A developer of molecular diagnostics and provider of life science tools for translational research, NanoString Technologies, has announced the initiation of the first study which will be followed by further studies to assess the clinical application of its breast cancer intrinsic subtyping assay which is solely based on the PAM50 gene signature.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Aug 2011
Material scientists from Rice University have identified a basic technique that enables engineers to produce electronic circuits easily from a nanomaterial called graphene.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Aug 2011
Rice University students have proved that a single-atom-thick graphene sheet can be developed from any source containing carbon, even from cookies, waste materials and insects. The team was headed by a chemist called James Tour.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Aug 2011
University of Georgia research team comprising Ralph Tripp and Jeremy Driskell have developed a new diagnostic method to identify influenza in minutes at a very low cost by measuring the scattering pattern of laser light by gold nanoparticles coated with antibodies that attach to only certain flu viral strains.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
The National Science Foundation has granted a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant worth $475,000 over a period of five years to Wayne State University’s Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng to develop a long-term, ultra-performance implantable electrode system using graphene.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
Applied physicists and materials scientists from Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a new device capable of identifying an unknown fluid.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
According to a study of Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech, a single substance with dual functionality to induce both a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic agent may be helpful in brain tumors to enhance imaging, diagnosis, and treatment procedure.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
Resonetics has developed a laser micromachining system, RapidX250, for corporate and University researches for fabrication of medical, MEMs, and microfluidics devices in a quick prototype manner with tolerances nearing 1 ìm.
Research and Markets has added a new report titled Nanomaterials and Plastic Deformation to its offering.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers described in their new paper the method of purifying the “armchair” type of carbon nanotubes using individual DNA strands.
A biotech publisher across the world, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) reports that the decrease in the sample sizes to still smaller sizes has led to the development of advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Aug 2011
There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond.
A team of electrical engineers at Vanderbilt University has developed all the basic components ...
Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading supplier of advanced metrology systems, today announced that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has accepted its UniFire 7900 metrology system for process control of advanced ...
A single compound with dual function - the ability to deliver a diagnostic and therapeutic agent - may one day be used to enhance the diagnosis, imaging and treatment of brain tumors, according to findings from Virginia ...
Manhattan Scientifics acquired Senior Scientific in June in order to commercialize innovative nanotechnology tools for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cancer, invented by Dr. Edward R. Flynn.