MEMS technology

A tiny reproductive system in a dish could help us understand women’s health

“There should definitely be in vitro studies and microfluidics, but now let’s see how it correlates to an animal model.” Next, the team is going to study how much longer the cells can live, and working on a male version called the DudeCube that ...

The Verge: 2017-03-28 - MEMS technology

nMIS Dual Mode Sensors for Detection of Biomolecules

Microfluidics is the science and technology that deals with the flow of liquids from microliters (mL) to picoliters (pL) inside a micrometer sized channels 1. The ability of microfluidics to miniaturize and mimic various laboratory procedures with limited ...

AZOM: 2017-03-29 - MEMS technology

Specialized Materials Meet Critical Packaging Needs in MEMS Devices

The unique requirements of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) call for specialized materials. The versatility of epoxies and adhesives are often capable of providing the necessary properties to ensure support and protection from thermal and mechanical ...

Electronic Design: 2017-03-28 - MEMS technology

Engineered Material Systems, Inc. develops negative photoresist for MEMS and IC wafers

Engineered Material Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of negative photoresist materials for MEMS and TSV passivation/sealing applications, is pleased to introduce the DF-35120 dry-film negative photoresist for use in micro-electro mechanical systems ...

Global SMT: 2017-03-27 - MEMS technology

World's Thinnest Origami Could Build Microscopic Machines

Now imagine this micromachine unfolding somewhere inside the body to deploy its equipment and interact with cells. As a step toward such a robot, still far from being a reality, Miskin’s team has glued plastic pads onto its carbon-silica origami ...

Inside Science: 2017-03-24 - MEMS technology

This Self-Sustaining, Bacteria-Powered Fuel Cell Can Generate Power for 13 Straight Days

Binghamton University researchers, with the help of their colleagues from State University of New York, have developed the first ever micro-scale self-sustaining microbial fuel cells powered by the symbiotic interactions of two types of bacteria.

Nature World News: 2017-03-24 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Top 6 Emerging Technologies That Are Changing the World

AR consumer products have already been introduced to major markets early last year. Microelectromechanical systems are micro-computers with extremely small mechanical features such as gears, valves, actuators and pumps. Dubbed by some as “mini robots ...

sociableblog.com: 2017-03-23 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices: Glass can bend over and over again on a nanoscale

Led by electrical engineering professor Aaron Hawkins, the researchers have found a way to make the normally brittle material of glass bend and flex. The research opens up the ability to create a new family of lab-on-a-chip devices based on flexing glass.

Nanotechnology Now: 2017-03-27 - Nanotechnology

Nanomaterial makes laser light more applicable

An international research team developed a hybrid nano material with a fascinating structure of tetrapods. Credit: Yogendra Mishra Light is absorbed differently, depending on the material it shines on. An international research team including material ...

Phys: 2017-03-29 - Nanotechnology

Diseases to be detected with nanoscale sensor

A new nanoscale sensor that can help detect cytokines—molecules that play a critical role in cellular response to infection, inflammation, trauma and disease, has been developed. Reported in the science journal Nanoscale, the sensor consists of a ...

eedesignit.com: 2017-03-28 - Nanotechnology

Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future

Their work applies carbon nanotubes to environmental problems in a specific new way that builds on a nearly two decades of nanomaterial research. Nanotubes are more commonly associated with fuel-cell research. "This aspect is new--taking knowledge of ...

Nano werk: 2017-03-29 - Nanotechnology

Researchers develop ‘nano cage’ to study cancer cell growth

The team’s work was published in Nature Nanotechnology. “Traditionally, DNA has a 2-strand shape — the double helix — and its purpose is to code the proteins that form life,” co-author Hanbin Mao said in prepared remarks. “But recently ...

MassDevice: 2017-03-29 - Nanotechnology

Information storage with a nanoscale twist

The torque needed to manipulate nanoscale magnetic whirlpools, represented here as red and blue regions with opposite signs, have now been revealed with high-powered synchrotron light. Credit: Reproduced with permission of 2016 American Physical Society ...

Phys: 2017-03-28 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

China developing world’s largest multifunctional research platform for nanotechnology

China is building world’s largest multifunctional research platform for nanotechnology which would help develop more powerful computers and intelligent robots, official media reported today. The Vacuum Interconnected Nano-X Research Facility in Suzhou ...

BGR: 2017-03-29 - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

INERTIAL '17 2017-03-27 - 2017-03-30 Kauai, Hawaii The 4th IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors & Systems
IEEE-NEMS 2017 2017-04-09 - 2017-04-12 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA The 12th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems
MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress 2017 2017-05-10 - 2017-05-11 Stanford, CA Working Together to Solve Technical Challenges and Increase Value across the MEMS and Sensors Supply Chain
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2017-05-14 - 2017-05-17 Washington, DC Accelerating the Commercialization of Global Innovation
ADAS Sensors 2017 2017-05-17 - 2017-05-18 Detroit, Michigan Annual Conference & Exhibition
MEPTEC 2017 2017-06-06 San Jose, CA 15th Annual MEPTEC MEMS & Sensors Technology Symposium
ASE 2017 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-15 Detroit, Michigan Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo
Transducers 2017 2017-06-18 - 2017-06-22 Kaohsiung, Taiwan The 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
Sensors Expo and Conference 2017 2017-06-27 - 2017-06-29 San Jose CA
MEMS Testing & Reliability 2017 2017-08-01 Santa Clara, CA Workshop and Exhibition
MEMS Manufacturing 2017 2017-08-02 - 2017-08-03 Santa Clara, CA Annual Conference and Exhibition
Napa Microsystems Workshop 2017 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-23 Napa, California The fourth workshop in the Transducers Research Foundation's Napa Institute Series
uTAS 2017 2017-10-22 - 2017-10-26 Savannah, Georgia The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
IEEE Sensors 2017 2017-10-29 - 2017-11-01 Glasgow, Scotland, UK Sensor and sensor systems practitioners come together to interact and network with colleagues.
MEMS 2018 2018-01-21 - 2018-01-25 Belfast, Northern Ireland The 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems