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New Book Provides Overview of Aptamer Development and Applications

Research and industry are increasingly exploiting the potential of aptamers. As well as their application in research, medical diagnosis and treatment, aptamers are also interesting as a basis for biosensors for use in environmental analysis because their characteristics enable them to identify and bind target molecules as surely as a key fits a lock.

7 Apr 2009

Two Faculty Members at Center for Nanotechnology in Society Awarded Three-Year Grant from NSF

Two Arizona State University faculty members - Erik Fisher, Ph.D., assistant research professor, Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-ASU), and David H. Guston, Ph.D., director of CNS-ASU - have been awarded a three...

1 Apr 2009

CTO of API Nanotronics to Speak At TAPPI June Conference

TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity Fund are co-sponsoring the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, scheduled for June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The theme of this year&...

From Spectrum Control 31 Mar 2009

Chamber Separates Nanoparticles Like a 'Coin Sorter'

Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer (billionth of a meter) level and used it to develop a method for engineering the first-ever nanoscale fluidic (nanofluidic) device with complex three-dimensional surfaces.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 31 Mar 2009

Molecular Assembly Line for Predictable, High-Precision Nano-Construction

Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles - particles measuring mere billionths of a meter - scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a molecular assembly line for predictable, high-precision nano-construction.

29 Mar 2009

Ethical Challenges of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is penetrating many areas of our daily lives at incredible speed, opening up new horizons of expectation and hope. At the same time, it is raising questions which affect our individual self-conception and that of our society.

12 Mar 2009

Project Focuses on All Aspects of Nanomedicine

Scientists have been making strides in the field of nanomedicine, a key subfield of nanotechnology tackling disease treatment, drug delivery and medical diagnostics. The EU-funded NANOMED ('Nanomedicine ethical, regu...

10 Mar 2009

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Appointes New Managing Director

Mike Treder, executive director of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN - crnano.org), leaves that position effective March 9, 2009, to become managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technolo...

10 Mar 2009

Nanocoatings Market to Reach US$6.5 Billion by 2013

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "The Market for Nanocoatings to 2015". Currently, competitive ...

9 Mar 2009

Nanoethics Group Announces Upcoming Conference on Ethical and Social Impacts of Human Enhancement Technologies

The Nanoethics Group today announced its upcoming conference on the ethical and social impacts of human enhancement technologies, especially related to nanotechnology. Held on March 28-29 at Western Michigan University (WMU), the event is free and open to the public.

2 Mar 2009