MEMS technology

Analyzing & Solving 3D Printing Issues with Microfluidics

In the recently published ‘Microfluidics as a Platform for the Analysis of 3D Printing Problems,’ by Rui Mendes, Paola Fanzio, Laura Campo-Deaño, and Francisco J. Galindo-Rosales, the authors ...

3dprint.com: 2019-09-22 - MEMS technology

Quantum sensing on a chip

Trusheim, a postdoc in EECS; Ruonan Han, an associate professor in EECS and head of the Terahertz Integrated Electronics Group, which is part of MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL); and Dirk Englund, an MIT associate professor of electrical ...

Nanowerk: 2019-09-25 - MEMS technology

New lab-on-a-chip system quickly identifies health aspects of a person's immune system

Using a combination of microfluidics - tiny microscopic channels that can isolate white blood cells from blood - and electrical sensors, the new chip was able to detect differences in the electrical properties of white blood cells taken from healthy and ...

News Medical: 2019-09-25 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

New Compact MEMS IMUs from Honeywell

Honeywell has introduced two new small, lightweight inertial measurement units (IMUs) for navigation. Built to withstand harsh air, land or underwater environment, the compact sensors can serve markets including agriculture, robotics, survey/mapping ...

Inside GNSS: 2019-09-18 - MEMS business

Imec extends silicon photonics to next-gen data centers

Highlights include a TSV-assisted, high-density (terabits per second / mm 2) CMOS-SiPho transceiver prototype, a low-power 106Gb/s PAM-4 SiPho transmitter, a high-speed Ge/Si avalanche photodetector, and ultra-broadband low-loss single-mode fiber couplers.

Optics: 2019-09-24 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

Engineers have created what may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulbs, collections of near-nanoscale materials called 'selective thermal emitters' that absorb heat and emit light. Their research could have applications in sensing ...

Science Daily: 2019-09-19 - Nanotechnology

New framework for nanoantenna light absorption

Harnessing light's energy into nanoscale volumes requires novel engineering approaches to overcome a fundamental barrier known as the 'diffraction limit.' However, researchers have breached this barrier by developing nanoantennas that pack the energy ...

Science Daily: 2019-09-23 - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology improves chemotherapy delivery

Michigan State University scientists have invented a new way to monitor chemotherapy concentrations, which is more effective in keeping patients' treatments within the crucial therapeutic window.

Phys.org: 2019-09-25 - Nanotechnology

New sensors could lead to earlier lymphoma diagnosis

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Australian Research Council's Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics have developed a new method of detecting multiple cytokines – the body’s messenger proteins – in very small volume samples, which could lead to earlier ...

Nanowerk: 2019-09-21 - Nanotechnology

Nano bulb lights novel path: Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

What may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb is shining in a Rice University engineering laboratory with the promise of advances in sensing, photonics and perhaps computing ...

Phys.org: 2019-09-19 - Nanotechnology

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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