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SiOnyx and Harvard University to Commercialize Black Silicon

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and SiOnyx, Inc. today announced that SiOnyx has exclusively licensed Harvard's portfolio of black silicon patents. Black silicon, a novel laser imp...

14 Oct 2008

EV Group Ships 100th Nanoimprint Lithography System

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced it has shipped its 100th nanoimprint lithography (NIL) system. The mil...

From EV Group 14 Oct 2008

Kiel University Researchers Report Sequence-Dependent Effects of Light on DNA

DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems.

13 Oct 2008

Delaware University Professor Receives ACA Early Career Award

Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2009 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award from the American Crystallographic Association (ACA). The nonprofit scientific association has more than 2,200 members in over 60 countries.

13 Oct 2008

PI Releases New Catalog Focusing on Tools for Microscopy and Imaging

Nanopositioning specialist PI has released a new catalog entitled "Tools for Microscopy and Imaging", available for download in PDF format.

11 Oct 2008

Company Continues to Invest in Next Generation Nanotechnology Products

API Nanotronics Corp., a leading supplier of electronic components, nano-optics and nanotechnology research and development to the defense and communications sectors, today announced first quarter operating results for t...

11 Oct 2008

Auto SE from HORIBA Scientific Wins 2008 IC Industry New System Award

HORIBA Scientific is pleased to announce the unique Auto SE as the winner of the 2008 IC Industry New System Award.

From HORIBA 10 Oct 2008

New Design Concept for Tiny Metallic Lens Tipped to Revolutionize Imaging of Nanoscale Objects

Researchers in Japan have developed a design concept for a device that allows imaging at scales previously impossible for optical instruments. Their advance is based on novel imaging techniques that allow optical imaging in the subwavelength regime, where the wavelength used is larger than the smallest features of the object being imaged.

10 Oct 2008

Breakthrough in Modern Microscopy - The THz Nanoscope

Contrary to textbook wisdom, the unusually long illuminating wavelength of 118 µm did not at all preclude researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) to resolve details as small as 40 nm (= 0.0...

10 Oct 2008

Leading Lithography Supplier Acquires Patents From IBM for Semiconductor Wafer Annealing

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced that it has acquired the rights to a collection of patents from IBM -- these incl...

9 Oct 2008