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NanoH20 and Active Water Sciences Honored for Scientific Innovation

A company founded by Sam Houston State University to manufacture, distribute and license its patented wastewater-treatment technology has been recognized for scientific innovation by the Wall Street Journal. Active Wa...

1 Oct 2010

Analog Devices Launches New ADXRS453 iMEMS Gyroscope

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today introduced the ADXRS453 iMEMS® gyroscope, the latest addition to ADI’s portfolio of fourth-generation high-performance, low-power gyroscopes with digital output.

From Analog Devices 1 Oct 2010

Researchers Develop Porous Material Decorated with a Highly Reactive ‘Species’ of Molecules

A team of researchers in Japan has developed a porous material, decorated with a highly reactive ‘species’ of molecules that can be activated remotely using a technique called photoactiviation1. Since porous ...

30 Sep 2010

PI Introduces Breakthrough Development In Nanopositioning Stage Control

Piezo system specialist PI introduces a breakthrough development in nanopositioning stage control. The new E-709 provides digital functionality at the price-point of an analog controller, all in the volume of a paperback book!

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 30 Sep 2010

Fundamental Effect Associated With Electrons Also Occurs In Non-charged Particles

Just as electronics revolutionized computing and communications technology, spintronics is touted to follow suit. This relatively new field involves manipulating the flow of a magnetism-related property called ‘spi...

30 Sep 2010

Olympus Supports Conference Focusing on Latest Advances in Study of Surface Roughness

The 2nd International Conference on Surface Metrology will convene at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) from October 25-27 and will again be supported by Olympus, a leader in industrial measurement and imaging instru...

30 Sep 2010

Using Michelson Diagnostics' Vivosight OCT to Evaluate Performance of New Microneedle Drug Delivery Technology

Michelson Diagnostics (MDL) the leading provider of clinical OCT imaging systems is pleased to report the use of its VivoSight OCT imaging system to evaluate the performance of a new microneedle drug delivery technology by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast led by Dr Ryan Donnelly.

30 Sep 2010

Canatu Announces 4.7 Million Euro Investment Package

Canatu Ltd., a leading edge nanotechnology company commercializing carbon NanoBud™ thin films for the electronics, optics and energy sectors announced today a 4.7 Million Euro investment package from Inventure Ltd....

30 Sep 2010

Another Step Toward Applications in Solar Energy, Sensors, and Nanoscale Circuits

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first successful assembly of 3-D multi-component nanoscale structures with tunable optical properties that incorporate light-absorbing and -emitting particles.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 30 Sep 2010

Winners of First Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest Announced

After a two-week final stretch the winners of the first Carl Zeiss Nano Image Contest have now been chosen.

30 Sep 2010

New Spherical Nano-Spheres Offer Innumerable Potential Uses

A revolutionary new spherical nanostructure, fully derived from very simple organic elements, yet strong as steel, has been developed and characterized at the laboratories of Ehud Gazit of Tel Aviv University and Itay Rousso of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

30 Sep 2010

ADA Wins U.S. Navy Contract to Enhance Interlaminar Properties of FRP Materials

ADA Technologies, Inc. received an $80,000 contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research into the development of high performance fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for use in the design and manufacture of robust and reliable submarine and submersible hatches.

From ADA Technologies 30 Sep 2010

Mount Sinai Receives $16.5 Million Grant Through the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology

Mount Sinai School of Medicine received a contract for almost $16.5 million from The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLBI) through the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnolo...

30 Sep 2010

New Nano-LEDs May Help Develop Light Sources for Lab-On-a-Chip Systems

While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an unexpected bonus—a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

30 Sep 2010

Scientists Create Nanoparticles to Deliver Drugs to Specific Tumors

An $18 million research program headed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will research therapies and diagnostic tools for heart and lung diseases that use nanotechnology. The award, from the Nat...

30 Sep 2010