and appliances.

20 May 2014

XEI Scientific Awarded US Patent for New TEM Stage Loader

XEI Scientific Inc, manufacturer of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, was awarded a US patent on May 6, 2014, for a device to load TEM sample holders into a vacuum chamber.

From XEI Scientific 20 May 2014

Malvern Secures £3 Million Support from The UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF)

Malvern Panalytical (Malvern Panalytical, Worcestershire, UK) has been successful in securing £3 million support from the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) that will lead to the creation of 47 new jobs in the UK over the next five years.

From Malvern Panalytical 20 May 2014

AIXTRON Announces Shanghai University Have Ordered a BM R&D Reactor for Graphene Processing

AIXTRON SE today announced that Shanghai University has ordered a BM R&D reactor to be used by its Sino-Sweden Microsystem Integration Technology Center (SMIT).

From AIXTRON SE 20 May 2014

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

Nanotechnology News

Transducer Made of PDMS and Carbon Nanotubes Enables Light-to-Sound Conversion

Novel Structural Supercapacitor Stores and Releases Electrical Charge Flawlessly

XEI Scientific Awarded US Patent for New TEM Stage Loader

Malvern Secures £3 Million Support from The UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF)

AIXTRON Announces Shanghai University Have Ordered a BM R&D Reactor for Graphene Processing

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

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