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Micralyne to Develop MEMS-based Fiber-Optic Subsystems with Adamant-Kogyo

Micralyne, Inc., an independent MEMS developer-manufacturer specializing in high-value applications, today announced a collaboration with Adamant-Kogyo Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of fine precision products for the optical communications industry, for the development and manufacture of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based fiber-optic subsystems.

25 Jul 2013

Nano-Enhanced Microcavity Biosensor Used to Detect Single Cancer Marker Protein

Just months after setting a record for detecting the smallest single virus in solution, researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have announced a new breakthrough: They used a nano-enhanced version of their patented microcavity biosensor to detect a single cancer marker protein, which is one-sixth the size of the smallest virus, and even smaller molecules below the mass of all known markers.

25 Jul 2013

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Enables Use of Nanoprobes for Advancing Stem Cell Therapy

The University of Southampton’s Chemistry department has been awarded a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque by the Royal Society of Chemistry, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of a technique that has revolutionised science.

25 Jul 2013

AIChE Honors Lehigh Chemical Engineer for Research on Biomolecule Behavior

A Lehigh chemical engineer who favors biological molecules like proteins and DNA over chemicals and who proudly claims “my students do all the work,” has won the prestigious Allan P. Colburn Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

25 Jul 2013

Gold Rush on New Materials Made Layer by Layer with Atomic Precision

Sparked by wonder material graphene, a “gold rush” on new materials made layer by layer with atomic precision is about to begin, according to Nobel Laureate Andre Geim.

25 Jul 2013

Nano-Tera.ch 2013 to Showcase Final Results of First Wave of Research Projects

The Nano-Tera.ch initiative aims to bring Switzerland to the forefront of a new technological revolution: using engineering and information technology to improve health and security, and to broaden our management of energy and the environment.

25 Jul 2013

Simple, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets

A simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs), which could be used in dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells, is published in Scientific Reports today.

24 Jul 2013

Faculty & Staff Council Support Establishment of CNSE as a Degree-Granting Institution

Galvanizing support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s innovation-driven educational and economic development blueprint for New York and providing further momentum to the Governor’s innovative Start-Up NY program and the “Power of SUNY” initiative, the Faculty & Staff Council of SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) has voted unanimously to fully support the resolution adopted by the SUNY Board of Trustees to establish CNSE as a separate degree-granting institution.

24 Jul 2013

Periods of Rest Follow Concerted Proton Hopping

Protons, as positively charged hydrogen ions, move very rapidly in water from one water molecule to the next, which is why the conductivity of water is relatively high.

24 Jul 2013

Berkeley Design Automation’s Analog FastSPICE Platform with Nanometer Accuracy Adopted by PixArt Imaging

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that PixArt Imaging Inc., a leading advanced digital imaging IC design company, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform for block-level characterization, full-circuit verification, and device noise analysis of their image sensor designs.

24 Jul 2013

Bristol’s ACCIS Awarded EPSRC Grant for Atoms to Applications Project in Composites Innovation

Three key technologies identified as part of the Government’s ‘eight great technologies’ to drive UK growth are to receive an £85 million investment for capital equipment.

24 Jul 2013

Integran’s Nanoplating Technology Applications Granted US Patent

Toronto-based Integran Technologies Inc. (Integran) today announced US 8,486,319 issued July 16, 2013 describing new applications for its nanoplating technology (Nanovate™ NP) for imprinting polymer surfaces to render them super-hydrophobic and/or self-cleaning.

24 Jul 2013

UMC Implements SuVolta’s DDC Technology in 28nm High-K/Metal Gate Process

United Microelectronics Corporationand SuVolta, Inc., today announced joint technology development of a 28nm process that integrates SuVolta’s Deeply Depleted Channel™ (DDC) transistor technology into UMC's 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) high-performance mobile (HPM) process.

24 Jul 2013

Immune Cell Surfaces Revealed at the Nano Scale

Scientists from The University of Manchester have revealed new images which provide the clearest picture yet of how white blood immune cells attack viral infections and tumours.

24 Jul 2013

Ultratech Laser Spike Annealing Technology Selected as Primary Tool for Global 450-mm Consortium

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography, laser-processing and inspection systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), today announced that its laser spike annealing (LSA) technology has been selected as a primary 450-mm millisecond annealing tool for the Global 450-mm Consortium (G450C), headquartered at SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) in Albany, NY.

24 Jul 2013