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Course Covers Essential AFM Topics that Biologists Need and Want to Learn About

Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (AFM/SPM) announces its AFM in Biology Class to be held June 3 to June 5, 2009 in Santa Barbara, California.

10 Mar 2009

Study Finds Nanotube Structures Could Improve Electric Motors

New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric motors and generators.

10 Mar 2009

SVTC Technologies Announces Expansion of Analytical Services Capabilities

SVTC Technologies, a leading independent company providing development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, today announced an expansion of its Analytical Services capabilities to encompass mark...

9 Mar 2009

New SPECTRA Detector Provides Ability to Characterize Bulk Materials at Nanoscale

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of optical and particle-beam inspection, analysis and measuring equipment, today introduced a powerful new detector for the ORION® Plus helium-ion-microscope. Called the SPEC...

9 Mar 2009

Scientists Discover Novel One Dimensional Ice Chain Structure Built from Pentagons

This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain.

8 Mar 2009

World's Most Advanced Electron Microscopes for Nanotechnology Research

Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state science and materials science and engineering.

7 Mar 2009

Ability of a Single, Very Long Molecular Wire to Carry Electric Current

For the first time, researchers from CNRS, the Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University (Berlin) have measured the ability of a single, very long molecular wire to carry electric current. Until now, there were only statistical measurements on a collection of wires a few nanometers long.

6 Mar 2009

PI Announces Release of 2009 Hard-Cover Catalog "Piezo Nano Positioning Inspirations 2009"

The 530 page publication is the most comprehensive reference book on the fundamentals of nanopositioning, piezo systems and micropositioning technology yet. The new catalog contains 200+ product families--30% of them new -- with more than 1000 drawings, graphs, images and technical diagrams.

5 Mar 2009

New Taiwan Service Center to Meet Increasing Local Demand

Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) today announced the expansion of its Taiwan office to support its growing customer base in Asia. Creating a dedicated service center that provides prompt support in the region, Cascade Microtech reaffirms the company's strong commitment to its customers in Asia.

4 Mar 2009