Posted on: Oct 4th, 2009
A new set of experiments by Duke University bioengineers has uncovered the existence of 'bistability', in which an individual cell has the potential to live in either of two states, depending on which state it was in when stimulated.
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Posted on: Oct 4th, 2009
Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands show for the first time why ordinary graphite is a permanent magnet at room temperature.
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Posted on: Oct 4th, 2009
Neopharma, the Abu Dhabi-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer, announced a large scale expansion programme to enter into biotechnology and nanotechnology-based research and manufacturing capabilities.
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Posted on: Oct 4th, 2009
A European-sponsored programme that gives universities inexpensive access to state-of-the-art microchip design tools and fabrication techniques, and helps even small businesses fabricate novel microchips, is helping Europe remain competitive worldwide.
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Posted on: Oct 3rd, 2009
Eine Fachtagung des Cluster Nanotechnologie mit begleitender Ausstellung am 5. und 6. Oktober 2009 an der Universitaet Augsburg / Auszeichnung der Sieger des diesjaehrigen bayerischen Schulwettbewerbs zur Nanotechnologie bei der feierlichen Eroeffnungsveranstaltung.
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Posted on: Oct 3rd, 2009
Advanced Liquid Logic announced that it has received a large, four-year contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for the development of a rapid, point-of-care, diagnostic device for the detection of HIV in low resource settings.
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Posted on: Oct 3rd, 2009
Prof. Igor Sokolov, director of the Nanoengineering and Biotechnology Laboratories Center (NABLAB) at Clarkson University, was named a winner in the first phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program, 'HarmoniX Innovation'.
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Posted on: Oct 3rd, 2009
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A+M University sponsored the university's inaugural Nano/Micro Poster Symposium to promote multidisciplinary interaction and scientific communication among students and faculty in the field of nano/micro technology.
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Posted on: Oct 3rd, 2009
The Exhibition will be devoted to application aspects of the nanotechnology use and will allow to show already existing samples of nanomaterials, the latest developments in the field of nanotechnology, and equipment for nanoindustry.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
An international team of physicists has for the first time observed magnetic behaviour in an atomic gas, addressing a decades-old debate as to whether it is possible for a gas or liquid to become ferromagnetic and exhibit magnetic properties.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. has announced it has executed a Letter or Intent with Womack Systems, LLC for the manufacture of its cutting edge Nano-Cavitation Process Systems.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
Building the super-fast computers of the future has just become much easier thanks to an advance by Australian researchers that lets them grab hold of tiny electronics components and probe their inner structure using only a beam of light.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
This week's most interesting nanotechnology news.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
Princeton Instruments has introduced the PI-MAX 3, an intensified CCD (ICCD) camera that meets researchers' continually evolving requirements for sensitivity, speed, and control in time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy applications.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
In einem Ranking von ScienceWatch platziert sich die Forschungsorganisation mit Zahl und Zitation ihrer Publikationen direkt hinter Spitzenreiter Harvard University.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
Researchers have developed a quantum physical model that accurately describes the function of these artificial photosynthetic systems, and provides an understanding of their reaction kinetics that could lead to significant improvements in their conversion efficiencies.
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Posted on: Oct 2nd, 2009
The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the California Nano-Industry Network is hosting the fifth Nanotechnology Symposium: 'DTSC/California Nano-Industry Network Symposium' on November 16, 2009 in Sacramento, California.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Asylum Research, a technology leader for atomic force and scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM), announced today that it set new records for both orders and shipments in its third quarter.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Wacker Chemie AG exits from the solar wafer business and will transfer its shares in its joint venture WACKER SCHOTT Solar GmbH (WSS) to its former partner SCHOTT Solar AG.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional silicon-based transistors.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Carbon nanotubes may have the potential to transport electricity faster and over greater distances with minimal loss of energy, according to new research.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that steering group members D2S, Inc. and Advantest Corporation have collaborated to enhance throughput to make maskless system-on-chips (SoCs) feasible for prototypes and low-volume designs.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the role played by the least-understood part of a first-responder molecule that rushes in to bind and repair breaks in DNA strands, a process that helps people avoid cancer.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Resolving questions surrounding nanoparticle toxicity has led North American researchers to suggest the particles as a potential skin cancer treatment.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
According to Third Sector, an Australian magazine for thenot-for-profit sector, an unanimous vote by the Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF) members yesterday saw the organisation declare its closure as of the close of business 30 September 2009. The website has already been taken offline.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Adopted by Ingrain of Houston, Texas, the AURIGA CrossBeam workstation from Carl Zeiss provides the ultra-high resolution images, plus powerful analytical capabilities, needed to understand shale rock in a revolutionary new way.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced it has entered into a continuation of its research and development agreement with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan for manufacturing and commercializing nano-copper inks and pastes.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
Lorentz Solution, Inc., the leading provider of high-performance integrated circuit (IC)-focused electromagnetic (EM) design and verification software, today announced that the company's flagship product PeakView has been certified to support TSMC's iRCX 65nm, and 40nm technologies.
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Posted on: Oct 1st, 2009
The EU must do more to develop and deploy key enabling technologies (KETs) such as nanotechnology, micro- and nano-electronics, advanced materials and photonics. This is the main message from a new Commission communication on the subject.
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