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Nanotechnology Takes Soccer to the Small Time With Nanosoccer Robots

Nanosoccer returns to the field later this month, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts for the second time the 2008 U.S. RoboCup Open

14 May 2008

Fabrication Technique Puts Nanowire Devices Directly onto Silicon and Could Become Low Cost, Scalable Nanowire Photonic and Electronic Circuits

Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.

9 May 2008

New MRI Technique Thousands of Times More Sensitive and Can Distinguish Between Molecules

Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claustrophobic machines. A new MRI method, much faster, more selective -- able to distinguish even among specific target molecules -- and many thousands of times more sensitive, has now been developed by researchers

9 May 2008

Multi-Wavelength Laser Combiner for Microscopy Applications

Agilent Technologies Inc., a leader in precision optics, today announced the availability of a Multi-wavelength Laser Combiner for microscopy applications.

7 May 2008

Removing Computer Chip Defects by Melting Could Lead to Smaller and Faster Chips

As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, using a process that could dramatically improve chip quality without increasing fabrication cost

5 May 2008

High Performance Integrated Circuits, Biosensors, Solar Cells, LEDs and Lasers to Come From Nanowire Nanotrees

Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the nano-sized wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers. But when University of Wisconsi...

2 May 2008

Laser Based Spectroscopic Gas Sensing Systems for Hydrocarbons

Scientists and engineers from all across Europe have joined forces in the recently launched EU project, "Photonic sensing of hydrocarbons based on innovative mid infrared lasers," (SENSHY) to develop a new gene...

2 May 2008

Sandia Researcher Writes the Book on Carbon Nanotubes

Sandia National Laboratories is also in on the carbon nanotube game, with research led by physicist François Léonard. Léonard has considerable experience in the subject, so much that he wrote the book on it — literally. He’s the author of a forthcoming work, Physics of Carbon Nanotube Devices, which could become the definitive text on the topic.

From Sandia National Laboratories 1 May 2008

Graphene Based Devices Just a Couple of Years Away

Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene – an exciting development that could lead to computer and TV displays based on this technolog...

1 May 2008

Strong Price Reductions May Hold Back MEMS Development

Although revenues for MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) reached record levels in 2007, aggressive price reductions, legal wrangling, and rising pressure from competitive technologies took their toll on the MEMS ind...

1 May 2008