Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, Lady Elizabeth Gass visited North Somerset based company Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology this week to present its Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Industrial Nanotech, a pioneer in nanoscience-based energy conserving solutions, declared that it has commenced supply of 2,973 gallons of its patented Nansulate Translucent PT insulation and corrosion control coating to Montaco, an industrial contractor.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Eytan Ruppin, who serves at Blavatnik School of Computer Science and Sackler Faculty of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, and his co-researchers have developed the cancer cell metabolism’s first computerized genome-size model that can be utilized to foresee the lethality of drugs affecting the functionality of the metabolism of a cancer cell.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Oxford Instruments is continuing its successful series of workshops, with a one day ‘Nanoscale Plasma Processing’ event in Grenoble, France on Tuesday 18th October.
Every year, analysts undertake one of the world's most exhaustive searches into the global funding of nanotechnologies in order to identify not only where the Dollars, Euros and Yen are being spent, but also to gain an unique insight into the trends shaping tomorrow’s applications.
The Green Chemistry Institute of the American Chemical Society has published a white paper titled ‘Green Nanotechnology Challenges and Opportunities’, which discusses the prospect of integrating eco-friendly chemistry practices.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Aug 2011
Dave Arthur, CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) a world leader in high quality, Single-Wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW) carbon nanotubes (CNT), is a keynote speaker at the Nanomanufacturing Summit 2011 on...
Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers have found that the cell’s structural elements are critical for controlling the movement of cell surface receptors, proteins that allow cells to get signals from different parts of the living organism.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Aug 2011
A supplier of MEMS devices for portable and consumer applications, STMicroelectronics will be demonstrating its newest advancements in MEMS for portable and consumer, healthcare, and automotive applications from August 24 to 26 at MICROTech World 2011 in Korea.
Spire has declared that it has received a patent titled ‘Nanophotovoltaic Devices’ from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Aug 2011
The need for powerful tools for understanding the fine inner functionings of neurons is critical. By using a technology from materials science as the basis, a research team comprising advanced imaging experts, psychiatrists, and neurobiologists from Switzerland's CHUV and EPLF has identified a new way to use digital holographic microscopy (DHM) for observing in real-time the neuronal activity at three-dimensions with a resolution of up to 50 times greater than existing methods.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Aug 2011
Research and Markets has added a new report titled “Handbook of Nanofabrication” of Elsevier Science and Technology to its offering.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Aug 2011
A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has created a unique multi-layer "Laue” lens that is capable of focusing high-energy X-rays in a precise manner to enable detection of minute specimens ranging from 10 nm to 15 nm in size.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Aug 2011
A new analysis on how tiny particles applied as coatings change transparent plastic’s characteristics pave the way for researchers to develop light-weight windows with almost the same strength as glass.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Aug 2011
Scientists can now attain superior-resolution microscopy by means of a technique called stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Aug 2011