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Assistant Professor from UCSB Presented US Presidential Award for Scientists and Engineers

Ania Bleszynski Jayich, an assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has received the esteemed Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

25 Jul 2012

Method to Analyze Translocation Events in Nanopores

Multi-level events in translocation experiments of nanopore can now be processed automatically thanks to a method devised by the team led by Professor Aleksandra Radenovic at the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, Lausanne.

18 Jul 2012

Bruker Launches Three New Products for Semiconductor Metrology at Semicon West 2012

Today at SEMICON West 2012, Bruker announced three new 450mm X-Ray and AFM semiconductor metrology products to support the industry’s transition to larger wafer production. These new products include the InSight-450 3DAFM from Bruker’s Nano Surfaces division and both the next generation of the D8 FABLINE and the new S8 FABLINE-T X-ray systems from Bruker’s AXS division.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 11 Jul 2012

Non-Invasive Method to Effectively Identify Nanoscale Objects and Viruses

Scientists at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona have partnered with the Centro National de Biotecnologia in Madrid and developed a novel technique for identifying nanoscale objects and viruses using an electrostatic force microscope (EFM).

11 Jul 2012

Brookhaven Researchers Explore Ferroelectric Materials in Sub-Atomic Detail

A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have published a technique for studying exotic ferroelectric materials, revealing details on a sub-atomic level. The research could open up possibilities for compact, efficient devices based on a new generation of nanoelectronics.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 8 Jul 2012

New Microfluidic Platform Helps Understand Cancer Development

A group of bioengineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has devised a microfluidic platform for the mechanical confinement of cancer cells to investigate the impact of three-dimensional (3-D) microenvironments on mammalian cell division or mitosis events.

From University of California, Los Angeles 7 Jul 2012

New High-Throughput Flow-Through Optical Microscope Enables Easier Detection of Rare Cells

A research team headed by Bahram Jalali and Dino Di Carlo from UCLA has devised a new optical microscope that allows easier detection of rare cells such as circulating cancer cells.

From University of California, Los Angeles 7 Jul 2012

Submit Your Conference Networking Session Topic Ideas for Pittcon

The organizers of Pittcon 2013 have announced their annual Call for Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions for next years event which will take place from March 17-21, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. All submission must be received by August 1, 2012.

From Pittcon 28 Jun 2012

Raytheon BBN Technologies Receives $2.2 Million in Funding for Quantum Research Advancement

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has granted US $2.2 million in funding to Raytheon BBN Technologies under the Quantum Computer Science (QCS) program.

28 Jun 2012

Researchers Establish Structure of Superhard Graphite

In a paper, ‘Understanding the Nature of Superhard Graphite,’ published in the Scientific Reports journal, an international research team headed by Artem R. Oganov from the Stony Brook University has confirmed the structure of a new type of carbon.

28 Jun 2012