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Advanced Microscopy Technique Sheds More Light on Inflammation

The secret world of inflammation is slowly being revealed by the application of advanced techniques in microscopy, as shown in a study published March 12 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. Researchers at the H...

12 Mar 2010

VisEn Announces VivoTag 680 XL Fluorescent Dye for Biomolecule Labeling

VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new VivoTag® 680 XL fluorescent dye for labeling biomolecules in a broad range...

12 Mar 2010

ESI Opens New Manufacturing and Service Plant in Singapore

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for micro-engineering applications, today announced it has expanded its Singaporean operations and has opened a new Asia manufacturing and service plant in the Kaki Bukit industrial hub of Singapore.

12 Mar 2010

Neutron Detector System Seen as Alternative to Helium-3 Detectors

PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Nationa...

12 Mar 2010

Tao's Team Use Hybrid Technique to Detect Tiny Particles of TNT

Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national ...

12 Mar 2010

MINI-ME and Other Two FASTSAT Instruments Ready for Space Launch

The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth. Known as MINI-ME, PISA and TTI, these instruments recently passed a series of important final tests to prove their readiness for spaceflight.

12 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery Methods Could be Used to Treat Cancer, Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia and HIV/AIDS

Northeastern University pharmaceutical sciences professor Mansoor Amiji is leading interdisciplinary research into nanotechnology-based methods of drug delivery that could provide breakthroughs in treating diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and HIV/AIDS.

12 Mar 2010

NAIT Launch Canada's First Diploma in Nanotechnology

NAIT's new Nanotechnology Systems diploma - the first such diploma in Canada is launching in September 2010. The two year program will provide graduates with the skills to operate systems and equipment associated wit...

12 Mar 2010

New Nano-Sized Drug Delivery System to Treat Cancer, HIV and Lymphoma

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) researchers, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL) have developed a new method to deliver medications that may benefit thousan...

12 Mar 2010

Quantum Optics Experiments on Living Organisms

The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms.

12 Mar 2010

APS Physics Meeting to be Held in Oregon from March 15-19

The March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) -- the largest physics meeting of the year -- will take place from March 15-19, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center and the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Hotel.

12 Mar 2010

Latest Developments in Protein and Peptide Characterisation to be Presented by Malvern Expert

Dr Hanna Jankevics, product technical specialist at Malvern Panalytical is presenting the latest in light scattering methodologies for protein and peptide characterisation at The Peptide Conference 2010.

From Malvern Panalytical 12 Mar 2010

Micro and Nano Technologies in Conventional Energy Industry

Today at ACAMP's latest seminar, Alberta's conventional energy industry learned how nanotechnology, micro-systems and micro-fluidics can play a powerful role in enhancing operational performance, reducing costs a...

12 Mar 2010

Materials Scientists Use Nanocrystals to Solve Environmental Issues

Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel. The process is simple, efficient and r...

12 Mar 2010

New Cancer Treatment Approach Where Cells Respond to Physical Forces

Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result many therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals.

12 Mar 2010