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Nanotechnology Research May Be Held Back Without Clear Leadership and More Transparency

A Project assessment of purported nanotechnology risk-relevant research published by the federal government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative reveals that spending on environment, health and safety-focused research projects in 2006 was substantially lower than that claimed by U.S. officials.

17 Apr 2008

TechConnect Summit ito Showcase Emerging Nanotech, Cleantech and Life Sciences Companies

The TechConnect Summit is the world’s largest forum dedicated to showcasing prescreened, advanced technologies and early stage companies specifically in nanotech, cleantech and biotech/medical devices. The Summit w...

17 Apr 2008

Municipal Solar Power Plants Goal for Nanosolar

At Nanosolar, we believe very much that meaningful scale for solar will come foremost from utility-scale solar power plants, in particular from municipal solar power plants of 2-10MW in size. These are rows of sola...

From Nanosolar, Inc. 17 Apr 2008

AIXTRON Announces Order from SuperNova for a Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS Epitaxy Reactor

AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce an order from SuperNova for a Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS epitaxy reactor. SuperNova, located in Taoyuan, Taiwan, will receive the Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS system in the 31x2...

From AIXTRON SE 17 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Key For Growth of Finnish Industry

Finland is a forerunner in nanotechnology, and the fast-growing field has already produced strong results. The 70 million euro Tekes FinNano programme, currently in its third year, has launched companies and new business...

17 Apr 2008

Hearing Held into Nanotechnology Initiative Reauthorization

As a step towards the reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing today to review the program and proposed draft legislation. As the Committe...

17 Apr 2008

International Assessment of Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety Research Needs

As nanotechnology has moved out of the laboratory and into commercial products, many have begun to question the impact of nanoscale materials on health and the environment. Learning more about such impacts, however, pres...

From International Council on Nanotechnology - ICON 17 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology and Saliva Can Be Used to Diagnose Heart Attack

Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, a multi-institutional team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reported at a recent meet...

17 Apr 2008

Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Properties of Biomolecules and Materials With Fast Atomic Force Microscopy

New research demonstrates that novel probe technology based on flexible membranes can replace conventional atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers for applications such as fast topographic imaging, quantitative material characterization and single molecule mechanics measurements

17 Apr 2008

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Agreement Between IIT Bombay and Cambridge University

The signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for numerous future research collaborations and exchanges of students and staff between the University of Cambridge and the Indian Institute of Technology ...

17 Apr 2008

Nanoident to Develop Airborne Pathogen Detection System for European Defende Agency

NANOIDENT Technologies AG, a leader in the development and manufacture of printed semiconductor-based optoelectronic sensors, today announced the closing of a multiparty agreement with German company microfluidic ChipShop to develop a unique airborne pathogen detection system for the European Defence Agency.

17 Apr 2008

Oxford Instruments Sells 6 Systems into Russia

Oxford Instruments has won orders for 6 systems to equip a number of research & development facilities and manufacturing plants in Russia. The 6 systems ordered include both plasma deposition tools, and an Ionfab® ion beam system.

16 Apr 2008

CRAIC Technologies Launches the New QDI MP1 Microscope Photometer

CRAIC Technologies, Inc, the global leader in application-focused microanalysis solutions, announces the launch of the new QDI MP1™ microscope photometer. The QDI MP1™ is an all solid state system desig...

16 Apr 2008

Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

With the flip of a switch: Nanodrop "test tubes" are created by an electronic switch that causes a micropipette to jerk back and leave behind a droplet less that 1 micron in diameter for study.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 16 Apr 2008

Cryogenic Sensor and Microrefrigerator Combined on Single Microchip

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined two tiny but powerful NIST inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic sensor and a microrefrigerator. The combination offers the possibility of cheaper, simpler and faster precision analysis of materials such as semiconductors and stardust.

16 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology News

Nanotechnology Research May Be Held Back Without Clear Leadership and More Transparency

TechConnect Summit ito Showcase Emerging Nanotech, Cleantech and Life Sciences Companies

Municipal Solar Power Plants Goal for Nanosolar

AIXTRON Announces Order from SuperNova for a Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS Epitaxy Reactor

Nanotechnology Key For Growth of Finnish Industry

Hearing Held into Nanotechnology Initiative Reauthorization

International Assessment of Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety Research Needs

Nanotechnology and Saliva Can Be Used to Diagnose Heart Attack

Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Properties of Biomolecules and Materials With Fast Atomic Force Microscopy

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Agreement Between IIT Bombay and Cambridge University

Nanoident to Develop Airborne Pathogen Detection System for European Defende Agency

Oxford Instruments Sells 6 Systems into Russia

CRAIC Technologies Launches the New QDI MP1 Microscope Photometer

Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

Cryogenic Sensor and Microrefrigerator Combined on Single Microchip

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