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Podcast Providing Insight Into Managing the Emerging Risks of Nanotechnology

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today launched a new audio podcast (or Internet-distributed program), discussing the risk management issues and challenges associated with ...

27 Aug 2008

Researchers Developed New Tool to Detect Cancer

Early cancer detection can significantly improve survival rates. Current diagnostic tests often fail to detect cancer in the earliest stages and at the same time expose a patient to the harmful effects of radiation. Led ...

27 Aug 2008

Particle Sciences Announces Development of Microreservoir Technology

Particle Sciences Inc. today announced the development of their "Microreservoir" technology enabling the manufacture of drug-eluting polymer medical devices that release drugs at constant rates over 30 days or ...

27 Aug 2008

mPhase to Unveil New Applications for Its Unique Technology

Leading microfludics and nanotechnology development company mPhase Technologies, Inc. will be a Silver Sponsor at the 2008 NanoEurope conference, a leading European nanotechnology event. The event will be held in St. Gal...

From MyPebble 27 Aug 2008

Nanotechnology Laboratory Evacuated After Chemical Accident

Students have been evacuated after an incident in the nanotechnology labs at the University of Texas at Arlington

27 Aug 2008

New Microlens Uses Nanotechnology to Focus Infrared Light at Telecommunication Frequencies

Using semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university’s Electronic Materials Research Institute have created a new microlens that focuses infrared light at telecommunication frequencies

27 Aug 2008

Vitex and Novaled Announce Co-Operation on OLED Thin Film Encapsulation

Vitex, leader in thin film encapsulation and Novaled, leader in highly efficient long lifetime OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes), are going to combine advantages of the Vitex Barix thin film technology with the Noval...

27 Aug 2008

Rare Earth Elements and Protein Probes Combining to Capture Images of Molecules in a Single Cell

Seeing what's going on inside living cells at the molecular level may reveal biological mechanisms and ultimately lead to more effective medicines. While sophisticated microscopes allow scientists to take pictures of...

27 Aug 2008

Secret Sandia Research Uses Nanotechnology to Determine Anthrax Origin

Secret work in the materials characterization department at Sandia National Laboratories has been contributing to the FBI's investigation of letters containing bacillus anthracis, the spores that cause the disease anthrax

From Sandia National Laboratories 27 Aug 2008

AMO of Germany Now Offering Graphene Crystallites for Research

AMO GmbH, well known manufacturer and service provider in the area of silicon nanotechnology now offers large graphene crystallites for research. Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, has moved into the focus of inte...

27 Aug 2008

Semiconductor Measurement System from Keithley Receives 'Best Product Award'

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announces that it has been awarded the prestigious Editor's Choice Best Product Award from Semiconductor International magazine for it...

From Tektronix 27 Aug 2008

BioForce Nanosciences to Collaborate With UAlbany Nanocollege

BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., a leader in systems integration at the micro- and nano-scales to create products for the life sciences, announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with the College ...

27 Aug 2008

SUSS MicroTec Announces CB Series Wafer Bonders for Advanced MEMS Devices

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry, announces the CB Series, semi and fully automated wafer bonders, for Advanced MEMS devices for the automotive and consumer m...

27 Aug 2008

Costly Drugs to Treat Cancer and Arthritis Manufactured More Cheaply using New Technique

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses. Such me...

26 Aug 2008

Kavli Prize to Celebrate Acclaimed Scientists in the Fields of Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience

The inaugural year of The Kavli Prize will be celebrated with a special ceremony that features H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus presenting the prize to the seven Kavli laureates. Acclaimed scientists in the fields of as...

26 Aug 2008