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The Largest Technology Matchmaking Event in the US Comes to Houston

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that the 2009 TechConnect World Conference and Expo will take place May 3-7, 2009...

28 Oct 2008

Noninvasive Tool to Study Carbon Nanotubes Targeting Tumors In Vivo

Carbon nanotubes have significant potential for delivering both imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors, but there is still a need to better quantify how well these rolled-up sheets of graphite can target tumors. Now, t...

28 Oct 2008

Ener1 Acquires One of South Korea's Largest Lithium-Ion Cell Producers

Ener1, Inc., a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for the automotive industry, announced today the closing of its acquisition of an 83% interest in Enertech International, one of South Korea's largest lith...

28 Oct 2008

Droplet-Base Microfluidic Device that Controls and Measures Dynamics of Chemicals in Live Tissue

Measuring an electrical current in an organism is pretty straightforward. All you need is an electrode. Measuring the flow of chemicals in cells or live tissue, however, is much more difficult because the molecules diffuse, mix with one another, and interact with their surroundings.

28 Oct 2008

Synthetic Biology: The Next Big Thing

Synthetic biology is being touted by scientists and venture capitalists as "the next big thing." Researchers claim to be on the brink of creating artificial life in a laboratory and making the world's first...

28 Oct 2008

New miRNA Market Research Report from Percepta Associates

Today Percepta Associates Inc. announced the release of MicroRNA Analysis in North America: A research market report for life science tool providers. This report presents an overview of current technologies in use, suppl...

28 Oct 2008

World’s First Thin-Film Battery with Integrated Battery Management

Cymbet Corporation has developed a breakthrough in battery technology with the introduction of the EnerChip™ CC CBC3112 and CBC3150 thin-film batteries with integrated battery management. The EnerChip CC combines t...

27 Oct 2008

Grant Program to Inspire Genomic, Epigenomic and Transcriptome Studies on the SOLiD System

As part of its commitment to promote basic research in the life sciences, Applied Biosystems Inc. today announced the creation of a grant program for genomic, epigenomic and transcriptome studies. The $10K Genome Grant P...

27 Oct 2008

Double-Patterning Immersion Lithography and Advanced Strained-Silicon Technology Used to Deliver Fully Functional 28nm Chips

UMC, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has manufactured the foundry industry's first fully functional 28nm SRAM chips. The chips are based on UMC's independently developed low-leakag...

27 Oct 2008

Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Acquires Powerful Tool for Microarray Gene Expression Analysis

BioDiscovery Inc., the leading developer of integrated software solutions for microarray-based research, announced today that the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute has acquired a multi-seat license of Nexus Expression, a n...

27 Oct 2008

World's Fastest Naturally Aspirated Car Made Even Faster with Nano-Bionics Treatments

Nanotec-USA applied their Nano-Bionics treatments to the Nish Motor Sports Land Speed Car before Speed Week 2008 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. The Nish Motor Sports team reported the car had an increase of 37 mph even though they ran with a 50% less Nitro Methane fuel mixture. Nanotec-USA believes their Nano-Bionics treatments are an immediate solution to increase fuel economy for all transportation industries.

27 Oct 2008

iBOL Meeting of China and Canada Convenes in Beijing

A meeting for cooperative planning between China and Canada on International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) was held on 14 October in Beijing. The iBOL, a consortium of more than 1,000 scientists from 25 countries, has one overarching goal - to assemble the sequence library and the technology necessary to identify organisms rapidly and inexpensively.

27 Oct 2008