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A*STAR Scientists Scored Breakthrough in Nanotechnology

Scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), led by Professor Christian Joachim, have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecul...

15 Jun 2009

Measuring Charge States of Individual Gold and Silver Atoms

Scientists in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland have successfully measured the charge states of individual gold and silver atoms using an innovative approach to atomic force microscopy (AFM).

12 Jun 2009

Nanoscience Milestone Opens Up New Possibilities in Molecular Electronics

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of individual atoms using noncontact atomic force microscopy.

12 Jun 2009

Scientists Working to Perfect Even Smaller Structures by Manipulating Individual Atoms

As electronic devices get smaller and the methods for small-scale manufacturing advance, scientists at Colorado State University are working to perfect even smaller structures by manipulating individual atoms. A new ...

12 Jun 2009

Innovatech Labs Helping Ensure Product Cleanliness and Composition with FTIR Testing

Innovatech Labs, a contract materials testing lab specializing in materials characterization, is helping ensure product cleanliness and composition for engineers and manufacturers with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectros...

11 Jun 2009

Partnership Results in Promising New Tool for Fighting Infections

Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it&#39...

10 Jun 2009

Formation of Interconnected Carbon Nanostructures on Graphene Substrate in a Simple Assembly Process

Engineers from the University of Pennsylvania, Sandia National Laboratories and Rice University have demonstrated the formation of interconnected carbon nanostructures on graphene substrate in a simple assembly process that involves heating few-layer graphene sheets to sublimation using electric current that may eventually lead to a new paradigm for building integrated carbon-based devices.

10 Jun 2009

JPK Announces Installation of NanoTracker Optical Tweezers System at Leiden University

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the installation of its unique NanoTracker™ optical tweezers system in the laboratory of Dr. Remus Dame at Leiden University.

From Bruker BioAFM 10 Jun 2009

Completely New Material Having Significance in Carbon-Carbon Composite Field and Other Applications

JenLaur Ltd., LLC is announcing the discovery of a template for creation of amino acids, nucleosides, and RNA through a proprietary patent pending method of metallofullerene production.

10 Jun 2009

FRT Introduces New Optical Film Thickness Measuring Tool

FRT, a trusted partner for industry-proven metrological surface measuring systems, presents a new optical film thickness measuring tool at this year's Laser 2009 in Munich. The new MicroSpy FT non-destructively measu...

From Fries Research + Technology GmbH 8 Jun 2009