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Hiden Extend Their Range of Diagnostic Tools for Electrical Plasma

Specifically developed for research in fundamental plasma physics, the Hiden Analytical range of plasma diagnostic tools is now extended with the addition of the new PSM plasma monitor. The family now comprises two mass ...

From Hiden Analytical 5 Mar 2008

Record Equipment Orders for Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd (OIPT) is delighted to announce that it achieved its
highest order month in the company’s 25 year history. During February the company received
orders for 20 systems; amongst these is an Ion Beam Cluster System to the value of over £1m, and
five production tools for a manufacturing facility in Malaysia.

4 Mar 2008

Nanomedicine Set to Improve and Enhance the Effectiveness of Injectable Drugs

In an article featured on the cover of the March issue of “Nature Nanotechnology,” Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston presented a proof-of-concept study on a new...

4 Mar 2008

Real Time Observation of Biological Electron Transfer

Two research teams led by Dr. Michael Verkhovsky and Prof. Mårten Wikström of the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki have for the first time succeeded in monitoring electron transfer by Co...

4 Mar 2008

Strength and Ductility Testing of Materials at the Nanoscale

Materials scientists are studying physical properties like strength and ductility of metals at nanoscale sizes to construct a theoretical model to predict the strength of metals at the nanoscale. Such prediction of different strength regimes of nano-solids is important for future application and engineering design of nanotechnology.

4 Mar 2008

Gold Becomes Magnetic at the Nano Level and May Be Used in Nanocatalysis and as Chemical and Electrical Sensors

Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that gold can change from nonmagnetic to magnetic and can be both a conductor and an insulator depending on changes at the nano level

4 Mar 2008

Photonic Crystals to be Backbone of the Optical Computers of the Future

Materials known as photonic crystals could form the building blocks of future optical computers and micro-scale communications devices. Scientists have developed a low-cost and versatile way to make photonic crystals, an...

4 Mar 2008

Guinness Book of World Records Acknowledges World's Most Powerful Pulsed Neutron Spallation Source

The Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most powerful pulsed neutron spallation source. The...

4 Mar 2008

Acquisitions and Innovations Revealed at Pittcon for Agilent

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TILL Photonics GmbH and has completed the acquisition of Colloidal Dynamics. Both companies will join the recently created Materials Science Solut...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 4 Mar 2008

Mask Aligner Toolset from SUSS Microtec Brings Boost to Nanotechnology

SUSS MicroTec, supplier of innovative solutions for the 3D, MEMS, Advanced Packaging and Nanotechnology markets, has launched an advanced nanotechnology toolset for its Mask Aligners. The new Nano Imprint Lithography (NI...

4 Mar 2008

New Nanotube Findings Give Boost to Potential Biomedical Applications

Carbon nanotubes have shown real promise as highly accurate vehicles for delivering antitumor agents into malignant cells, but a dearth of data about what happens to the tubes after they discharge their medical payloads ...

4 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Advances Brain Cancer Detection and Therapy

Brain cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal of malignancies, made even more difficult to treat by the fact that most anticancer drugs have a hard time even getting to the tumors. Now, studies by three differ...

4 Mar 2008

Targeted Dendrimer Advances in Preclinical Studies

Although a variety of nanoparticles continue to show promise for improving cancer imaging and therapy, regulators and drug developers are concerned that these delivery systems may prove difficult to manufacture on a cons...

4 Mar 2008

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Image Tumor Marker in Animals

Since 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new-generation anticancer therapies that target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that is greatly overexpressed on certain types of tum...

4 Mar 2008

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Early detection of tumors is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research, an achievement that would greatly improve cancer therapy and prognosis. Two new reports describe different but promising approaches to solving this ...

4 Mar 2008