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Nanometer Circuit Verification Provider Selected as One of Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500 Companies

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that the company has been selected as one of Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500™ - a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.

20 Nov 2012

Nano-Wiffle-Balls Deliver Cancer Drugs to Specific Areas

For work toward a safer approach to treating cancer, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Inanc Ortac from the University of California, San Diego has won first prize in the graduate student category at the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

20 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Substantial Electronic Bandgap for High-Speed Graphene Electronics

By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale “steps” etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electronic bandgap in the material suitable for room-temperature electronics. Use of nanoscale topography to control the properties of graphene could facilitate fabrication of transistors and other devices, potentially opening the door for developing all-carbon integrated circuits.

20 Nov 2012

International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics to Host Symposium for School Students

The International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science announced that it will host a symposium for high school students as a joint project of Japanfs 6 WPI research centers.

20 Nov 2012

MEMS Executive Congress 2012 Explores Trends, Technologies and Market Influences in the Industry

MEMS Industry Group (MIG), a global industry organization with more than 150 member-companies and partners, wrapped up another successful MEMS Executive Congress® US 2012, November 7-8, 2012 in Scottsdale, AZ.

20 Nov 2012

Electrospun Polymer Nanofiber Heals Wounds

Working in the lab for the last few years, three generations of University of Akron polymer scientists say their mutual and passionate curiosity about science has led to their discovery of a first-of-its-kind, easily adaptable biocompatible polymer structure able to fight infection, filter water and perform a host of other functions.

20 Nov 2012

Nanoscale Study of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals

Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to failures.

20 Nov 2012

Novel Nanoparticle Technology Converts Solar Energy Directly into Steam

Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new "solar steam" method from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is so effective it can even produce steam from icy cold water.

20 Nov 2012

Nanoscale Rectennas Convert Waste Thermal Energy to Electricity

In three studies published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation – Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors®, innovators unveil creative technologies that could change our sources of energy, change our use of energy, and change our lives.

20 Nov 2012

HORIBA Europe Inaugurates New Research and Technology Center at the Saclay Technopole

In September HORIBA Europe inaugurated its new research and technology center at the Saclay Technopole. Atsushi Horiba, President of the HORIBA Group, cut the ribbon opening the doors to HORIBA's home for sc...

From HORIBA 19 Nov 2012

Extreme Synchrotron Brightness Helps Study Structure of Lanthanum Aluminate-Strontium Titanate Interface

By tweaking the formula for growing oxide thin films, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved virtual perfection at the interface of two insulator materials.

19 Nov 2012

Biodegradable Nanoparticle Stealthily Delivers Antigen against Multiple Sclerosis

In a breakthrough for nanotechnology and multiple sclerosis, a biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.

19 Nov 2012

Nanoscale Topography May Help Advance High-Speed Graphene Electronics

By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale "steps" etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electronic bandgap in the material suitable for room-temperature electronics.

19 Nov 2012

Bruker Launches Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering System for Nanomaterials Research

At the International Small-Angle Scattering Conference, Bruker today announced the launch of the N8 HORIZON Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS and WAXS) system for materials research applications.

19 Nov 2012

Europlasma Announces Nanofics Nanocoating Technology Licensees

Belgium-based Europlasma NV, a world leader in the design and manufacturing of low-pressure plasma equipment since 1993, would like to publicly announce its current list of "Nanofics" patented and patent pending nanocoating technology licensees for retail of handheld electronic devices.

19 Nov 2012

Nanotechnology News

Nanometer Circuit Verification Provider Selected as One of Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500 Companies

Nano-Wiffle-Balls Deliver Cancer Drugs to Specific Areas

Researchers Create Substantial Electronic Bandgap for High-Speed Graphene Electronics

International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics to Host Symposium for School Students

MEMS Executive Congress 2012 Explores Trends, Technologies and Market Influences in the Industry

Electrospun Polymer Nanofiber Heals Wounds

Nanoscale Study of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals

Novel Nanoparticle Technology Converts Solar Energy Directly into Steam

Nanoscale Rectennas Convert Waste Thermal Energy to Electricity

HORIBA Europe Inaugurates New Research and Technology Center at the Saclay Technopole

Extreme Synchrotron Brightness Helps Study Structure of Lanthanum Aluminate-Strontium Titanate Interface

Biodegradable Nanoparticle Stealthily Delivers Antigen against Multiple Sclerosis

Nanoscale Topography May Help Advance High-Speed Graphene Electronics

Bruker Launches Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering System for Nanomaterials Research

Europlasma Announces Nanofics Nanocoating Technology Licensees

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