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.
Dr Xiao-Qi Zhou and his team at the University of Bristol's Centre for Quantum Photonics in collaboration with the University of Queensland, Australia, have displayed that controlled operations, when the control bit exhibits state 1, can be simplified significantly on comparing with the standard technique.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Aug 2011
Pharmaceutical researchers have achieved only 5% success in the clinical trials for anti-cancer drugs. In order to increase this success percentage, Japanese research team, headed by Dr. Tetsuya Terasaki has identified a new method to overcome the complications of producing effective drugs against diseases such as cancer.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Aug 2011
A provider of logic non-volatile memory (LNVM) one-time programmable (OTP) memory IP cores for utilization in standard-logic CMOS processes, Sidense has declared that its SiPROM 1T-Fuse OTP macro products available at 130nm has passed the TSMC’s IP9000 assessment requirements.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Aug 2011
Researchers from the Texas A&M University and the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) discovered unique carbon nanofiber-filled coatings that can replace the traditional fire-retardants employed in the polyurethane foam (PUF) utilized in upholstered mattresses and furniture.