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NYSSBA and CNSE Invite Nominations for “Be the Change for Kids Innovation Awards”

In accordance with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s vision and strategy for building a world-class nanotechnology workforce in New York, the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) and SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) today announced that nominations will be accepted starting March 1 for the second annual “Be the Change for Kids Innovation Awards,” which recognize educational programs that help students gain important 21st century learning and career skills.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 1 Mar 2013

Selective Area Atomic Layer Deposition Technique Helps Fabricate Nanosized Antenna Arrays

A novel fabrication technique developed by a University of Connecticut engineering professor could provide the breakthrough technology scientists have been looking for to vastly improve the efficiency of today's solar energy systems.

28 Feb 2013

Nanotube-Based Photodetector Gathers Light in and Beyond Visible Wavelengths

Researchers at Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have made a nanotube-based photodetector that gathers light in and beyond visible wavelengths. It promises to make possible a unique set of optoelectronic devices, solar cells and perhaps even specialized cameras.

28 Feb 2013

Silver Nanoparticles May Have Adverse Effect on the Environment

In experiments mimicking a natural environment, Duke University researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms. Fifty...

28 Feb 2013

Independent Studies Validate Actium Thermal Nanomedicine Cancer Treatment

Actium BioSystems disclosed today that its novel system platform, ACT, for selectively delivering controlled hyperthermia as an adjuvant to chemotherapy, has been validated via in vivo studies by two independent authorities, including Duke University Medical Center and a contract research facility.

28 Feb 2013

Mad Catz GameSmart Headsets Feature MEMS Microphones and Advanced Audio Engines

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) announced today that its forthcoming range of GameSmart™ headsets will utilize HD-PA components from STMicroelectronics that incorporate exciting Soundcore R3™ technology from Soundchip.

28 Feb 2013

Novel Enterprise Competition for New Ideas with Graphene

The University of Manchester launched an £50,000 enterprise competition for students with new graphene ideas at a staff event attended by more than 500 people.

28 Feb 2013

Enpirion’s Wafer-Level Magnetics Based Integrated Power ICs Wins Embedded Award 2013

Enpirion, the leader of integrated power IC solutions, was today awarded the embedded award 2013 for outstanding technical innovations in embedded technologies.

28 Feb 2013

Researchers Employ SANS to Study Effects of Ions Moving into Nanoscale Pores

The adsorption of ions in microporous materials governs the operation of technologies as diverse as water desalination, energy storage, sensing and mechanical actuation.

28 Feb 2013

Researchers Demonstrate Adverse Environmental Effects of Silver Nanoparticles

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 28 Feb 2013

Nanotech Coating Repels Water, Mud, Oil and Wet Concrete

An industrial-product video showing the amazing ways Ultra-Ever Dry® uses nanotechnology to waterproof and liquid-proof almost any item is rapidly gaining popularity on YouTube, having received more than 4.3 million views. The Official Ultra-Ever Dry Product Video is close to topping the charts with about 300,000 views per day since Feb. 6.

28 Feb 2013

France to be Invited Country at ImagineNano 2013

The organizers of ImagineNano are pleased to announce France as the Invited Country at this year’s edition. Forty French invited speakers among 7 conferences and a pavilion featuring the nanoscience & nanotechn...

28 Feb 2013

Leti and Menapic Announce Project to Develop Picosecond Acoustic Analysis of Nanomaterials

CEA-Leti and Menapic, a French startup that enables physical characterization of thin films, today announced a joint-development program (JDP) to apply colored picosecond acoustics to materials analysis. Menapic&rsquo...

From CEA-Leti 27 Feb 2013

Anasys Report on NIST Research Using PTIR (AFM-IR)

Anasys Instruments reports on the NIST announcement in their Tech Beat publication which describes the work of Andrea Centrone and his colleagues demonstrating the use of AFM-IR for chemical composition studies at nanoscale resolution.

27 Feb 2013

University of Nottingham Researchers Study Nanotubes and Nanofibrils with JPK AFM and Tip Assisted Optics Module

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research studies of Dr Ioan Notingher, associate professor in the faculty of science at the University of Nottingham. With a research interest in the development of new optical and spectroscopic methods for studying biomaterials, he is applying JPK's atomic force microscope (AFM) system, the NanoWizard®, and tip assisted optics module (TAO).

From Bruker BioAFM 27 Feb 2013