DNA nanotechnology could transform gene detection
Scientists at ASU's Biodesign Institute have developed the world's first gene detection platform made up entirely from self-assembled DNA nanostructures.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
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U.S. Department of Energy to open 10th Small Fuel Cells Conference
The Knowledge Foundation announced today that Dr. Terry Payne, Technology Development Manager with the U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrogen, Fuel Cell & Infrastructure Technologies Program, will be the opening speaker at the 10th Small Fuel Cells conference to be held in Atlanta, GA from April 30 - May 2, 2008.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreProgram for FESPA's first Digital Textile Conference
FESPA has announced the conference programme for its first-ever Digital Textile Conference (March 31 to 1 April 1, 2008). Entitled Digital Printing for Commercial Success, the conference will focus on both commercial and technical topics, examining market opportunities in the sector.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreScientists develop novel fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging, biosensor design
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center (MBIC) have developed new 'fluorogen activating proteins' (FAPs) that will become a key component of novel molecular biosensor technology being created at Carnegie Mellon.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreHarvard claims NMR system is smallest built
Harvard University and its medical school have built the smallest complete nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system, claimed the team.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreOptical scientists add new, practical dimension to holography
University of Arizona optical scientists have broken a technological barrier by making three-dimensional holographic displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreThe MONA Nanophotonics Technology Roadmap now available
During 2 years, the MONA ('Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies') consortium has been working through workshops, symposia and expert interviews at establishing a roadmap for photonics and nanotechnologies in Europe. Almost 300 people from industry and academia have been involved in the construction of this roadmap that gives insight into the future of materials, equipment, processes and applications. It also highlights the European position and outlook with respect to nanophotonics, and offers recommendations.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read morePitt receives $1m grant to research ultrafast time-resolved microscopy of electronic nanomaterial
Researchers will develop revolutionary method to probe molecular structures.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreShear ingenuity: Tweaking the conductivity of nanotube composites
New measurements by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered an intriguing wrinkle. For a given CNT concentration, the electrical properties of the composite can be tuned from being a conductor to a non-conductor simply by changing processing conditions - basically how fast the polymer flows.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreIMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz
At today's IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers massive available bandwidth that enables very high bit rates of several Gbits-per-second at distances up to 10 meters (about 33 feet).
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology: Towards reducing animal testing
This Conference, the first of its kind in Europe, will examine how nanotechnology could contribute to alternatives to animal testing.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreHolst Centre reports breakthrough in organic RFID
The plastic RFID tag builds on IMEC's plastic rectifier technology combined with Polymer Visionā??s organic electronics technology and approaches item-level tagging requirements.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreEUV research helps solve 193 resist problems
Leading-edge research into the requirements for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist is helping to solve some of the problems encountered by 193 nm litho technology as it ventures into increasingly smaller CDs.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreScientists make breakthrough in single-molecule sensing
Simultaneous optical and electronic measurements on same molecule.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreNew funding to charge energy research at UCL and the London Centre for Nanotechnology
Professors Neal Skipper and Franco Cacialli, of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, have been awarded a £200,000 laboratory refurbishment grant to help them develop alternative fuel supplies for transport and electricity generation.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
Read moreNew devices to boost nematode research on neurons and drugs
University of Oregon-led project leads to two nanotech-driven tools for biologists, neuroscientists.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
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