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U-M Researchers Develop New Biosensor to Speed Treatment of Bacterial Infections

With an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility of individual bacterial cells without the use of a microscope.

19 Jan 2011

Arrowhead Research Invests $1 Million in Calando Pharmaceuticals

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR) (“the Company”) today announced that it has invested $1 million in its majority owned subsidiary, Calando Pharmaceuticals, and converted approximately $8M of Cala...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 19 Jan 2011

Spreadtrum Unveils New SC8800G Baseband Processor Designed with 40 nm Silicon Technology

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications stan...

19 Jan 2011

MEMS Industry Group to Host 2011 Sensors Expo

MEMS, or microelectromechanical systems, will be a key technology featured in the educational sessions and throughout the Expo Hall during the 2011 Sensors Expo & Conference taking place June 6-8 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.

19 Jan 2011

Magnetotactic Bacteria Orient Themselves Using Nanomagnets

Magnetotactic bacteria orient themselves in their environment with the aid of tiny compasses, consisting of chains of membrane sacs called magnetosomes, each containing a single nanomagnet. Only a few of these species...

19 Jan 2011

Three GLOBALFOUNDRIES Processes Use Sidense's One-Time Programmable Memory IP

Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) OTP IP cores, announced today that the Company has qualified its OTP (one-time programmable) SiPROM products in three GLOBALFOUNDRIES CMOS processes -- 180nm, 130nm and 65nm.

19 Jan 2011

Korea-Based Wisepower Acquires Arrowhead's Subsidiary

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that its Unidym, Inc. subsidiary has been acquired by Wisepower Co., Ltd., a publicly-traded, Seoul, Korea-based electronics company.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 19 Jan 2011

New Market Analysis on Knowles SPM0408 MEMS Microphone Reverse Costing

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Knowles SPM0408 MEMS microphone Reverse Costing" report to their offering. This reverse costing report of the Knowles SPM0408 MEMS Microphone analyzes...

19 Jan 2011

Rudolph Technologies Announces Collaboration to Develop Integrated Wafer Inspection Systems

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities announced today that it will collaborate with a leading process tool supplier and an IC device manufacturer in the development of 3D advanced semiconductor packaging applications.

From Onto Innovation 19 Jan 2011

Scientists Develop New Method to Watch the Growth of Silica Nanochannels

Crystals are typical examples for high-order structures which are able to build up on their own. In a similar way also tiny silica channels can grow and coalesce. These structures play an important role for many appli...

19 Jan 2011

Global Comprehensive Report on Biosensors Market

Medical applications continue to dominate the biosensors market worldwide. Biosensors are increasingly finding applications in blood glucose monitoring, drug discovery, drug analysis, and whole blood analyzers. In hos...

From Global Industry Analysts 19 Jan 2011

St. Gabriel’s Catholic School Honored for Nanotechnology-Based Bio-Medical Research Project

St. Gabriel’s Catholic School was awarded the Champion Award at the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics state competition this weekend clearing the way for a trip to LEGOLAND® to compete for the national title in ...

19 Jan 2011

Duke Scientists Identify How Diesel Exhaust Nanoparticles Damage Lung Airway Cells

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified how nanoparticles from diesel exhaust damage lung airway cells, a finding that could lead to new therapies for people susceptible to airway disease.

19 Jan 2011

Researchers Determine Size of Nanoparticles and Zeta Potential as a Function of pH

Researchers at micromod Partikeltechnologie GmbH are using the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical, equipped with an MPT-2 Autotitrator and degasser, to determine particle size and to measure the zeta potential of nanoparticles as a function of pH.

From Malvern Panalytical 18 Jan 2011

Samsung’s New 4 Gb, 40 nm-Class DDR3 Memory to be Used in HP ProLiant Servers

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that its new 4 gigabit (Gb)-based 40 nanometer (nm) class low power DDR3 memory will be used in HP ProLiant G7 servers.

From Samsung Electronics 18 Jan 2011