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ESI's AccuScribe 2112 System Help Enable Aggressive Production Ramp at AquaLite

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for microengineering applications, today announced that its AccuScribe 2112 system helped enable the aggres...

From Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) 10 Mar 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order for MOCVD Tool from National Taiwan University

AIXTRON AG today announced that in the fourth quarter 2008 the National Taiwan University (NTU), based in Taipei City, Taiwan, ordered one Close Coupled Showerhead 3x2" wafer Research Platform MOCVD system. It will be used for research and development on GaN and related materials and devices and it will be delivered in the third quarter 2009.

From AIXTRON SE 10 Mar 2009

New SPECTRA Detector Provides Ability to Characterize Bulk Materials at Nanoscale

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of optical and particle-beam inspection, analysis and measuring equipment, today introduced a powerful new detector for the ORION® Plus helium-ion-microscope. Called the SPEC...

9 Mar 2009

From Food to Flat Screens, Women Scientists Make a Difference in Our Everyday Lives

For their pioneering work in science, the L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science honored today five distinguished women researchers whose work touches everything from the Milky Way to flat screen televisions. Div...

6 Mar 2009

Project Set to Put Europe at Forefront of New Developments in Application of Nanomaterials in Organic Electronics

A new EU-funded project is set to put Europe at the forefront of new developments in the application of nano-materials in the organic electronics and photonics sectors. The ONE-P ('Organic nano-materials for electron...

5 Mar 2009

PI Announces Release of 2009 Hard-Cover Catalog "Piezo Nano Positioning Inspirations 2009"

The 530 page publication is the most comprehensive reference book on the fundamentals of nanopositioning, piezo systems and micropositioning technology yet. The new catalog contains 200+ product families--30% of them new -- with more than 1000 drawings, graphs, images and technical diagrams.

5 Mar 2009

Studying Behavior of Electrons in Thin Graphite Films in Real Time

Nanomaterials like carbon possess unique properties, which have led to first applications in novel electronic devices and sensors. These materials are based on ordered, atomically thin layers of carbon atoms, for example...

4 Mar 2009

CETR Introduces Next Generation Nano-Mechanical Test Instrument

Apex is the next generation nano-mechanical test instrument providing industry-leading sensitivity, control and unmatched performance. The tool comes with two interchangeable modules - Nano indenter (NH-3) and Micro indenter (MH-2). The modules can be easily interchanged for Nano and Micro range mechanical tests.

3 Mar 2009

A Milestone in Quantum Mechanics

In quantum mechanics, a vanguard of physics where science often merges into philosophy, much of our understanding is based on conjecture and probabilities, but a group of researchers in Japan has moved one of the fundame...

3 Mar 2009

Luna Innovations Reports Fourth Quarter Business Highlights

Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA), a company focusing on sensing + instrumentation and pharmaceutical nanomedicines, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 200...

3 Mar 2009