MEMS technology

Tiny biodegradable circuits for releasing painkillers inside the body

Researchers in EPFL's Microsystems Laboratory are now working on a biodegradable implant that would release a local anesthetic on-demand over several days. Not only would this implant reduce ...

Phys.org: 2019-08-07 - MEMS technology

A ‘cancer lab’ on chip

Finding out you have cancer is bad enough, but to then have to go to hospital for a painful and invasive biopsy to try to identify the exact type of tumour can be deeply traumatic. But that may ...

Cosmos: 2019-08-04 - MEMS technology

Quantum interferometry demonstrated in silicon at more practical temperatures

Fig. 1: By fabricating a simple three-terminal device that is similar to a general transistor using standard microfabrication techniques, RIKEN researchers could observe quantum interference effects of a single qubit while continuously varying the energy ...

Nanowerk: 2019-08-03 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Nanoscribe GmbH Expands Sales and Service in the US

The new subsidiary opens its location in the Boston area (USA) on 1 August 2019. The German manufacturer of 3D printers for microfabrication sees this step as an important element of its internationalization strategy. Today, many top American universities ...

silicon: 2019-08-01 - MEMS business

How disruptive technology is changing condition-monitoring systems in wind turbines

Fortunately, in recent years, modern MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensor technology has contributed to a dramatic reduction in the cost of CMS hardware, further strengthening the business case for installing a monitoring system. ONYX InSight ...

Windpower Engineering & Development: 2019-08-07 - MEMS business

Block MEMS wins $3.5M DARPA laser detection contract

Objective of SIGMA+ is to protect cities against diverse chemical threats, expanding on earlier SIGMA’s nuclear focus. SIGMA+ expands on SIGMA’s focus on detecting nuclear threats. Block MEMS, a developer of quantum cascade laser (QCL)-based infrared ...

Optics: 2019-08-01 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Artificial tongue can ‘taste’ if whisky is fake

The team from the University of Glasgow describe in the journal Nanoscale, how they built the ‘bimetallic sensor’, which exploits the optical properties of gold and aluminium to test whisky and other alcoholic drinks. Sub-microscopic slices of the two ...

securingindustry.com: 2019-08-07 - Nanotechnology

From Japanese basket weaving art to nanotechnology with ion beams

The properties of high-temperature superconductors can be tailored by the introduction of artificial defects. An international research team around physicist Wolfgang Lang at the University of ...

Phys.org: 2019-08-01 - Nanotechnology

World's Thinnest Gold Is 1M Times Thinner Than a Fingernail

The gold is only 2 atoms thick, meaning it classes as a 2D material and has wide-ranging applications in medical, electronic, and nanomaterial manufacturing. As the world continues to wait for ...

PC Magazine: 2019-08-06 - Nanotechnology

Why nanotechnology could be the key to smarter machines

The brain has been described as the most complex structure in the universe and the most mysterious. We know more about our own galaxy, sprawling for tens of thousands of light years, than we do about the 1,200 cubic centimetres of grey matter within our ...

The Financial Times: 2019-08-02 - Nanotechnology

DNA Circling the Nanopore Drain May Improve Sequencing Flow

At the nanoscale, a clogged drain won’t clear be cleared with a plunger or a snake—or Drano, for that matter. But application of an external force can help, provided the nanoscale plumbing has the right surface, an irregular surface, or rather ...

GEN: 2019-08-07 - Nanotechnology

WATCH: Nanotechnology allows mice to see with infrared light

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have successfully conducted procedures to allow mice to see infrared light with minimal adverse side effects. Infrared light has a longer ...

IOL News: 2019-08-07 - Nanotechnology

Spinning towards robust microwave generation on the nano scale

Many physicists have attempted to produce reliable macroscale microwave fields by combining nanoscale spin-torque oscillators, but so far without success. Physicists have now theoretically demonstrated why connecting these devices in series is doomed to fail.

Science Daily: 2019-08-07 - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

4 Nanotech Stocks to Watch for Explosive Innovation

On a purely scientific level, nanotech involves any innovation conducted at the nanoscale, which is between one to 100 nanometers. As this technology is perfected, it opens up the door to previously impossible mechanisms, making nanotech stocks a must ...

YAHOO! News: 2019-08-06 - Nanotech business

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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