Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Searching for biomarkers that can warn of diseases such as cancer while they are still in their earliest stage is likely to become far easier thanks to an innovative biosensor chip developed by Stanford University researchers.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a polymer-coated gold nanocage that not only opens in response to light to release a small amount of a drug payload, but then closes when the light is turned off, leaving this nanodevice ready to deliver another dose of drug on command.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Scientists have developed a mathematical model that predicts the magnitude and specificity of tumor uptake of drug delivery vehicles ranging in size from small peptides to large liposomes.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The Rice lab of physicist Tom Killian published a paper online this month demonstrating the long-sought creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of strontium atoms.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Researchers have developed a novel and simple way to analyze samples that are complex mixtures, such as whole milk, blood serum and dirt in solution.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
NIST researchers have developed a new, inexpensive, reusable and highly efficient microfluidic connector.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
New research makes it possible to scrutinize activities that occur over hours or even days inside cells, potentially solving many of the mysteries associated with molecular-scale events occurring in these tiny living things.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Physicists have developed a promising new source of entangled photons using quantum dots tweaked with a laser.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Tech Tours is a series of educational events where researchers and engineers interactively learn from leading experts in industrial research and technology and is centered on materials research, 3D imaging, roughness analysis, inspection and measurement.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Understanding the electrical properties of graphene is important because, unlike the other materials used by the electronics industry, it remains stable and conductive down to the molecular scale. As a result, when the current silicon technology reaches it's a fundamental miniaturization limit in coming years, graphene could very well take its place.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
A webinar on December 9, 2009 by Gradient and Day Pitney, LLP addresses the issues of how engineered nanomaterials may present health and safety risks in the workplace and how to prepare your business
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The Energy Sciences Building (ESB) will provide an environment that will accelerate the pace of discovery by bringing together interdisciplinary teams of researchers in a space that can be adjusted to accommodate an evolving energy-related science agenda. Construction is scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2011.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Known as a cryo-scanning electron microscope, the device is capable of examining single cells or even single molecules and will be used to help researchers within the Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre (MNC) carry out high level research and development in a range of sectors from healthcare and steel to printed electronics and solar cells.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
With a new grant of more than $675,000 from the National Science Foundation, Warren Zipfel, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is working to make fluorescence lifetime imaging more efficient and simpler to implement.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
American Biotech Labs, developer of a new class of products based on the company's patented nano-catalytic SilverSol Technology, today announced that the company has obtained clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its ASAP Antibacterial Silver Wound Dressing Gel as a prescription 510(k) medical device throughout the United States.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
A team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Semiconductor veteran and serial entrepreneur Ellery Buchanan today announced the launch of FibeRio Technology Corporation, a company formed to integrate proprietary Forcespinning technology into equipment and manufacturing processes for the fabrication of polymeric, metallic, and ceramic nanofibers.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant to the Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (TU Delft) for its work in bio-nano research.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Applied Materials, Inc., Merck KGaA and the Braunschweig University of Technology (TU-BS) today announced that they have been awarded a grant by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop processes to lower the cost of manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting for general illumination applications.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The nanoelectronics research center IMEC, Hasselt University and the Belgian screen printing company Artist Screen announce the start of their spin-off Lumoza NV. The new company develops and commercializes large area screen printed electronics for the advertising and packaging industry.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate first process and a step forward towards fabricating aggressively scaled germanium-pFET transistors.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Using a new biophysical method called single molecule spectroscopy, scientists were able to directly observe the unwrapping mechanisms and characterize the intermediate stages leading to free genetic material.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
ion-mask, the liquid repellent nanocoating technology by P2i with military origins, this week debuts in tactical footwear, with the launch of Magnum's award-winning1 Elite Force 8.0 WPi at Milipol 2009.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The new Olympus FluoView FV10i confocal laser scanning microscope system brings a whole new level of accessibility to confocal microscopy. It is designed to remove all of the complex steps involved in setting-up and using confocal microscopes, ensuring that users can concentrate on the images and data without any prior expertise.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Researchers at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Lyon have used numerical simulation methods to show how the selectivity of reaction mechanisms at the surface of a metal catalyst can be understood far more simply.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems announced today that during the six months of May - October 2009 it managed to outdo its full 12 month sales record from previous May 2008 - April 2009 fiscal year .
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
The UK's Technology Strategy Board has developed a nanotechnology strategy document that sets out the processes the Technology Strategy Board will use to determine how it will invest in the nanotechnology space in a way that helps UK businesses to succeed on a global scale.
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Posted on: Nov 17th, 2009
IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease.
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Posted on: Nov 16th, 2009
Dr. John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc. announced today that the Army Research Office awarded an SBIR Phase I contract for $100,000 in new funding to develop zinc-oxide nanowire based ultra-violet light detectors.
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