A team at UCLA has developed a technique to trigger the immune system to combat cancer by inserting an energizing protein in a nanoscale package or a vault directly into lung tumors. This utilizes the body's natural immune system to combat proliferation of the disease.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A policy conference called, Nanotechnology: the Huge Challenge of Regulating Tiny Technologies that was hosted at the National Press Club in Washington recently, discussed the problems related to regulating nanotechnologies and it was attended by representatives from public, private and academic segments.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Renesas Electronics and Telefunken Semiconductors recently declared that Telefunken Semiconductors has procured Renesas’s semiconductor wafer development unit located in Roseville, California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
PolyOne will unveil solutions and technologies at the Chinaplas 2011, a trade expo that is held each year for the plastics industry.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A Gerhard Rempe-led team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching has stored quantum data in an individual atom.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
MEMS Industry Group (MIG), a trade association that encourages and promotes micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) across international markets, has recently conducted an industry meeting and moderated the panel discussion on the benefits and problems faced by designers in integrating MEMS into DSP and microprocessors.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A research team at the Grenoble-based CEA-Leti has been invited to deliver two papers at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics 2011 (IC-FCMN 2011), to be held in Grenoble between May 23 and 26.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Bruker has launched a Dimension FastScan Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which delivers increased imaging speed while maintaining nanoscale resolution.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
AB SCIEX and Advion BioSystems have jointly unveiled the LESA Clarity for AB’s Mass Spec Systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Tyco Electronics have developed a nano-sensor that could warn emergency workers when their respirators have become saturated with toxic fumes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A Stevens Institute of Technology Senior Design team of David Barth, Johanna Heureaux, Brian Pilapil, Philip Ponce de Leon, and Ken Zhao, supervised by associate professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Eui-Hyeok Yang, have developed a biomedical implant that can be used to deliver intraocular pressure relief.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Siemens has unveiled an industrial nano-computer, the Simatic IPC227D Nanobox PC.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Market analyst Reportlinker.com has added a new report to its catalogue ‘Molecular Diagnostics - Technologies, Markets and Companies’. The report is also available in its website.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory team led by Jun Xu has enhanced the light-to-energy conversion efficiency of PV by almost 80% with a three-dimensional nanocone-based solar cell system.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
A team of researchers at the Oregon State University team is studying a microfluidic sensor technology that could exploit customized iron oxide nano-particles to help identify biological and chemical weapons.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011