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A Step Closer to One of the Holy Grails of Drug Delivery

A team of scientists led by Dr Simon Richardson at the University of Greenwich has got a step closer to one of the holy grails of drug delivery. The goal - to find a vehicle that can carry drugs not just to a specific...

24 Feb 2010

ASM International Extends Market Leadership for High-k ALD

ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), today announced two new Pulsar® orders from leading logic customers. One system was purchased by a new customer for the development of next generatio...

From ASM International 24 Feb 2010

PI Publishes Digital Flash Catalog on Piezo Technology and Nanopositioning Products

PI (Physik Instrumente) has published a digital flash catalog on Piezo Technology and Nanopositioning Products. The 560 page digital publication also contains extensive tutorials on piezo motion technology, the fundamentals of nanopositioning, micropositioning and nanometrology.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 24 Feb 2010

Sandia Researcher Named IEEE Fellow for Microelectronics Research

Paul Dodd, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for contributions to the understanding and simulation of single-event effects in microelectronic," according to a notification sent out by the organization.

From Sandia National Laboratories 24 Feb 2010

Subatomic Particles Poised to Play Big Role in Fighting HIV and Improving Manufacturing Processes

Subatomic particles called neutrons are poised to play a big role in fighting HIV, slowing global warming, and improving manufacturing processes. The reason: They are the focus of a process called neutron scattering that...

24 Feb 2010

Super-Thin Films that Harvest Energy from Motion

Scientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers.

24 Feb 2010

New Technique for Directly Writing Composites of Nanoparticles and Polymers

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign recently reported a new technique for directly writing composites of nanoparticles and polymers.

24 Feb 2010

Bloom Energy Introduces Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Bloom Energy Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based company committed to changing the way people generate and consume energy, announced today the availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented solid oxide fuel c...

24 Feb 2010

First Glimpse of Miniscule Air Bubbles that Keep Water from Wetting a Super Non-Stick Surface

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have obtained the first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from wetting a super non-stick surface.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 24 Feb 2010

New Molecular Switch that Changes its Configuration as Function of pH of the Environment

In nanotechnology, mastering the machinery of chemical bonds is tricky business - and the fact that they are tiny, at the molecular level, is just one hurdle. Dartmouth researcher Ivan Aprahamian and his team have develo...

24 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Corporation Supports Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing for Age-Related Illnesses

This project to manufacture innovative drugs combating age-related diseases is based on pioneering work by V.P. Skulachev, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and director of the A.N. Belozersky Research Institute ...

24 Feb 2010

Symposium Reveals New Methods for Making Future Lighter, Smarter and More Economical Computers and Mobile Phones

A symposium which will reveal new methods for making future low-power, lighter, smarter and more economical computers and mobile phones will take place at the University of Southampton next week and has attracted almost 100 delegates.

24 Feb 2010

Chemists Produces New Polymer-Stabilised Silver Nanoparticles

Chemists at the University of Helsinki have managed to manufacture new polymer-stabilised silver nanoparticles. The result is significant because the antimicrobial characteristics of silver are used in textiles, floor co...

24 Feb 2010

Altera Announces Ship in Production of 40-nm Arria II GX FPGA Products

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced it is shipping in volume production the first members of its 40-nm Arria® II GX FPGA family. The Arria II GX device family delivers customers a low-power, low-cost and...

24 Feb 2010

SmartKem Announces New Website Featuring Information on SmartKem Printed Electronics Technology

SmartKem Ltd, the developer of novel materials and processes that create high resolution microelectronic components directly onto thin flexible materials, today announces the launch of its new website - www.smartkem.com.

24 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology News

A Step Closer to One of the Holy Grails of Drug Delivery

ASM International Extends Market Leadership for High-k ALD

PI Publishes Digital Flash Catalog on Piezo Technology and Nanopositioning Products

Sandia Researcher Named IEEE Fellow for Microelectronics Research

Subatomic Particles Poised to Play Big Role in Fighting HIV and Improving Manufacturing Processes

Super-Thin Films that Harvest Energy from Motion

New Technique for Directly Writing Composites of Nanoparticles and Polymers

Bloom Energy Introduces Advanced Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

First Glimpse of Miniscule Air Bubbles that Keep Water from Wetting a Super Non-Stick Surface

New Molecular Switch that Changes its Configuration as Function of pH of the Environment

Nanotechnology Corporation Supports Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing for Age-Related Illnesses

Symposium Reveals New Methods for Making Future Lighter, Smarter and More Economical Computers and Mobile Phones

Chemists Produces New Polymer-Stabilised Silver Nanoparticles

Altera Announces Ship in Production of 40-nm Arria II GX FPGA Products

SmartKem Announces New Website Featuring Information on SmartKem Printed Electronics Technology

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