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New Fabrication Technique to Etch Carbon Nanotube Sensors

Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful gases in the environment. However, the methods typically used to build carbon nanotube sensors are hazardous and not suited for large-scale production.

9 Oct 2012

Northrop Grumman to Develop MEMS Inertial Sensors with In-Situ Calibration Capabilities

The University of California, Irvine, has awarded a subcontract to Northrop Grumman to focus on long-term calibration issues of inertial sensors.

25 Sep 2012

Gold Nanoparticles with Green Fluorescent Protein Rapidly Detects Different Types of Cancer

A research team headed by Vincent Rotello from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) has developed a nose-like sensor array system made of gold nanoparticles and proteins to detect a variety of cancer types in live tissues.

15 Sep 2012

NC State to Lead Nanotechnology Research Initiative to Develop Self-Powered Health Monitoring Devices

National Science Foundation (NSF) has reported that North Carolina State University (NC State) will head a national nanotechnology research initiative to develop self-powered devices to monitor people’s health and know the impact of surrounding environment on it.

From North Carolina State University 6 Sep 2012

Queensgate Instruments Set To Introduce New Dual Sensor Technology

Queensgate Instruments - an Elektron Technology brand - is to unveil its revolutionary new Dual Sensor Technology at this year's European Microscopy Congress (emc2012) from the 16th to 21st of September in Manchester...

From Queensgate Instruments Ltd 24 Aug 2012

UC Riverside Research Enables Nano Engineered Applications to Develop Electronic Nose Prototype

Nano Engineered Applications, a company of Innovation Economy, has developed an ‘electronic nose’ prototype that is capable of detecting trace amounts of hazardous airborne substances based on a work by Nosang Myung, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering.

23 Aug 2012

New Report Forecasts Global MEMS Pressure Sensors Market to Grow at 7.03% CAGR for 2011-2015

Scientists from King's College London together with AMOLF and ICFO have successfully mapped the interaction of light with complex photonic materials by breaking the light resolution limit at the nanoscale. This was done by employing a new technique that integrates optical detection and electronic excitation.

21 Aug 2012

HRL Laboratories Demonstrates World’s First Graphene-Based Square-Law Millimeter Detectors

Researchers at HRL Laboratories have demonstrated first-of-its-kind graphene-based square-law millimeter detectors that show a linear dynamic range of more than 60 dB, the highest value ever quantified in semiconductor detectors.

17 Aug 2012

Innovative Micro-Nanosenors to Evaluate Gas Quality

Gas company Naturgas leads the Evalgas project, focused on the construction of an intelligent network of wireless sensors by means of microtechnologies to evaluate the quality of gases both with respect to its supply and its consumption.

18 Jul 2012

Analog Devices Introduces MEMS IMU with 10-DoF and Accurate Orientation Sensor

Analog Devices has made an addition to its iSensor MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) product range with the ADIS16480. This latest addition is a MEMS IMU with 10-degree-of-freedom (DoF) and incorporates a sensor fusion algorithm. It also employs the ADSP-BF512 Blackfin as an integrated core processor.

From Analog Devices 27 Jun 2012

Nanosensors News

New Fabrication Technique to Etch Carbon Nanotube Sensors

Northrop Grumman to Develop MEMS Inertial Sensors with In-Situ Calibration Capabilities

Gold Nanoparticles with Green Fluorescent Protein Rapidly Detects Different Types of Cancer

NC State to Lead Nanotechnology Research Initiative to Develop Self-Powered Health Monitoring Devices

Queensgate Instruments Set To Introduce New Dual Sensor Technology

UC Riverside Research Enables Nano Engineered Applications to Develop Electronic Nose Prototype

New Report Forecasts Global MEMS Pressure Sensors Market to Grow at 7.03% CAGR for 2011-2015

HRL Laboratories Demonstrates World’s First Graphene-Based Square-Law Millimeter Detectors

Innovative Micro-Nanosenors to Evaluate Gas Quality

Analog Devices Introduces MEMS IMU with 10-DoF and Accurate Orientation Sensor

Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles: Boosting T Cell Activation in Cancer Therapy

Harnessing Biology for Sustainable Energy Production

Carbon Dioxide to 3D Printed Carbon Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Innovation

Emergent Quantum Phenomena in Self-Organized Graphene Systems

Feasibility Study with Evonik Confirms LEON’s FR-JET Technology’s Performance in Advanced Nanoparticle Manufacturing for Drug Delivery

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Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

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