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Researchers Explore Interaction of Engineered Nanoparticles with Environment and Live Systems

Our understanding of the creation and use of nanomaterials is growing, but so much about our long-term relationship with their tiny component particles remains little understood.

16 Oct 2012

NSF Grant to Penn State to Invigorate Nanotechnology Workforce Development

Penn State will receive $4.2 million over the next three years from the National Science Foundation to continue the work of the National Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Network (NACK Network), founded at the University with a four-year grant from the NSF in 2008.

16 Oct 2012

New Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Tool to Quantitatively Explore Cell Behavior

Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have shown that they can manipulate how thousands of cells divide, morph and develop finger-like extensions.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Oct 2012

New Carbon Nanotube Straightening Techniques to Fabricate Stronger Composites

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes (CNT) and using them to create carbon composites that can be used as stronger, lighter materials in everything from airplanes to bicycles.

From North Carolina State University 16 Oct 2012

Synopsys Teams Up with TSMC on 20 nm Process Technology

Synopsys, a global leader accelerating innovation in the design, verification and manufacture of chips and systems, today announced 20-nanometer (nm) process technology support for the TSMC 20nm Reference flow. This includes Synopsys® Galaxy™ Implementation Platform support for the latest TSMC 20nm design rules and models.

From Synopsys, Inc. 16 Oct 2012

Major Semiconductor Company Places Order for n&k Gemini for EUV Photomask Measurements

n&k Technology Incorporated, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art OCD/scatterometry and thin film metrology systems, today announced that a major semiconductor company in the US has ordered the n&k Gemini for measurements of EUV photomasks.

16 Oct 2012

New Research Report on Global MEMS Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global MEMS Market 2011-2015" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 16 Oct 2012

Oxford Instruments FlexAL ALD System Chosen By Chalmers University

Oxford Instruments, one of the world’s key manufacturers of plasma etch and deposition systems, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden to supply a FlexAL ALD system for installation in their state of the art cleanroom.

16 Oct 2012

Nano Job Fair Scheduled By UAlbany CNSE

Further expanding its high-tech workforce in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s leadership in building a world-class nanotechnology industry in New York, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany announced today that it will hold a Nano Job Fair on Wednesday, November 7 to assist in filling more than 300 current and future openings, to include a significant outreach to attract qualified women, veterans and minority candidates to apply for a growing number of exciting career opportunities.

16 Oct 2012

Nanoparticle Sampler Developed With RJ Lee Group

RJ Lee Group, Inc. materials characterization laboratory and industrial forensics consulting firm joined forces with Colorado State University Associate Professor Dr. John Volckens, to help commercialize a prototype device for measuring nanoparticles in the air.

From RJ Lee Group Inc. 15 Oct 2012

Researchers Color Gold Films with Nanometer-Thick Layers of Germanium

In Harvard's Pierce Hall, the surface of a small germanium-coated gold sheet shines vividly in crimson. A centimeter to the right, where the same metallic coating is literally only about 20 atoms thicker, the surface is a dark blue, almost black. The colors form the logo of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), where researchers have demonstrated a new way to customize the color of metal surfaces by exploiting a completely overlooked optical phenomenon.

15 Oct 2012

Researchers Build Nanoscale Electric Transformer Using One-Atom-Thick Crystals

In a report published in Nature Physics, a group led Dr Leonid Ponomarenko and Nobel prize-winner Professor Andre Geim has assembled individual atomic layers on top of each other in a desired sequence.

15 Oct 2012

New Wiggler Beamline for X-Ray Synchrotron Footprinting to Probe Protein Structures

Led by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded $4 million for work with the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.

15 Oct 2012

Electrons Pass Through 'Invisible' Nanoparticles

A new approach that allows objects to become “invisible” has now been applied to an entirely different area: letting particles “hide” from passing electrons, which could lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices and new kinds of electronics.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15 Oct 2012

Program to Evaluate HPV-Specific Plasmid DNA Using Nanomedicine Formulation

Genetic Immunity, a leader in immunotherapy technology product development, and DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany) signed a collaborative agreement to develop a DNA-based vaccine for the treatment of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection that causes cervical cancer and other cancers of the anus, penis, vulva, vagina, and oropharynx. Present HPV vaccines (Cervarix, Gardasil) have no therapeutic effect on HPV-related diseases, so they will not treat existing diseases or conditions caused by HPV.

15 Oct 2012