The Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) at Caltech, USA and Oxford Instruments are extremely pleased with the bookings and interest in their joint Seminar and Workshop entitled Etch Tech 2012, taking place 16th-17th July.
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The Environmental Unit of the Tecnalia Technology Corporation, the Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research (BIOEF) and Fluytec, a company specialising in filtration solutions, have developed a filtration system capable of retaining 95% of nanoparticles thanks to the results of the SIFINA project.
A team of researchers from the fields of nanotechnology and dermatology has used commercial moisturizers based on a nanostructure platform to provide gene regulation technology, which shows promise in developing life-saving therapies to treat skin cancers.
By Will Soutter
4 Jul 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report from Elsevier Science and Technology, titled ‘Nanobiotechnology, Vol 4. Inorganic Nanoparticles vs Organic Nanoparticles,’ to its catalogue.
In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German scientists have now described a new method for the production of stable, conducting DNA nanowires.
About 200 billion dollars per year is the cost incurred by the shipping industry due to the marine fouling problem.
By Will Soutter
3 Jul 2012
In a paper published in the Advanced Materials journal, Xiaodong Li and Lihong Bao, researchers from the University of South Carolina, have described a technique to convert a cotton T-shirt material into an electrical power source.
By Will Soutter
2 Jul 2012
United Microelectronics has licensed IBM’s technology for the development of UMC’s 20 nm CMOS process employing FinFET 3D transistors. The licensed technology is expected to hasten the delivery of the next generation 20 nm process to UMC’s customers.
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a new technique called spectral shape discrimination (SSD) that employs a nanoporous material called metal organic framework (MOF) for radiation detection.
The transition of graphite to graphene has always been a random process. Graphene, the single-layered structure comprising carbon atoms, was first isolated at the University of Manchester by stripping off the top layer from graphite with a scotch tape.
By Will Soutter
2 Jul 2012
In a development that is touted to be a breakthrough in quantum information processing, researchers at University of California in San Diego, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy, have demonstrated the first silicon-based heralded single photon source.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a method to tag a protein called the serotonin transporter in human beings at the molecular level. Serotonin is a hormone that regulates appetite, mood and sleep in humans.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jun 2012
A breakthrough in the research carried out by engineers at the University of Minnesota could translate to huge cost savings for consumers of fuel and pharmaceutical industries. The team led by Professor Michael Tsapatsis has developed a catalyst that dramatically improves efficiency of fuel synthesis.
By Will Soutter
30 Jun 2012
Engineering Conferences International (ECI) will be hosting a conference on fibrous protein nanocomposites from October 7 to 12, 2012. It is a multidisciplinary conference that turns the spotlight on the design, characterization and development of bio-nano hybrid materials that have applications in both nanomedicine and electronics.
By Will Soutter
30 Jun 2012
Chemists at Boston College have made use of silicon nanowires to emulate a process similar to photosynthesis for collecting solar energy in order to power reactions that synthesize the basic compounds employed in two well known anti-inflammatory pain killers.
By Will Soutter
30 Jun 2012