Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
A powerful new biosensor developed by European researchers will help identify cells in the immune system that actively suppress tumour growth, then put them to use. Enlisting the patient's own immune system would be like sending reinforcements for resistance fighters.
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Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
Scientists now have discovered that transistors could use less energy, generate less heat and operate at higher speeds if they exploited another property of the electron: its spin.
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Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
CNano Technology Limited (CNano) announced that it received a certificate of registration for the International Standard ISO 9001:2008 for R+D, production and services of carbon nanotubes through its subsidiary in China.
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Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that Motech Solar, one of the world's leading producers of crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells, has installed and qualified an Applied Baccini back-end line for double printing applications at its volume production facility in Tainan, Taiwan.
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Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
Eric Furst, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received two grants totaling $727,000 for his work on directed self-assembly of soft materials.
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Posted on: Oct 21st, 2009
Chemist Michael Therien works at the interface of light and matter, as when sunlight shines on a leaf.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Adidas Golf has signed up to use P2i's revolutionary ion-mask liquid-repellent nano-coating, to create a new generation of high-performance golf footwear that will transform traditional expectations of comfort and performance.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Manhattan Scientifics announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Edward R. Flynn, Ph.D. and his company, Senior Scientific, LLC, to acquire all the manufacturing and marketing rights, together with all commercial rights associated with Dr. Flynn's patents and IP in the emerging field of nanomedicine.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Investigating mysterious data in ultracold gases of rubidium atoms, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland and their collaborators have found that properly tuned radio-frequency waves can influence how much the atoms attract or repel one another, opening up new ways to control their interactions.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles to combat disease and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Novellus Systems today introduced the SABRE Excel, an advanced copper electroplating system designed to provide industry-leading fill and defect density performance for the 22nm technology node and beyond.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying how to create inexpensive, efficient solar cells from carbon nanotubes, which are sheets of carbon rolled into seamless cylinders 1-nanometer in diameter.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Nanosciences at Delft University of Technology, have succeeded in getting hold of the environment of a quantum particle.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Scientists have now succeeded for the first time in specifically and reproducibly manufacturing smallest optical nanoantennas from gold.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far exceeding the storage capacities of today's computer memory systems.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
New research explains how a new form of spectroscopy, a scientific method that uses electromagnetic radiation to identify materials, and a novel nanoelectronic device to detect signals, can identify explosive liquids, or liquid components for the fabrication of explosives, in usual plastic bottles almost instantly.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Terepac Corporation, an emerging leader in electronics miniaturization, packaging and assembly, and IMEC, a leading European research center in nanotechnology, announce their collaboration on novel packaging technologies for flexible electronics.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
NanoSight, manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterisation technology, has announced that the Centre for Molecular Nanometrology at the University of Strathclyde has selected an LM-10 characterisation system to aid in their research and development of new biosensors.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Die Nanotechnologie weckt diffuse Hoffnungen. Ihr Nutzen wird vom ueberwiegenden Teil der Deutschen hoeher eingeschaetzt als die moeglichen Risiken. Gleichzeitig hat nur ein geringer Teil der Bevoelkerung eine klare Vorstellung davon, was unter dem Begriff ueberhaupt zu verstehen ist.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Nobody knows exactly why some materials suddenly become superconductors below a certain temperature. Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fuer Materialien und Energie (HZB) present new findings that could finally resolve a long-standing dispute as to which theory is correct.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
AIXTRON AG today announced the delivery and qualification of multiple CRIUS MOCVD systems at Neo-Neon, a major customer in PR China.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. has introduced the new CL-Quant Automated Image Analysis Software featuring routines for assaying stem cell viability by label-free phase and fluorescence analysis.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Chemists at Idaho National Laboratory and Idaho State University have invented a way to manufacture highly precise, uniform nanoparticles to order. The technology, Precision Nanoparticles, has the potential to vastly improve the solar cell and further spur the growing nanotech revolution.
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Posted on: Oct 20th, 2009
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with UniJet Co. Ltd, an original equipment manufacturer of industrial scale inkjet printing systems for high volume manufacturing and a global leader in the emerging field of printed electronics.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced a collaboration with Photron USA Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image analysis software, to develop specialized instrumentation for the CNSI's core laboratory facilities.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
Nikon Instruments, Inc. has unveiled its new A1R MP Multiphoton and Confocal microscope system for high speed, high resolution and high sensitivity multiphoton excitation and confocal fluorescence imaging.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
The trail to a new multiferroic started with the theories of a U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist and ended with a multidisciplinary collaboration that created a material with potential impact on next generation electronics.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
Mother Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn - if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. She has not been quite so generous with human beings. But we might be able to come close, thanks to new research from Tel Aviv University.
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Posted on: Oct 19th, 2009
The Midwest Research University Network (MRUN), Illinois Business and Investors Forum (ILBIF), Midwest Co-Investment Network and the Illinois Technology Association (ITA) are joining forces to host a program designed to stimulate investment in technology companies.
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