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Highly Sensitive Troponin Assays Detect Heart Failure at Nanoscale Level

Today, heart failure is by far the single biggest reason for acute hospital admission.

15 Dec 2010

Global Market Report on Applications of Nanobiotechnology

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanobiotechnology: Applications and Global Markets. The total market for nanobiotechnology products is $19.3 billion in 2010 ...

15 Dec 2010

New Cell-Based xCELLigence System Integrates Microelectronics with Cell Biology

The new xCELLigence System RTCA HT Instrument from Roche Diagnostics rounds out the company’s portfolio in real-time cell analysis with a high-throughput product.

15 Dec 2010

Shrink Nanotechnologies Fabricates High Efficiency Solar Cells Using Electronic Glue Technology

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. ("Shrink"), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today through its wholly owned subsidiary, BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc., that its recently licensed "electronic glue" chemistry will enable high efficiency solar cells to be fabricated from semiconductor nanocrystals with low cost roll-to-roll processing.

15 Dec 2010

Researchers Develop Artificial Fluidic Nanochannels of 2 nm Size

Artificial fluidic nanochannels that mimic the capabilities of transmembrane proteins are highly prized for a number of advanced technologies.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 15 Dec 2010

New Book on Diffusion-Controlled Solid State Reactions in Thin-Films and Nanosystems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Diffusion-Controlled Solid State Reactions: in Alloys, Thin-Films, and Nanosystems" to their offering. Written by a...

15 Dec 2010

Research Team Fabricates Photodetector Based on Single Nanowire

Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot with a volume of a mere 7,000 cubic nanometers.

15 Dec 2010

New Intense 13.5 nm Light Source Enhances Etching Process in Wafer Manufacturing

The manufacturing of semiconductor wafers used in all types of electronics involves etching small features onto a wafer with lasers, a process that is ultimately limited by the wavelength of the light itself.

15 Dec 2010

Taiwan Researchers Find Iridium Nanocrystals Improve Speed of Flash Memory Chips

One of the rarest metals on Earth may be an excellent option for enabling future flash memory chips to continue to increase in speed and density, according to a group of researchers in Taiwan.

15 Dec 2010

New Market Review Report on Nanotechnology Research

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: 2010 Nanotechnology Research Review. FOREWORD Smaller, faster, better, has been the clarion call for this branch of scienc...

15 Dec 2010

PCB Piezotronics Expands Sensor Product Line to Include Several MEMS Devices

PCB Piezotronics (PCB ®) has expanded their sensor product line to include several MEMS devices using silicon based technology. Development and production of these sensors has relied on a Plasma-Therm VERSALINE® ...

14 Dec 2010

Crossing Automation Brings Wafer-Level Automation to New, High Growth CNT Market

Extending its reach into related adjacent markets, Crossing Automation, Inc., a leading supplier of efficient, cost-effective automation solutions and engineering services, today announced a design win for its ExpressConnectTM vacuum wafer handling system by a carbon nanotube (CNT) original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

14 Dec 2010