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PI Present the E-482 Power Amplifier for High Voltage Piezo Actuators with 6A Peak Current

For applications, such as material testing for quality control purposes or highly dynamic control of valves in test stands, PI (Physik Instrumente) presents the E-482, a new high-power piezo amplifier / controller with 6 A peak current at 1050 V voltage swing.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 17 Dec 2012

Nano-Antenna in Light-Sensing Device Enhances Detection of Viruses

Vasily Kolchenko, associate professor of biological sciences at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), is a key player on a research team that recently made a breakthrough with enormous potential significance for the treatment of serious diseases.

15 Dec 2012

Tiny Size of Nanocrystals Does Not Safeguard from Defects

Nanocrystals as protective coatings for advanced gas turbine and jet engines are receiving a lot of attention for their many advantageous mechanical properties, including their resistance to stress. However, contrary to computer simulations, the tiny size of nanocrystals apparently does not safeguard them from defects.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 15 Dec 2012

Munich Biomedical-Imaging Research Center Buys Compact Light Source

Palo Alto-based Lyncean Technologies, Inc., today announced its first sale of a Compact Light Source, a miniature synchrotron X-ray source employing state-of-the-art laser-beam and electron-beam technology.

14 Dec 2012

New MPIE Department to Study Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials

The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Max Planck Institute for Iron Research; in the following: MPIE) has established a new department headed by Prof Gerhard Dehm.

11 Dec 2012

Wells Fargo Refinances $54 Million for Valley Christian Schools for Nanotech Research

Wells Fargo & Company said it has refinanced $54 million for Valley Christian Schools – known for its Microlab experiments aboard the International Space Station – and providing capital funds enhancing the San Jose educational institution’s continued growth.

11 Dec 2012

Researchers CT-Scan Ceramic Composites under Controlled Loads at Ultrahigh Temperatures

Advanced ceramic composites can withstand the ultrahigh operational temperatures projected for hypersonic jet and next generation gas turbine engines, but real-time analysis of the mechanical properties of these space-age materials at ultrahigh temperatures has been a challenge – until now.

11 Dec 2012

New Data on Proton Interior Spatial Structure

Physicists from NCBJ in Œwierk and École Polytechnique (EP) in Paris have theoretically analysed some specific case of electron-proton collisions to help to design an experiment that could deliver new data on proton interior spatial structure.

11 Dec 2012

New Microscopy Tool to Explore Solar-to-Electric Energy Conversion

If nanoscience were television, we'd be in the 1950s. Although scientists can make and manipulate nanoscale objects with increasingly awesome control, they are limited to black-and-white imagery for examining those objects. Information about nanoscale chemistry and interactions with light—the atomic-microscopy equivalent to color—is tantalizingly out of reach to all but the most persistent researchers.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 7 Dec 2012

Innovative Optical Tweezers Trap Nano-Sized Particles

To grasp and move microscopic objects, such as bacteria and the components of living cells, scientists can harness the power of concentrated light to manipulate them without ever physically touching them.

5 Dec 2012