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Tunable Metamaterials Bridges Terahertz Gap

A frequency-agile metamaterial that for the first time can be tuned over a range of frequencies in the so-called “terahertz gap” has been engineered by a team of researchers from Boston College, Los Alamos Na...

16 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has published detailed guidelines for making essential measurements on samples of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

16 Apr 2008

Carbon Nanotube Based Nanomotor Gets Power From Heat and Can Move or Rotate Cargo

Researchers from the UAB Research Park have created the first nanomotor that is propelled by changes in temperature. A carbon nanotube is capable of transporting cargo and rotating like a conventional motor, but is a mil...

16 Apr 2008

Nanotube Base Sensor Uses Nanotechnology to Continuously Monitor Insulin in Diabetics

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time. Among oth...

16 Apr 2008

Ford Turns to Nanotechnology to Increase Fuel Efficiency and Performance in Vehicles

Ford scientists are embracing the burgeoning fields of nanotechnology in developing paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that allow Ford to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy without sacrificing quality.

16 Apr 2008

Cenamps Merger Strengthens Processing Capabilities in the UK

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and the Centre of Excellence for Nano, Micro and Photonic Systems (Cenamps), have today announced that they will merge with immediate effect in a move that reinforces the region’s position as the lead driver for innovation in the UK’s processing sector.

15 Apr 2008

Applied Materials Sets New Standard for Photomask Cleaning

Applied Materials, Inc. today released its Applied Tetra™ Reticle Clean, the industry’s only wet clean system that delivers damage-free, >99% particle removal efficiency for 32nm-and-beyond photomasks. Ena...

From Applied Materials Inc. 15 Apr 2008

Imago and FEI to Collaborate on Marketing Atom Probes and Electron Microscope Nanotechnology Tools

FEI Company and Imago Scientific Instruments have announced a comprehensive collaboration on the distribution and marketing of Imago’s LEAP product line

15 Apr 2008

Final Program Announced for Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) today announced the scientific final program and schedule for its Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show has been finalized and posted at http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2008...

15 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Scientists Create Magnetic Nanoparticles by Copying Bacteria

When it comes to designing something, it’s hard to find a better source of inspiration than Mother Nature. Using that principle, a diverse, interdisciplinary group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy&rs...

15 Apr 2008

Microelectronics Developments Brings Award to Sandia

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman has selected the Sandia National Laboratories’ MESA project team as recipients of the Secretary’s Achievement Honor Award. The Honor Awards represent the highest internal ...

From Sandia National Laboratories 15 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Based Energy Saving Coating Gets Official European Building Code Approvals

Industrial Nanotech, Inc an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate energy saving protective coatings are now approved under the stringent EU building codes. Th...

15 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Careers Days Shows How Nanotech is Enabling ‘New Energy, Clean Environment, Bright Future'

From fuel cells and solar panels to hydrogen-powered vehicles and sustainable building design, more than 300 students from across New York saw firsthand the power of nanotechnology to enable new advances in clean energy and environmental technologies during NanoCareer Day held today at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

14 Apr 2008

Brookhaven Nanotechnology Researchers Inspire Children to Win Future City Competition

If you live on Long Island and are in competition to build the best city of the future incorporating nanotechnology, where do you go to find out what, exactly, is technology at the nanoscale? Teacher Julia Johnson, whose 7th and 8th grade students are members of one of the two Islip Middle School teams that entered the 2007-08 Future City™ competition, turned to the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, home of the recently opened Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN).

14 Apr 2008

IBM Moves Closer to New Type of Computer Memory With Racetrack Memory

Computer memory that combines the high performance and reliability of flash with the low cost and high capacity of the hard disk drive could be closer than you think, thanks to a team of IBM scientists. In two papers pu...

14 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology News

Tunable Metamaterials Bridges Terahertz Gap

Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon Nanotube Based Nanomotor Gets Power From Heat and Can Move or Rotate Cargo

Nanotube Base Sensor Uses Nanotechnology to Continuously Monitor Insulin in Diabetics

Ford Turns to Nanotechnology to Increase Fuel Efficiency and Performance in Vehicles

Cenamps Merger Strengthens Processing Capabilities in the UK

Applied Materials Sets New Standard for Photomask Cleaning

Imago and FEI to Collaborate on Marketing Atom Probes and Electron Microscope Nanotechnology Tools

Final Program Announced for Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show

Nanotechnology Scientists Create Magnetic Nanoparticles by Copying Bacteria

Microelectronics Developments Brings Award to Sandia

Nanotechnology Based Energy Saving Coating Gets Official European Building Code Approvals

Nanotechnology Careers Days Shows How Nanotech is Enabling ‘New Energy, Clean Environment, Bright Future'

Brookhaven Nanotechnology Researchers Inspire Children to Win Future City Competition

IBM Moves Closer to New Type of Computer Memory With Racetrack Memory

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