MEMS technology

Tiny devices based on microfluidics set to revolutionize detection and treatment of cancer

A new generation of pathology labs mounted on chips is set to revolutionize the detection and treatment of cancer by using devices as thin as a human hair to analyze bodily fluids. The technology, known as microfluidics, promises portable, cheap devices ...

News Medical: 2019-07-24 - MEMS technology

MIT microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis faster

A new sensor designed by MIT is meant to help doctors and caregivers in hospitals to more quickly diagnose a condition that kills 250,000 people annually. The condition is sepsis, and the quicker treatment can start, the more likely those affected by ...

SlashGear: 2019-07-24 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

SiTime offers MEMS timing solutions for rugged GNSS

SiTime Corp. has unveiled its Endura micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) timing solutions for aerospace and defense applications including precision GNSS, as well as field and satellite communications, avionic and space. The Endura products are ...

GPS World: 2019-07-24 - MEMS business

Intevac Receives Record $40 Million Digital Night Vision Contract Award

In our Thin-film Equipment business, we are a leader in the design and development of high-productivity, thin-film processing systems. Our production-proven platforms are designed for high-volume manufacturing of substrates with precise thin film ...

wallstreet online: 2019-07-18 - MEMS business

DARPA announces Microsystems Exploration program

(Nanowerk News) Over the past few decades, DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has enabled revolutionary advances in electronics materials, devices, and systems, which have provided the United States with unique defense and economic advantages.

Nanowerk: 2019-07-19 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

How to map the brain

The mouse-brain cubic-millimetre project is just one of several attempts in various species to map a nanoscale connectome — a wiring diagram of the nervous system with synapse-level detail. Neuroscientists think that these efforts will give them ...

Nature: 2019-07-24 - Nanotechnology

New multi-material 3-D nanoprinting strategy could revolutionize optics, photonics and biomedicine

and more accurate means to 3-D print these highly complex structures because the process uses a very simple molding process that is widely used in most microfluidics labs. To demonstrate their new ...

Phys.org: 2019-07-23 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Photodiode Replaces Electricity with Light

The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral scholar in materials science and engineering at Stanford, has moved a step closer to this future with a scheme to make ...

silicon: 2019-07-25 - Nanotechnology

Bridging the nanoscale gap: A deep look inside atomic switches

A team of researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology has gained unprecedented insight into the inner workings of an atomic switch. By investigating the composition of the tiny metal 'bridge ...

Phys.org: 2019-07-19 - Nanotechnology

Spontaneous magnetization in a non-magnetic interacting metal

"Recent experiments in nanoplasmonics have shown that when the electrons in nanoscale metallic systems are collectively excited, they can, in fact, produce extremely intense oscillating electric ...

Phys.org: 2019-07-23 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Supersonic jet injector accelerates nanoscale additive manufacturing

The ability to rapidly produce small, 3-D structures could open up a range of new applications. “If you can adapt additive direct-write techniques, this could bring a lot of unique capabilities for magnetic memory, superconducting materials, quantum ...

Control Engineering: 2019-07-19 - Nanotech business

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Event Calendar

MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit 2019-09-25 - 2019-09-27 Grenoble, France The Premier Global Gathering for MEMS, Imaging & Sensors Stakeholders
Defense TechConnect Fall Conference & Expo 2019-10-08 - 2019-10-10 National Harbor, Maryland Converging the innovation ecosystem - military leadership, industry scouts, non-traditionals, startups, and investors
IEEE MEMS 2020 2020-01-18 - 2020-01-22 Vancouver, Canada The 33rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Hilton Head Workshop 2020 2020-05-31 - 2020-06-04 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop