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Sigma Xi Scientific Society Awards MIT Student for Outstanding Nano Research

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Eric Forrest won the Superior Presentation Award at the 2010 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference for his presentation on "Nano...

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Nov 2010

New Nanosensor to Identify Hijack of Plant Nutrients by Pathogens

Infestation by bacteria and other pathogens result in global crop losses of over $500 billion annually. A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for ide...

25 Nov 2010

Scientists Discover How Cells Stabilize Machinery While Splitting

Scientists have discovered an amazingly simple way that cells stabilize their machinery for forcing apart chromosomes.

25 Nov 2010

Grifols Announces Availability of Flebogamma Intravenous Immune Globulin in the US

Grifols today announced availability of its recently approved Flebogamma® 10% DIF intravenous immune globulin. Grifols is a global healthcare company specializing in bioscience medicines derived from human plasma....

25 Nov 2010

MEMSIC Releases New Series of MEMS Gas Mass Flow Meters

MEMSIC, Inc. a leading innovator of MEMS sensors and systems solutions, today announced its first generation family of high-performance MEMS Gas Mass Flow Meters.

From MEMSIC Inc. 25 Nov 2010

Experimental Physicists Find New Technique to Build Ideal Quantum Simulator

A quantum simulator is a variant of a quantum computer that allows us to outperform classical computers in the understanding of complex quantum systems. There are two fundamental aspects that make these devices attrac...

25 Nov 2010

UC Engineers Develop Miniaturized Short Pulse Generator for Computers

Electrical engineers generated short, powerful light pulses on a chip – an important step toward the optical interconnects that will likely replace the copper wires that carry information between chips within today's computers.

25 Nov 2010

Researchers Develop New Source of Light That May Lead to More Powerful Chips

Physicists from the University of Bonn have developed a completely new source of light, a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of photons.

25 Nov 2010

SiEnergy to Present on Nanometric Ultra-Thin Fuel Cell at 2010 MRS Fall Meeting

SiEnergy Systems LLC, a Harvard spin-off company commercializing a novel solid oxide fuel cell using nanometer scale oxide thin films, is pleased to announce that Principal Scientist, Masaru Tsuchiya, will be presenting ...

25 Nov 2010

New Nanoanalysis Method to Test Purity of Micro-Materials

A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of material.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Nov 2010

Research Team Demonstrates Novel Microscopy Technique to Identify Cancer Cells

The long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois.

25 Nov 2010

Event Connects Industry and Science in the Field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Phantoms Foundation, CIC nanoGUNE, DIPC, University of Basque Country and Bilbao Exhibition Centre, hosts of ImagineNano, are pleased to bring one of the largest 2011 European Events in Nanoscience + Nanotechnology. T...

24 Nov 2010

Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology Hosts USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo

The scene was a sea of white tents spread across the National Mall in Washington, DC and science and engineering were the order of the day. That’s what greeted visitors to the booth hosted by Johns Hopkins Institut...

24 Nov 2010

Plasan Partners with Q-Flo to Produce Nano Fiber for Armor Applications

Plasan, a global leader in survivability and combat-proven armor solutions and Q-Flo, University of Cambridge spin-out company, today announced the formation of TorTech Nano Fibres Ltd, a joint venture between the two companies.

24 Nov 2010

Yole Devéloppement to Present MEMS-Based Technical Seminar at iSLI Event

iSLI and IMAPS-UK to host the forthcoming "Making MEMS Work – BIG Ideas For Small Devices” Technical Seminar with a keynote presentation from Yole Développement. Technology transfer institute iSLI and IMAPS-UK have an...

24 Nov 2010