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ORNL's Ho Nyung Lee Cited as Top Early Career Scientist

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Ho Nyung Lee is one of eight Department of Energy scientists to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award, one of the nation&...

2 Nov 2007

Biomedical and Security Applications for Ultrasmall, Ultrasensitive Sensors

A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas-equivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaming-has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Th...

2 Nov 2007

Veeco Wins Contract to Supply Two Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that two recently purchased TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) As/P Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems are being used by Xiamen Sanan OptoElectronics of Xiamen, China to ex...

1 Nov 2007

NIH Recognizes Clemson Nanotechnology for Molecule Tracking

The National Institutes of Health has awarded two Clemson chemistry faculty nearly $1 million to detect, track and image the interior of cells. Jason McNeill and Ken Christensen will receive the $960,000 grant to develop...

1 Nov 2007

New Magnet Design to Revolutionise Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Research

Engineers at Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor resea...

1 Nov 2007

New Era in Beam Profiling Launched

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce the arrival of the Gentec-EO Beamage family of compact, portable CCD/CMOS laser beam profilers. The Beamage is USB2.0 port powered with a 3 metre cable, 4MB image buffer and on...

31 Oct 2007

Self Selection and Evolution in the Nano World

The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life. The organization is activated by instructions whi...

31 Oct 2007

Cell Tractor Beam Could Be Used to Manipulate Tiny Things on Chips

In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a “tractor beam” of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other ob...

31 Oct 2007

World's Most Complex Silicon Phased Array Chip May Prompt New Methods for High Speed Wireless Data Transfer

UC San Diego electrical engineers have developed the world’s most complex “phased array” – or radio frequency integrated circuit. This DARPA-funded advance is expected to find its way into U.S. de...

31 Oct 2007

Nanotechnology tp Revolutionize Natural Gas Industry

Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction or be an enormous missed opportunity, claim two industry experts writing in Inderscience's...

31 Oct 2007