Market research solutions provider, Research and Markets has included a new report titled "The Chinese R&D Landscape - Micro-structural and Nano-technology" to its report offering. There has been a significant increase in research and development initiatives in the field of micro-structural and nanotechnology in China in the last 10 years.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool are pioneering a project to synthesize and validate the world’s first nanomedicine to treat HIV/AIDS.
By Will Soutter
31 Aug 2012
WITec GmbH, worldwide leader in nano-analytical microscopy systems, continues to expand its worldwide presence with the opening of new regional offices in Japan and Spain.
Researchers at the Purdue University have developed a novel "nano machine shop" that can be used for shaping ultrathin films and nanowires.
By G.P. Thomas
30 Aug 2012
Digital electronics has followed the path of miniaturization coupled with increasing processor speeds during its evolution through generations of technology. However, further miniaturization faces limitations owing to the functional limitations of existing data storage technology which renders stored magnetic information unstable if packed too dense.
Physicist and bioinformatician, Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann will receive the 2012 Körber Prize for his pioneering efforts to decode the proteome.
By Will Soutter
30 Aug 2012
Veeco Instruments, a provider of advanced thin film process technologies including MOCVD, Ion Beam, and Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) for manufacturers of power electronics, wireless chips, MEMS, hard drives, and LEDs, has announced that it has installed a GEN2000 Edge MBE System at IPG Photonics.
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM systems in the group of Dr Bart Hoogenboom of the London Centre for Nanotechnology.
The University of Delaware (UD) hosted the First International Symposium on Nanomedicine in Drug Delivery and Cancer Diagnosis from August 16 to 17. The conference served not just as a forum for interaction between researchers but enabled the initiation of new collaborations.
By Will Soutter
29 Aug 2012
A Biodesign Institute researcher at the Arizona State University, Nongjian Tao has discovered a novel method of measuring the catalytical reactions of single nanoparticles. Effective nanoparticle catalysts are required to carry out many vital functions.
NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, reports on the work of Principal Scientist Dr Damian Marshall and his colleagues at LGC as they develop new methods for characterizing new nanoscale reference materials.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has joined the electron multi-beam mask writer collaboration of IMS Nanofabrication. TSMC enlists its support to the collaborative program whose founding members are Intel, Dai Nippon Printing and Photronics.
A rapid-scanning digital microscope technique has been developed by researchers from the Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Leicester.
By G.P. Thomas
28 Aug 2012
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have created a radical analytical tool that can be used to study nanometer scale devices without damaging them. The device which adopts nuclear magnetic resonance technique will enable further advancement in nanotechnology by facilitating researchers to gain better insight into nanostructures.
By Will Soutter
28 Aug 2012
A team with scientists from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) at the forefront has developed the first-ever mechanical device capable of weighing molecules one at a time.
By Will Soutter
28 Aug 2012