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Controlling Electric Polarization Using Small Magnetic Fields

A rare class of materials, known as multiferroics, holds great promise for future applications, for example as data storage devices or sensors. However, progress has been hampered by the low operation temperatures and high magnetic fields required to control a property of the materials known as electric polarization. A solution to this problem may have been found by researchers from RIKEN's Advanced Science Institute in Wako and from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), who have synthesized a multiferroic material in which electric polarization can be easily controlled by small magnetic fields.

22 Aug 2008

Students Named Davidson Fellows for their Important Work in Nanotechnology

Recent research by The Thomas B. Fordham Institute concludes that many high-achieving students do not receive the support to reach their full potential. However, 20 young people named as 2008 Davidson Fellows exemplify the extraordinary work that can be achieved by students who are given opportunities to excel.

22 Aug 2008

EST Announces Excellent Results of Real Nerve Agent Testing in China

Electronic Sensor Technology (EST), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announces excellent results of real nerve agent testing in China. The experiment was performed by EST&#3...

22 Aug 2008

Mexico Provides Strong Markets for DFI's Patented Nano-Coating System

Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced today its continued global growth with the signing of three (3) addition...

From DFI- Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. 22 Aug 2008

Future Lab-on-a-Chip Systems Using Nanoscale Electrical Fields to Detect Cancer Cells

Tracking down cancer at a very early stage, studying cell growth, developing new medicines: future lab-on-a-chip systems will use nanoscale electrical fields to enable the detection and manipulation of cells and biomolec...

22 Aug 2008

Leading Supplier of Lithography Solutions Receive Order from Luxtaltek Corporation

OBDUCAT, the leading supplier of lithography solutions based on NanoImprint Lithography and Electron Beam Lithography, is pleased to announce the receipt of an order from Luxtaltek Corporation worth 22,5 MSEK. The order ...

22 Aug 2008

Federal Funding of Academic Science and Engineering R+D Failed to Outpace Inflation for the Second Year

Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development (R+D) failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year (FY) 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

22 Aug 2008

Global Strategic Partnership to Benefit the Emerging Photovoltaic Industry

A global strategic partnership to benefit the emerging photovoltaic (PV) industry for solar-cell energy applications was signed today by two leaders in advanced automation -- U.S.-based Northfield Automation Systems, Inc...

22 Aug 2008

Sandia’s Work Demonstrated Anthrax Letters Contained Non-Weaponized Form

Sandia's work demonstrated to the FBI that the form of bacillus anthracis contained in those letters was not a weaponized form, a form of the bacteria prepared to disperse more readily. The possibility of a weaponized form was of great concern to investigators, says Joseph Michael, the principal investigator for the project. This information was crucial in ruling out state-sponsored terrorism.

From Sandia National Laboratories 22 Aug 2008

New Hyperspectral Imaging Technology Integrated with the Award Winning CytoViva Nano-scale Microscope

CytoViva Inc., a leading provider of optical imaging solutions to the nano-technology research market, has integrated new hyperspectral imaging technology (HSI) with its advanced nano- scale microscope system. This combi...

22 Aug 2008

Purifying the Air using Nanotechnology, Sunlight and Stained Glass Window

Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.

21 Aug 2008

Coatings Encourage Neurons in the Body to Grow

Plastic coatings could someday help neural implants treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease and macular degeneration. The coatings encourage neurons in the body to grow and connect with the electrodes t...

21 Aug 2008

Microbatteries Could Power Tomorrow's Miniature Devices

Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.

21 Aug 2008

Oxford's 22 T Magnet Helping Researchers Explore New Areas in Nanotechnology

Oxford Instruments has achieved 22.07 Tesla in a fully superconducting magnet operating at 4.2 Kelvin, the result of continuing efforts into studying the application of HTS high temperature superconducting and LTS low temperature superconducting technology in the manufacture of high magnetic fields.

21 Aug 2008

Masdar Breaks Ground on First Photovoltaic Production Plant in Germany

Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, yesterday broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershau...

21 Aug 2008