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New Microfluidic Image Cytometry Platform Marks Advance in Molecular Diagnostics

New technologies for the diagnosis of cancer are rapidly changing the clinical practice of oncology. As scientists learn more about the molecular basis of cancer, the development of new tools capable of multiple, inexpensive biomarker measurements on small samples of clinical tissue will become essential to the success of genetically informed and personalized cancer therapies.

4 Aug 2010

Large Purchase Order for Multiple CRIUS II and AIX G5 Planetary Reactor Systems

AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIX; NASDAQ: AIXG) today announced that it has signed a contract with Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., on the supply of a double digit number of multiple CRIUS® II and AIX G5 MOCVD systems.

From AIXTRON SE 4 Aug 2010

MURI Grant Helps to Tackle Major Challenges in Quantum Computer Development

A research team based at the University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to tackle some of the most significant challenges preventing the development of quant...

4 Aug 2010

New Model Contributes to Quantum Gravity Theory

All of the matter in the universe—everything we see, feel and smell—has a certain predictable structure, thanks to the tiny electrons spinning around their atomic nuclei in a series of concentric shells or at...

4 Aug 2010

Scientists Develop New Technique to Tag Proteins of Interest

Scientists hoping to understand how cells work may get a boost from a new technique to tag and image proteins within living mammalian cells. The new technique, developed by a research team led by University of Illino...

4 Aug 2010

Seventh U.S. Patent for Nanoemulsion Technology Awarded to NanoBio

NanoBio Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a seventh U.S. patent covering its novel nanoemulsion technology.

From BlueWillow Biologics 4 Aug 2010

Shrink Chips, New Subsidiary of Shrink Nanotechnologies

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB:INKN), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and ...

4 Aug 2010

Applied Electric Field Increases Sensitivity of Nanoscale Pressure Sensors by Factor of 100

In piezoresistive materials, mechanical stress influences the movement of charge available for conduction. The application of pressure to such materials translates into an easily measurable change in conductivity, making...

3 Aug 2010

Molecule-Sized Nanofibers to Mimic Structure of White Matter in the Brain

Cancer and engineering scientists at The Ohio State University are collaborating to create molecule-sized nanofibers to mimic the structure of white matter in the brain. By combining nanotechnology with a medically-appro...

3 Aug 2010

First Atomic-Level Glimpse of Proton-Driven Motor from Major Group of ATP Synthases

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have provided the first atomic-level glimpse of the proton-driven motor from a major group of ATP synth...

3 Aug 2010

SMIC's Low Leakage 65-nm Technology Shifts to Mass Production Phase

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI and HKSE: 981), a world leading semiconductor foundry and the most advanced in Mainland China, announced today that its Low Leakage 65-nanometer (n...

3 Aug 2010

TruMicro Lasers from TRUMPF Ideal for Thin-Film Solar Cell Processing

"The laser as an industrial tool is a key technology in the photovoltaics industry," said Jürgen Stollhof, Program Manager Micro Processing at TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, USA. In his presentation "New lasertechnology to enhance the performance of photovoltaic cells," which was delivered at the trade fair Intersolar North America, July 2010 in San Francisco, he stated that new laser technologies, such as ultra-short pulsed lasers, for example, make new production methods possible.

3 Aug 2010

Nanotechnology and Ecology to be Discussed at ESA's Annual Meeting

Whether it is a single rock being overturned or an entire mountaintop being removed, humans play a continuous role in environmental processes, and vice versa. Ecological scientists will discuss findings on human-ecos...

3 Aug 2010

New Report on Global Thin-Film Photovoltaic Market

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research's new report, "Thin-Film Photovoltaic (PV) Cells Market Analysis to 2020 -- CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) to Emerge as the Major Technology by 2020,...

3 Aug 2010

Ascent Solar’s Flexible CIGS Package Passes IEC Tests

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that its packaging solution for flexible monolithically integrated CIGS modules has successfully passed a critical environmental testing milestone.

3 Aug 2010