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Swiss Biology Researchers Select Veeco Bioscope Atomic Force Microscope

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced today that the M.E. Muller Institute for Structural Biology (MSB) at the Biozentrum in Basel, Switzerland, has selecte...

4 Jan 2008

Future Forecasts and Challenges Ahead for Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanomachines

The DC-based research and consulting firm Social Technologies recently released a series of 12 briefs that shed light on the top areas for technology innovation through 2025. The brief on "nanomaterials," by fu...

31 Dec 2007

ASML, Zeiss and Canon Sign Agreement on Licencing Semiconductor Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios

ASML Holding NV and Carl Zeiss SMT announced that each has signed an agreement with Canon Inc. for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used ...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 31 Dec 2007

Cancers to be Detected Earlier With the Help of Gold Nanoparticle Probes

Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasivel...

24 Dec 2007

UC Riverside Research on Nanolasers Promises an Massive Leap in Computer Memory Capacity

Every advance in memory storage devices presents a new marvel of just how much memory can be squeezed into very small spaces. Considering the potential of nanolasers being developed in Sakhrat Khizroev’s lab at the...

24 Dec 2007

Mikcell to Use a DWL 1100 for Production of Large Area Photomasks

Heidelberg Instruments, a leader in design, development and production of laser lithography systems, announced an order for a DWL 1100 Maskless Lithography System from Mikcell Oy, Finland. DWL 1100 maskless lithograph...

24 Dec 2007

Fizeau Interferometers Using New Method to Analyse Surfaces With Different Reflectivities

Due to their stable design, Fizeau interferometers are used to determine the topography of surfaces such as, e.g., plane surfaces. PTB has now developed a method which makes it possible to analyse surfaces with different...

24 Dec 2007

Quantum Chemical Methods Being Investigated for New Drug Development

New research, led by a Virginia Tech chemist, may someday help natural-products chemists decrease by years the amount of time it takes for the development of certain types of medicinal drugs. The research by T. Daniel Cr...

21 Dec 2007

Hybrid Nanostructure of New Semiconductor Material Has Zero Thermal Expansion and Could Lead to More Robust Electronics

The fan in your computer is there to keep the microprocessor chip from heating to the point where its component materials start to expand, inducing cracks that interrupt the flow of electricity - and not incidentally, ru...

20 Dec 2007

Research Project Invloving FEI to Focus on Developing Tools for Single Atom Imaging and Materials Processing

FEI Company and the Netherlands-based FOM foundation have announced a joint nanotechnology research project. The goal of the Industrial Partnership Program (IPP) is to advance electron microscopes and focused ion b...

19 Dec 2007

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Swiss Biology Researchers Select Veeco Bioscope Atomic Force Microscope

Future Forecasts and Challenges Ahead for Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials and Nanomachines

ASML, Zeiss and Canon Sign Agreement on Licencing Semiconductor Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios

Cancers to be Detected Earlier With the Help of Gold Nanoparticle Probes

UC Riverside Research on Nanolasers Promises an Massive Leap in Computer Memory Capacity

Mikcell to Use a DWL 1100 for Production of Large Area Photomasks

Fizeau Interferometers Using New Method to Analyse Surfaces With Different Reflectivities

Quantum Chemical Methods Being Investigated for New Drug Development

Hybrid Nanostructure of New Semiconductor Material Has Zero Thermal Expansion and Could Lead to More Robust Electronics

Research Project Invloving FEI to Focus on Developing Tools for Single Atom Imaging and Materials Processing

Breakthrough Nanoparticle Targets Breast Cancer and Brain Tumors

Revolutionizing Regenerative Medicine: Groundbreaking Biomaterial for Tissue Growth

High-Resolution Microscope Reveals Electron Behavior in Graphene

High-Throughput Apparatus Speeds Up Eco-Friendly Nanomaterial Synthesis

Improving Gene Therapy for Lung Disease

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

Applying AI-Driven Solutions to Semiconductor Digital Design

Redux AFM: Expanding Access to Automated Nanoscale Imaging

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