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New Report on Fatigue Analysis of Nanocomposites and Fiber Reinforced Polymers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fatigue Behaviour of Fiber Reinforced Polymers: Experiments and Simulations" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 20 Dec 2012

Nano Scale Study for Green Cement

Cement production is responsible for 5% of carbon dioxide emissions. If we are to invent a "green" cement, we need to understand in more detail the legendary qualities of traditional Portland cement. A research group partly financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is tackling this task.

20 Dec 2012

Governor Cuomo Awards UAlbany NanoCollege $4 Million for Smart Cities Initiative

Building on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s innovative strategy for “smart cities” growth and livable communities, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany announced today that it has been awarded $4 million in funding through the Governor’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative to lead revitalization of the landmark Kiernan Plaza, helping to establish the City of Albany as a 21st century hub for groundbreaking research, education, and workforce training for emerging smart cities technologies.

20 Dec 2012

Microwave Energy Assembles Atoms into Thin Films

Growth of new materials is the cornerstone of materials science - a highly inter-disciplinary field of science that touches every aspect of our lives from computers and cell phones to the clothes we wear. At the same time, the energy crisis has brought the spotlight on synthesis and growth of materials for clean energy technologies, such as solar cells and batteries. However, researchers in these areas do not simply grow materials —they assemble the atoms and molecules that form so-called thin films on various substrates. It is a process that is highly complex, time-consuming and requires significantly high temperatures.

20 Dec 2012

Nano-Windows to Allow Heat Dissipation in 3D Integrated Circuits

In the effort to pile more power atop silicon chips, engineers have developed the equivalent of mini-skyscrapers in three-dimensional integrated circuits and encountered a new challenge: how to manage the heat created within the tiny devices.

20 Dec 2012

Carbon-Nanotube-Coated Ultrasound Acts as Invisible Knife for Noninvasive Surgery

A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ultrasound approach say it could lead to an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery.

20 Dec 2012

Biohybrid Superlattices of Nanoparticles and Proteins

Scientists from Aalto University, Finland, have succeeded in organising virus particles, protein cages and nanoparticles into crystalline materials. These nanomaterials studied by the Finnish research group are important for applications in sensing, optics, electronics and drug delivery.

20 Dec 2012

Nanoscale Materials Research to Develop New Solar Cells Wins Forbes Magazine Honors

Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future.

20 Dec 2012

Anasys Review Paper on Nanoscale AFM-IR Makes Cover of Applied Spectroscopy Journal

The Society for Applied Spectroscopy features a new review paper from Anasys Instruments on the combining of atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy on the cover of its flagship journal, Applied Spectroscopy, December 2012.

19 Dec 2012

Issuance of US Patent for Novel Charge Detector for Ion Chromatography

The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that they have been granted a United States patent (#8,293,099) for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography that they developed together.

19 Dec 2012

Penn Researchers Extend Boundaries of Metamaterial Field

The field of metamaterials involves augmenting materials with specially designed patterns, enabling those materials to manipulate electromagnetic waves and fields in previously impossible ways.

19 Dec 2012

XMaS Receives Grant to Explore Microscopic and Atomic Structure of Matter

UK government research funders have awarded £6million to XMaS, the world leading mid range x-ray facility at the ESRF, to continue helping scientists explore the microscopic and atomic structure of matter.

19 Dec 2012

United Microelectronics Tapes Out Foundry's First 55 nm SDDI Customer Product

United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has taped out the foundry industry's first customer product utilizing 55nm small display driver IC (SDDI) process technology.

19 Dec 2012

Berkeley Design Automation’s Nanometer Circuit Verification Platform Selected by IC Plus

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that IC Plus Corporation, a communication and networking IC design company has selected Analog FastSPICE™ AMS (AFS AMS) for high-speed mixed-signal design verification.

19 Dec 2012

Sirris Hosted Two Conferences on Printed Electronics at Belgium Facility

Recently Sirris, the Collective Centre for the Belgian Technology Industry, hosted two conferences on Printed Electronics at their facility in Liege, Belgium.

19 Dec 2012