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Research Shows That Protons Prefer Pairing With Neutrons

Research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucle...

4 Jun 2008

Contributions to High Energy Physics Accelerators and Free Electron Lasers Earns Brookhaven Lab Physicist IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the 2008 IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Merit Award

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 4 Jun 2008

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Regenerate Cartilage in the Body

Scientists have long wrestled with how to aid those who suffer cartilage damage and loss. One popular way is to inject an artificial gel that can imitate cartilage's natural ability to act as the body's shock abs...

4 Jun 2008

GE Energy to Market Software and Electronics for Oak Ridge Labs Sensitive Neutron Detectors

GE Energy, manufacturer of Reuter Stokes radiation detection equipment, has signed a technology transfer agreement to market the electronics and software associated with the SNS 8Pack neutron detector system, an award-wi...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 4 Jun 2008

Plextronics to Supply Solar Cell Technology to Korea

Plextronics, Inc. announced today that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Parts & Fasteners (KPF) to create a research and development center for organic photovoltaic process dev...

4 Jun 2008

IMEC and AIXTRON Demonstrate Milestone Towards Fabricating Low Cost GaN Power Devices

IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth of high-qua...

From AIXTRON SE 4 Jun 2008

Nanodynamics to Display Advanced Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Design Capabilites

NanoDynamics, Inc. will display its comprehensive capabilities in advanced microtubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) design at NSTI Nanotech 2008, including its Revolution™ 50H and Revolution™ 60C SOFCs. &...

3 Jun 2008

Micro Sized Robots Self Aseembling into Organized Structures

Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist. "It...

3 Jun 2008

Soil Nanoparticles Being Used to Assess Soil Viability and Diversity for Appropriate Farming Practice

Soil variation occurs across multiple geographic scales ranging from vast climatic regions of the Earth to a 50 acre farm field to the molecular world of soil nano-particles in a pinch of soil. For example, in a fores...

3 Jun 2008

longated Nanoparticles Called Nanobatons Self Assemble Around Oil Droplets for Cleaning Oils Spills and Polluted Water

In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplet...

3 Jun 2008

Researchers Use Kitchen Mixers to Make Permanent Nanoscale Bubbles

With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles – bubbles that endure for more than a year – from batches of foam made from a mixture of glucose syrup, sucrose stearate, and water

3 Jun 2008

New Cabot Aerogel, the Nanogel TLD201 Matting Agent for High Performance Coatings

Cabot Corporation's Aerogel business will introduce Nanogel(R) aerogel TLD201, a new matting agent consisting of fine particle aerogel material, at the 2008 American Coatings Show, June 3-5, at the Charlotte Conventi...

From Cabot Corporation 3 Jun 2008

Thermo Fisher Boosts Presence in India With Acquisition of Chemito

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has acquired the Analytical Technologies and Environment Instrumentation divisions of Chemito Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Headquartered in...

3 Jun 2008

Norcada Silicon Nitride Membrane Windows Return High Q-Factors Enabling Observation of Quantum Fluctuations

Norcada Inc., a MEMS product development company, announced today that reports out of Yale University show successful Q-factor results for Norcada’s silicon nitride membrane windows. A recently published study b...

3 Jun 2008

Veeco Introduce Powerful New Technique for Imaging with Atomic Force Microscopes

Veeco introduced HarmoniXTM, a powerful new atomic force microscope technique for high-resolution nanoscale imaging and analysis.
Veeco's HarmoniX Nanoscale Material Property Mapping enables AFM users to simultaneously, and in real-time, acquire high-resolution images as well as high-resolution, quantitative material property maps.

2 Jun 2008

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Research Shows That Protons Prefer Pairing With Neutrons

Contributions to High Energy Physics Accelerators and Free Electron Lasers Earns Brookhaven Lab Physicist IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Regenerate Cartilage in the Body

GE Energy to Market Software and Electronics for Oak Ridge Labs Sensitive Neutron Detectors

Plextronics to Supply Solar Cell Technology to Korea

IMEC and AIXTRON Demonstrate Milestone Towards Fabricating Low Cost GaN Power Devices

Nanodynamics to Display Advanced Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Design Capabilites

Micro Sized Robots Self Aseembling into Organized Structures

Soil Nanoparticles Being Used to Assess Soil Viability and Diversity for Appropriate Farming Practice

longated Nanoparticles Called Nanobatons Self Assemble Around Oil Droplets for Cleaning Oils Spills and Polluted Water

Researchers Use Kitchen Mixers to Make Permanent Nanoscale Bubbles

New Cabot Aerogel, the Nanogel TLD201 Matting Agent for High Performance Coatings

Thermo Fisher Boosts Presence in India With Acquisition of Chemito

Norcada Silicon Nitride Membrane Windows Return High Q-Factors Enabling Observation of Quantum Fluctuations

Veeco Introduce Powerful New Technique for Imaging with Atomic Force Microscopes

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