Nanotechnology News

TTP LabTech to Promote Nanoliter Liquid Handling System at Laboratory Automation 2011

At Laboratory Automation 2011 in Palm Springs (Jan 29 – Feb 2), TTP LabTech will present a range of posters covering its complete product range, including two demonstrating the novel applications of its LAB2LAB automated sample transport and management system and its mosquito® nanoliter liquid handler.

New Piezo Flexure -Control Technology Suits Electrophysiology and Neuroscience Applications

Siskiyou and PI have collaborated on an approach which can eliminate unwanted switching, yielding crisp, artifact-free data in electrophysiological studies.

Micromeritics Secure Distribution Rights for Materials Segregation Tester

The SPECTester from Particulate Systems analyzes segregation in powder mixtures, ensuring product consistency and reducing unscheduled downtimes in production.

Comprehensive Report on Availability of Thin Film Photovoltaics and Batteries

Nanotechnology Method for Cleaning CPAP Mask

At an average rate of 16 breaths a minute a CPAP user breathes out 7680 in an 8 hour sleep period. The CPAP mask will be coated with junk from user’s lungs and nose on an average 7680 times. Those junk on the ma...

InvenSense Demonstrates World’s First MEMS-Based 6-Axis Motion Processor

InvenSense, Inc., the leading solution provider of MotionProcessors for consumer electronics, is showcasing its new MPU-6000 product family and MPL 3.2 software in the InvenSense Meeting room #MP25370 in South Hall 2 at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 6th through the 9th 2011.

Centrosolar’s Thin Film Solar Modules Receive MCS Certification

The way is paved for unlimited market access in Great Britain: In November, Centrosolar was certified for its thin film modules in accordance with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

Cadence's Encounter Digital Implementation System Honored by Electronic Design

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. a global leader in electronic design innovation, is pleased to announce that it has won Electronic Design's Best Electronic Design award for 2010 for the Cadence® Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System 9.1 in the EDA - Design, Verification and Implementation Environment category. This product is highlighted in Electronic Design's Dec. 9, 2010 issue.

Georgia Scientists Create Nano-Based Platform to Diagnose Common Type of Pneumonia

University of Georgia researchers have developed a technique that can diagnose a common type of pneumonia within minutes, potentially replacing existing tests that can take several days for results. The researchers, ...

Researchers Discover Technique to Develop Nanoparticles with Tunable Properties

A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles consisting of two metals ...

Illinois Scientists Create Tiny Catalysts Using Iron Nanoparticles

Fortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create catalytic materials that have the potential to remove contaminants from gas or liquid.

Scientists Determine That Earthworms Can Absorb Copper Nanoparticles in Soil

The manufacturing of nanomaterials has been steadily on the rise in the medical, industrial, and scientific fields. Nanomaterials are materials that are engineered to have dimensions less than 100 nanometers and have ...

Göttingen Facility to Receive €23 Million for Brain Research at Nanometer Range

After two successful funding periods, the DFG Research Centre “Molecular Physiology of the Brain” (CMPB) at the University of Göttingen has been extended and will now receive funding for a further four years.

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Meets Integrated Optical Biosensor Building Team for New Product Development

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, Cholera and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced CEO Clayton Hardman attended a series of meetings on the important topic of diagnosing and managing tuberculosis ("TB") with industry leaders from the Centers for Disease Control, the Foundation for New Innovative Diagnostics ("FIND"), the World Health Organization and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and others, at a Symposium hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Smokefree Innotec to Supply Nano-Based Nicotine Filters to Distributors

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. an established international distributor of e-cigarettes announced today through its President and CEO Thomas Schroepfer, that "the Company is receiving offers from distributors in the U.S. market for its for nicotine and non-nicotine products, on the heels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirming a lower court's decision that the FDA was wrong when it blocked a shipment of e-cigarettes from entering the U.S. in 2009; rather, they are to be regulated simply as tobacco products.