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New Approach to Develop Self-Calibrating MEMS

A new technology enabling tiny machines called micro electromechanical systems to "self-calibrate" could make possible super-accurate and precise sensors for crime-scene forensics, environmental testing and medical diagnostics.

11 Aug 2010

New High Resolution Technique to Image Microwave Magnetic Fields

Using clouds of ultracold atoms MPQ-LMU team of scientists makes microwave fields visible.

5 Aug 2010

Oxford Instruments and ECS Collaborate to Build New Nanowire Biosensor

Oxford Instruments and the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton, are delighted to announce that they have just signed a research-based collaboration agreement. Oxford Inst...

From Oxford Instruments plc 5 Aug 2010

Slower Translocation of DNA Possible Through Kinked Nanopores

In an innovation critical to improved DNA sequencing, a markedly slower transmission of DNA through nanopores has been achieved by a team led by Sandia National Laboratories researchers.

From Sandia National Laboratories 31 Jul 2010

Bodkin Successfully Designs Spectral Reflectance Imaging Biosensor for Zoiray

Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) working with Boston University and Zoίray Technologies, Inc (Zoίray) has succeeded in converting their basic research into a commercial instrument.

31 Jul 2010

New Method to Calculate Polymer Translocation Time Through Nanopores

Polymer strands wriggle their way through nanometer-sized pores in a membrane to get from here to there and do their jobs. New theoretical research by Rice University scientists quantifies precisely how long the journey takes.

30 Jul 2010

Several Nano-Based Techniques Help to Meet Needs for Clean Water

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some...

29 Jul 2010

Foveon Adopts Synopsys' Custom Solution for New Direct Image Sensor

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Foveon Inc., a world innovator in the design and development of image sensor...

28 Jul 2010

Digi-Key, STMicroelectronics Announce Design Contest for Engineering Students

Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and STMicroelectronics, a leading supplier of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for consumer and portable applications, today announced an exciting design contest for engineering students based on ST's iNEMO multi-sensor inertial measurement unit (IMU).

From STMicroelectronics 27 Jul 2010

UT Dallas Researcher Receives NSF Grant to Develop Nanoelectronic Biochip

UT Dallas nanotechnology researcher Walter Hu has received a $400,000 grant to develop an innovative and manufacturable nanoelectronic biochip that can detect individual molecules.

26 Jul 2010