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Micromagnetic-Microfluidic Device Could Quickly Pull Pathogens from Bloodstream

Sepsis, an infection of the blood, can quickly overwhelm the body's defenses and is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone. Premature newborns and people with weakened immune systems are ...

25 Mar 2009

Veeco Instruments Announces Winners of Labs Research Grant Program

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community, today announced the winners of the first phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program.

From Veeco 25 Mar 2009

New Surface Treatment Boosts Efficiency for Photovoltaic Cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways.

24 Mar 2009

Nanopoint Recognized by Frost and Sullivan for its Pioneering Cell Imaging Solution

Based on its recent analysis of the cell imaging solutions market, Frost + Sullivan presents Nanopoint, Inc. with the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year. The company's c...

From Frost and Sullivan 23 Mar 2009

Synthetic Biology - Transforming Cells into Microscopic Biological Computers

The roots of synthetic biology stretch back only eight years, and the discipline is so new that it does not yet have an established definition. On the one hand, it can be considered from a microscopic and fundamental perspective - to a certain extent more closely related to chemistry - as the synthesis of new, biologically important molecules (for example, nucleotides).

17 Mar 2009

mPhase to Participate in NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News), a leader in microfluidics and nanotechnology development, will participate in the NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase on March 19 from 9:00 AM - 12...

From MyPebble 16 Mar 2009

CombiMatrix Receives Four Year Contract from NASA to Design and Test Microfluidic System

CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that it has received a four year contract for $858,298 from NASA's Ames Research Center to design and test a microfluidic system that incorporates CombiMatrix's semiconductor microarray as part of an integrated genetic analysis platform that can be deployed in satellites.

From Invitae Corporation 12 Mar 2009