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GT Acquires Kyma’s PVD of Nano-Columns Technology

GT Advanced Technologies today announced that it has acquired exclusive rights from Kyma Technologies, Inc. for its plasma vapor deposition (PVD) process technology and know-how. The PVD of nano-columns (PVDNC™) technology developed by Kyma deposits a high-quality growth initiation layer of aluminum nitride (AlN) on wafers prior to gallium nitride (GaN) deposition.

19 Feb 2014

Novel Nanotherapeutic Approach for Co-Targeting Melanoma Cells and Astrocytes

Tel Aviv University researchers won two out of three prestigious melanoma research awards granted this year by The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) and The Saban Family Foundation. The Team Science Awards are the centerpiece of the MRA research fund, which seeks to promote transformational melanoma research for swift clinical implementation.

19 Feb 2014

New Report on Global Thin-Film and Printed Batteries Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Thin-Film and Printed Batteries Markets 2014-2021" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Feb 2014

Researchers Present Nano Scale Disruptive Silicon-Plasmonic Platform for Chip-to-Chip Interconnection

Thanks to optical signals, mails and data can be transmitted rapidly around the globe. But also exchange of digital information between electronic chips may be accelerated and energy efficiency might be increased by using optical signals. However, this would require simple methods to switch from electrical to optical signals.

19 Feb 2014

AFM-IR Used to Study and Optimize Biofuel-Producing Microbes

Anasys Instruments reports on the publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters demonstrating the use of AFM-IR used by French researchers to identify best microbes for biofuel production. While the debate ...

18 Feb 2014

Smithers Rapra Announces Programme for ‘High Performance Polymers for Oil & Gas 2014 Conference’

Smithers Rapra has announced the programme for the High Performance Polymers for Oil & Gas 2014 conference, taking place from 15-16 April at The Crowne Plaza – The Roxburghe, Edinburgh, Scotland, featuring expert speakers from across the supply chain.

18 Feb 2014

Canon to Acquire Molecular Imprints’ Lithography Equipment Business

Molecular Imprints Inc., founded in 2001 by Cockrell School of Engineering professors S.V. Sreenivasan and Grant Willson, recently announced that Canon Inc. will purchase its semiconductor imprint lithography equipment business. Molecular Imprints’ innovative technology is the result of extensive research conducted at the Cockrell School and is a successful example of how UT Austin ingenuity is shaping the future of the nanomanufacturing industry.

18 Feb 2014

JPK CellHesion® 200 Used for Cancer Cell Studies at University Hospital Münster

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the current cancer research project of Dr Florian T Ludwig at the Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, who uses a CellHesion® 200 to measure the adhesive forces between tumor cells.

From Bruker BioAFM 18 Feb 2014

Elastic Energy Landscapes Involved in Cap Formation Do Not Dictate Nanotube’s Chirality

A single-walled carbon nanotube grows from the round cap down, so it’s logical to think the cap’s formation determines what follows. But according to researchers at Rice University, that’s not entirely so.

18 Feb 2014

New Way Utilizes Nanoparticles to Deliver Vaccines Directly to the Lymph Nodes

Many vaccines, including those for influenza, polio, and measles, consist of a killed or disabled version of a virus. However, for certain diseases, this type of vaccine is ineffective, or just too risky.

18 Feb 2014

Researchers Create Living Liquid Crystal

Plop living, swimming bacteria into a novel water-based, nontoxic liquid crystal and a new physics takes over. The dynamic interaction of the bacteria with the liquid crystal creates a novel form of soft matter: living liquid crystal.

18 Feb 2014

World’s Most Sophisticated W-Band Integrated Circuit Presented at ISSCC

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that researchers at the University of California, Irvine’s (UCI’s) Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits (NCIC) Labs presented results from the world’s most sophisticated integrated circuit at W-band (75-110GHz) comprising a 9-element fully integrated direct-detection-based receiver (RX) array at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

18 Feb 2014

G450C to Utilize Gigaphoton Laser for 450mm ArF Immersion Lithography Scanners

Gigaphoton Inc., a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced today that the company’s flagship high-power ArF Immersion Laser (GT64A) will be used by the Global 450 Consortium (G450C), headquartered at SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) in Albany, New York, as the light source for its first 450mm ArF Immersion lithography scanners.

18 Feb 2014

Research and Markets Add Report on International Microscopy Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Microscopy Markets" report to their offering.

17 Feb 2014

Researchers Study the Dorsal Habenula in Zebrafish

How do our brains combine information from the external world (sensory stimulation) with information on our internal state such as hunger, fear or stress? NERF-scientists demonstrate that the habenula, a specific part in our brain consisting of neural circuits, acts as a gate for sensory information, thus regulating behavior in response to external stimuli.

17 Feb 2014