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Calcifying Nanoparticles Damage Fetal Membranes in Pregnant Women, Find Researchers

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that excessive formation of calcium crystal deposits in the amniotic fluid may be a reason why some pregnant women suffer preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPRO...

14 Feb 2011

Dais Analytic Uses Nanomaterials for Developing NanoAir Air Conditioning System

Dais Analytic Corporation announced today it is successfully operating a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) beta unit employing its Aqualyte™ nanotechnology materials using no refrigerant gases.

From Dais Analytic Corporation 14 Feb 2011

EADS and University Scientists Work on New Hydrogen Storage Tank Using Nanotechnolgy

EADS Innovation Works, the Group’s corporate research arm, is working with university researchers to find a new solid state storage system for hydrogen.

14 Feb 2011

First Solar’s Advanced Thin-Film Modules to be Used for MBCEL’s Solar Projects

Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL), the Solar subsidiary of Moser Baer Projects Private Limited (MBPPL), and First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that MBCEL will procure 25 megawatts (MW) DC of First Solar’s advanced thin-film modules for its solar power generation projects. Delivery is expected to take place by June 30, 2011.

14 Feb 2011

Official Opening of Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute

The Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies officially opened on February 9, 2011 after quietly hiring two faculty members specializing in biophotonics -- the science of using and manipulating light to investigate biological function -- and building up its core facility's imaging capacity to rival most if not all academic research institutions of its size in the nation.

14 Feb 2011

Scientists Measure Fluctuations in Superconductivity Using Terahertz Spectroscopy

As part of an ongoing effort to uncover details of how high-temperature superconductors carry electrical current with no resistance, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have measured fluctuations in superconductivity across a wide range of temperatures using terahertz spectroscopy.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 14 Feb 2011

New Tiny Implantable Sensor to Detect Signs of Heart Attacks

MIT researchers, working with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cardiovascular Research Center, have now designed a tiny implant that can detect those signs, which could help doctors more rapidly determine whether a patient has had a heart attack.

14 Feb 2011

Doctors Can Detect Circulating Tumor Cells Using Gold Nanoparticles

Tiny gold particles can help doctors detect tumor cells circulating in the blood of patients with head and neck cancer, researchers at Emory and Georgia Tech have found.

14 Feb 2011

Groundbreaking Ceremony for AU Optronics’ New Solar Wafer Plant in Taiwan

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") announced today that AUO Crystal Corp. ("ACC"), one of AUO's subsidiary companies, will establish a solar wafer plant in Taiwan's Chungkang Export Processing Zone, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), to strengthen its strategic position for solar materials in the upstream and enhance technological developments.

14 Feb 2011

Scientists Can Identify Cases of Incest During DNA Microarray Analysis

Researchers using DNA microarrays to diagnose developmental disabilities or congenital anomalies in children may unexpectedly identify that some have been conceived through incest.

14 Feb 2011

MyOmega 3--New Natural Pain Relief Solution Utilizing Nanoparticles

In 2010, advanced nanotechnology and nature’s best anti-inflammatory and pain relief ingredients came together in the new Concept Laboratories MyOmega product line? It’s a natural pain relief solution that utilizes deep penetrating nano-particles to deliver powerful natural ingredients directly to local pain areas.

14 Feb 2011

STMicroelectronics, bTendo to Develop World's Smallest MEMS-Based Pico Projector

STMicroelectronics one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers and the world's leading supplier of MEMS sensors for consumer and portable applications, and bTendo Ltd. announced today that they have signed a development and license agreement to jointly develop the world's smallest Pico Projector for smart phones and other portable consumer-electronics devices.

From STMicroelectronics 14 Feb 2011

Malvern Release Zetasizer Designed Specifically for Protein Analysis

Malvern Panalytical has launched the Zetasizer µV with OmniFACE and OmniSEC, a new SEC-LS (size exclusion chromatography - light scattering) detector package dedicated to protein analysis.

From Malvern Panalytical 13 Feb 2011

Research on Super Hydrophobic Surfaces for Microfluidics Published by mPhase

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:XDSL - News), a leader in the development of Smart Surfaces and advanced battery technologies, today announced that an article describing research they are conducting in developing techn...

From MyPebble 13 Feb 2011

Swiss Nanotechnology Center Order Electron Beam Lithography System from Vistec

Vistec Lithography, Inc., a leading provider of advanced electron-beam lithography equipment today announced that it received an order from the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), a world-renowned research university, for one of its Vistec EBPG5200 systems.

13 Feb 2011