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50-Atom Thick Porous Membrane

A newly designed porous membrane, so thin it's invisible edge-on, may revolutionize the way doctors and scientists manipulate objects as small as a molecule. The 50-atom thick filter can withstand surprisingly hig...

19 Feb 2007

Scientists Create Suspended Graphene Resonator

In the world of cutting-edge physics, discoveries are often made using intricate procedures and elaborate, expensive instruments. But a paper by Cornell graduate student Scott Bunch and colleagues shows how interesting r...

19 Feb 2007

SUSS Equipment Selected for MEMS Research Lab in Mexico

SUSS MicroTec has announced that the University of Juarez (UACJ), Mexico has selected its advanced wafer bonding equipment for its research laboratory. UACJ is an integral member of the Paso del Norte (PDN) Regional M...

13 Feb 2007

New Molecular "Fishing" Technique Lays Groundwork for Future Advances in Hand-Held Sensing Devices

A new molecular "fishing" technique developed by researchers at Duke University and Duke's Pratt School of Engineering lays the groundwork for future advances in hand-held sensing devices. Hand-held devi...

13 Feb 2007

CytoViva Reveals Distinction Between Calcifying Nanoparticles and Inorganic Crystal

Research is finding evidence that may solve one of the great puzzles of 21st Century medicine using a new microscopy technology known as CytoViva. Researchers at Mayo Clinic successfully isolated nanoparticles from hu...

13 Feb 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Efforts to create nanoparticles that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging agents to tumors while avoiding healthy cells are often stymied by a lack of known tumor targets, that is, molecules found on the surface of malign...

13 Feb 2007

DNA-Encoded Antibody Libraries Enable Multiplexed Analysis of Complex Biological Samples

During the past several years, breakthroughs in genomic and proteomic technologies have enabled researchers to more clearly identify the biochemical networks that malfunction when a healthy cell becomes malignant. Now, J...

13 Feb 2007

New Hybrid Nanopositioning Translation Stage from Physik Intrumente

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for nanotechnology, photonics, semiconductor and life science applications, offers the M-511.HD hybrid nanopo...

13 Feb 2007

Veeco Receives $1.7 Million Order from California NanoSystems Institute

Veeco Instruments announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM/SPMs)...

8 Feb 2007

California Nanosystems Institute Purchase $1.7m AFM/SPM System from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM...

7 Feb 2007