Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

This is the first of 2 stories featuring Nanotechnology where we will explore how working small and thinking big can launch new careers. Learn more about the rapidly emerging field of Nanotechnology at VCU in this Science Matters video. Next, we will shadow two High School teachers, Nano Fellows at the MathScience Innovation Center , who are using Nanotechnology to engage and better prepare students ... Read More »

Understanding Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the development and engineering of devices so small that they are measured on a molecular scale. This emerging field involves scientists from many different disciplines, including physicists, chemists, engineers, information technologists, and material scientists, as well as biologists. Nanotechnology is being applied to almost every field imaginable, including electronics, magnetics, optics, information technology, materials development and ... Read More »

Nanotechnology Glossary Buckyball or Fullerene or C60 One of three known pure forms of carbon (graphite and diamond being the other two) that takes a spherical shape with a hollow interior. Buckyballs, named because they resemble the geodesic domes built by architect Buckminster Fuller, were discovered in 1985 among the byproducts of laser vaporization of graphite in which the carbon ... Read More »

Toshiba va présenter les technologies de pointe à nano tech 2013 nano tech 2013 Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO : 6502) a annoncé aujourd’hui les différentes technologies innovantes que la société va présenter à « nano tech 2013 – The 12th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference », le plus grand salon mondial de la nanotechnologie, qui se tiendra au Tokyo Big Sight à partir du 30 ... Read More »

MEMS Industry Group Announces MEMS Executive Congress Europe 2013 Executive conference examines MEMS’ connection to European advancements in consumer, automotive, energy, medical MEMS Industry Group (MIG) will host its second annual MEMS Executive Congress® Europe, March 12, 2013 in Amsterdam. This European edition of MIG’s highly successful executive event features an opening presentation by MIG Managing Director Karen Lightman, keynotes ... Read More »

Foreign Acquisitions Worth $28 Billion are Just the Beginning of China’s Global Ambition No longer simply providing cheap goods and labor, Chinese firms forge international technology partnerships, especially in energy, medical and advanced electronics, says Lux Research China’s rapid transition from a low-cost manufacturing hub to an innovation hotspot with growing foreign ambitions represents both a threat and an opportunity ... Read More »

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Philips Innovation Services, a service provider within Royal Philips Electronics N.V., has recently qualified a NEXUS® Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) System at its location on the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Netherlands. This system will support Philips Innovation Services’ capabilities in a broad range of thin film device applications, including MEMS, ... Read More »