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New Way of Bending X-Rays Could Lead to Better Telescopes and Computer Chips

Gratings used to manipulate X-rays for future space telescopes and other applications, like tiny miniaturized venetian blinds, were created using an interference lithography patterning tool, called the nanoruler.

12 Jun 2008

Rapid, Standard Assessment Tool For Evaluating Toxicity of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials

Due to their unique properties, nanoparticles have shown promise in biological and biomedical applications, including as diagnostic agents and in therapeutic applications. However, the toxicity of nanoparticles in certai...

11 Jun 2008

Scientists Using Nanotechnology Techniques to Learn More About Old Master Artworks

More than 30 years ago, when Northwestern University chemist Richard Van Duyne developed a powerful new sensing technique, he never thought he would be using it to learn more about treasures in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection

11 Jun 2008

New Nanopositioning Microscope Stages Released by Physik Instrumente

PI (Physik Instrumente) has extended its line of piezo stages for scanning microscopy applications. The P-737 Piezo Z-Focusing Stage is offered along with the stiffer, P-726 high performance microscope lens focusing system for large NA microscope objectives and the redesigned P-686 XY piezo motor positioning stage providing long travel ranges to 25x25 mm

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 11 Jun 2008

Research Shows That Protons Prefer Pairing With Neutrons

Research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucle...

4 Jun 2008

IMEC and AIXTRON Demonstrate Milestone Towards Fabricating Low Cost GaN Power Devices

IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth of high-qua...

From AIXTRON SE 4 Jun 2008

Thermo Fisher Boosts Presence in India With Acquisition of Chemito

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired the Analytical Technologies and Environment Instrumentation divisions of Chemito Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Headquartered in...

3 Jun 2008

Norcada Silicon Nitride Membrane Windows Return High Q-Factors Enabling Observation of Quantum Fluctuations

Norcada Inc., a MEMS product development company, announced today that reports out of Yale University show successful Q-factor results for Norcada’s silicon nitride membrane windows. A recently published study b...

3 Jun 2008

Scanning Photon Microscope Launched

The Fraunhofer IPMS presents an alternative to laser scanning microscopy with its “Scanning Photon Microscope”. It works on a similar principle but uses a two-dimensional resonant microscanning mirror developed at the Fraunhofer IPMS for the deflection of light

30 May 2008

El-Mul Discovery Will Allow Commercial Development of E-Beam On-a-Chip Carbon Nanotube Based Field Emission Device

El-Mul Technologies announced that it has gained critical knowledge that will allow commercial manufacture of its proprietary E-Beam On-a-Chip™ carbon nanotube (CNT) based field emission device.

30 May 2008