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Innovative and Versatile Sputter Coater and Carbon Evaporator for SEM Applications

Electron Microscopy Sciences, the premier supplier of preparation equipment for microscopy, is pleased to offer the EMS 150R, a compact rotary-pumped coating system. The EMS 150R boasts high quality performance and flexibility and is ideally suited for SEM and other coating applications.

22 Jun 2010

Thin-Film Material Increases Power Production in Fuel Cells

A surprising MIT laboratory finding about the behavior of a thin sheet of material - less than a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair - could lead to improved ways of studying the behavior of electrodes and perhaps ultimately to improvements in the rate of power production from one type of fuel cell, according to a report published this week.

22 Jun 2010

Asymetric Nanostructures for Early and More Accurate Prediction of Cancer

Researchers at the nanotechnology research centre imec (Leuven, Belgium) have demonstrated biosensors based on novel nanostructure geometries that increase the sensitivity and allow to detect extremely low concentrations...

From IMEC 22 Jun 2010

Freiburg Materials Research Centre Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Freiburg Materials Research Centre (FMF), which is part of the University of Freiburg, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in the Freiburg Concert Hall. As a central institution of the University of Freiburg, th...

22 Jun 2010

Plastic Nanoparticles Prevent Bee Venom Spreading in Mice

UC Irvine researchers have developed the first "plastic antibodies" successfully employed in live organisms – stopping the spread of bee venom through the bloodstream of mice. Tiny polymeric particles – just...

22 Jun 2010

Collaboration to Study Promising Application of GeSn for Future pMOS Devices

GeSn materials show promise, for example as embedded source/drain stressors for Ge channels in future pMOS devices. Imec has started a collaboration to assess the possible applications of GeSn materials, and to see how these applications could be implemented.

From IMEC 21 Jun 2010

Vive Nano Receives 2010 Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

Based on its recent analysis of the nanomaterial encapsulation technology market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Vive Nano with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation for a unique encapsulation technology to synthesize nanoparticles.

21 Jun 2010