Berkeley Design Automation, the provider of nanometer circuit verification solutions, has announced that Teledyne Technologies’ subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging has opted for Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) platform for imaging sensor verification.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Aug 2012
A new imaging technique employing X-ray diffraction has been developed at the London Center of Nanotechnology that has led to the successful three-dimensional imaging of gold nanocrystals.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Aug 2012
Scientists at University of Pennsylvania have developed a new technology by which scaffolds of composite nanofibers are loose enough for cells to occupy them while still retaining the ability to guide the tissue growth.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Aug 2012
A failed experiment by a student from the University of Central Florida has led to a pleasant discovery that is being considered by some scientists as a breakthrough in mass nanoparticle production with implications for pharmaceutical production and delivery.
By Will Soutter
9 Aug 2012
A study carried out by researchers from Brown University and ATMI has yielded an economical and easy method to develop an ITO film that scores high on conductivity and transparency.
By Will Soutter
9 Aug 2012
Magnetic vortices in ferromagnetic disks are considered to be significant for their potential application in data storage systems based on non-volatile random access memory (RAM).
General Motors Ventures (GM Ventures), a subsidiary of General motors, has invested in NanoSteel, the company that specializes in proprietary nano-structured steel materials. NanoSteel has engineered a new class of nano-structured steel alloys that impart the necessary structural integrity mandatory for safety and yet is thin and light.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Aug 2012
Qcept Technologies, the company that provides non-visual defect (NVD) detection solutions in semiconductor manufacturing, has secured an order for its ChemetriQ 5000 non-visual defect (NVD) inspection system from a semiconductor manufacturer based in North America.
By G.P. Thomas
8 Aug 2012
Global Research Inc. has released three market research reports on the Nanomaterials industry. Nanomaterials are novel molecules employed in numerous products.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
A new technique labeled as ‘Virtual Nanoscopy’ has been developed by a team of scientists from Netherland’s Leiden University Medical Center, using which a single image of biological tissue at high resolution can be obtained by piecing or stitching together thousands of electron microscopy images.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
Collaborative research between the University of Vienna, the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), the University of Oxford and the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore demonstrate the possibility of remote preparation of quantum states as a result of quantum discord.
By Will Soutter
8 Aug 2012
In a paper, ‘Dendrimer-fullerenol soft-condensed nanoassembly,’ reported in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, researchers from Clemson University and their collaborators have demonstrated the way of using dendrimer, a soft nanomaterial, to protect the environment against potentially toxic nanomaterials.
By Will Soutter
7 Aug 2012
A collaborative initiative between researchers from MIT, the University of Texas at Austin and Zhejiang University in China has yielded a new metamaterial that is capable of channeling photons in one direction.
Nanobiotix, a nanomedicine company specializing in innovative cancer nanotherapeutics, and PharmaEngine, a pharma company developing in-licensed oncology drugs, have inked strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of NBTXR3, Nanobiotix’ key product from its NanoXray pipeline.
ASML, the Netherlands-based provider of lithography systems for semiconductor manufacturers, has announced that TSMC has committed to ASML’s Customer Co-Investment Program for innovation with a promised investment of EUR 276 million towards research and development initiatives in the field of lithography spread over a five year period. TSMC will also be subscribing to a 5% equity stake in ASML which is valued at EUR 838 million.
By Will Soutter
7 Aug 2012