The International
NanoScience Community started life in November 2007 and, today, counts
more than 540 members.

This 11th session of MIGAS is devoted to: "Nanoscale CMOS and Si-based Beyond CMOS Nanodevices"

This school is addressed to PhD students, engineers and researchers coming both from the university and from industry of the semiconductors.

NT-MDT will participate in the Spring 2008 ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, USA, April 6th to10th . During the ACS exhibition, NT-MDT will debut their newest product innovation the Solver Next, the first general-purpose SPM automated for ease-of-use at any user level. The system offers complete automation, intelligent software and ergonomic design making this general-purpose SPM acceptable for state-of-the-art scientific laboratories and multi user facilities.

The Nano-Net conference positions itself at the intersection of two worlds, namely, emerging nano-technologies on one-side, and network/communication theory on the other side. The standing question that this conference will address is: What are the new communication paradigms that derive from the transition from micro- to nano-scale devices? The related degrees of freedom and constraints associated with these new technologies will change our notions about efficient network and system design. Nano-Net provides a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion of new techniques in modeling, design, simulation, and fabrication of network and communication systems at the nano-scale.

Sponsors: Create-Net, ICST, EU (IST-FET), ENIAC
Industry Sponsor: STMicroelectronics

Andor Offering Complimentary Tickets For Analytica In Munich, Germany

Clearing the US and EU Regulatory Path to Product Approval – “What Similarities and Differences Exist and How Can Companies Manage the Hurdles?”

Learn how to navigate through the complexities and policy changes that biotech and nanotech products face today. Expert advice and case studies will provide valuable lessons on how policy and regulation is influencing technology in the US and EU and what companies can do to save time and cost throughout the process. Do regulatory agencies have the legal authority to make judgments on nanomaterials? Are they ready for this responsibility?

Early in February ‘08 NT-MDT company promoted a training SPM NanoEducator http://www.ntmdt.com/Products/Scanning_Probe_Microscopes/product79.html compatible with Mac OS. NT-MDT is the first company who introduced the world of SPM nanoinvestigations to Mac OS users.

Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) Ensenada

Thursday, March 13, 2008 @ Fish & Richardson Law Offices 12390 El Camino Real San Diego, CA, 92130 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The debut of UNAM Ensenada’s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology marks the trend of newly inaugurated departments focused on nanotechnology in universities around the world. UNAM is already recognized as the university with the highest concentration of researchers working on nanotechnology and some of the most ambitious projects. At UNAM Ensenada this announcement ties into an overall vision for the region that includes vinculation, innovation and economic sustainability through industrial applications of breakthrough technology.

Distinguished Speakers:

Dr. Carlos Aramburo de la Hoz
National Scientific Coordinator
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Dr. Sergio Fuentes
Director UNAM Ensenada

Dr. Nina Bogdanchikova
Principal Investigator, UNAM Ensenada

Sigma-Aldrich(TM) is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Nanoco Technologies, Ltd., a nano-materials company based in Manchester, UK, to distribute luminescent quantum dot nanocrystals globally. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will distribute research quantities (less than 1 g) of seven core-shell semiconductor quantum dots through the Aldrich(R) Materials Science initiative of its Research Specialties business. The nanocrystals will be marketed and distributed under the brand name Lumidots(TM).

Metamaterials’2008

2nd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics
Pamplona, Spain , September 21-26, 2008

The Congress is organized by the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials - METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL and encompasses a Conference and European Doctoral School. The conference aims to address a wide area of research related to metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in the microwave and optical ranges, encompassing general theory, design, applications, fabrication and measurements.

The press release for Andor's attendance at the upcoming Pittcon trade show in New Orleans, LA.

"Tomographic imaging provides feedback for improved operation"
Dr D.M. Scott, DuPont

The VCIPT is pleased to present an Introduction to Process Tomography

Monday 25th February 2008 at the University of Manchester.

The UK leads the world in the new field of process tomography, a technology that allows users to see spatial variations in their processes.

The key outputs of process tomography instrumentation are:

more reliable detection of process end points

new process information

With benefits to users through

lower production costs through increased efficiencies and better yields

more efficient process development

The meeting will cover presentations from:

leading industrial users

leading technology suppliers

leading academics in the field

There will also be a number of live demonstrations of process tomography in action and an opportunity to tour the University's pilot tomography facilities after the meeting.

A research facility for nanotechnology has opened in Adelaide.

On the 9th of January, 2008 NanoVision Center’s opening took place at Queen Mary of London University and this event has been widely covered by British and international mass media (BBC, Daily Mirror, British Satellite News etc.).
The ceremony was opened by Professor Nigel Brown, the head of university, who has solemnly cut the nanoribbon which was specially made with Quanta 3D device (FEI Company). In his report the professor expressed appreciation to sponsors (NT-MDT, Atocube, FEI, Jeol) and especially noted unique opportunities of scanning probe microscopy (SPM).

In what people are calling the millennium of the miniscule, the University of Washington will not be left behind.