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Researchers Discover New Way to Track Nanoparticles

Stephan Link wants to understand how nanomaterials align, and his lab's latest work is a step in the right direction. Link's Rice University group has found a way to use gold nanorods as orientation sensors b...

3 Feb 2010

Network Aims to Raise Status of Solar PV as Renewable Energy Option in Canada

A new research network to advance Canada's standing in the development of solar photovoltaics will be based at McMaster University. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced...

3 Feb 2010

Smart Coating Helping Surgical Implants Bond More Closely with Bone

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

3 Feb 2010

RainDance Technologies Appoints New President and CEO

RainDance Technologies Inc., the leader in sequence enrichment and single-cell analysis, today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Sirshendu Roopom Banerjee as President and Chief Executive Officer. RainD...

From Bio-Rad Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd. 3 Feb 2010

Oxford Instruments Announces Sales of Systems for Production of HB LEDs Continue to Grow

Oxford Instruments is delighted to announce that sales of its systems for the production of HB LEDs continue to grow considerably, with the company receiving multiple orders from a number of important manufacturers based...

3 Feb 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Shifts to Purchasing System Based on Electronic Commerce

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies shifts to a purchasing system based on electronic commerce. The advanced mechanisms in the system will raise openness and transparency for purchases the corporation makes. In la...

3 Feb 2010

Moving Ridiculously Heavy Magnets by Nanometers

Shifting scientific equipment weighing tonnes to within microns or millionths of a metre is difficult. But at the Australian Synchrotron, where scientists study matter by using the radiation beams created by "wobbli...

3 Feb 2010

Micronics Issued Second Letters Patent from USPTO

Micronics, Inc. today announced that it has been issued a second letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an integrated heat exchange system on a disposable, plastic cartridge.

From Sony Group Corporation 3 Feb 2010

Harnessing Nanoscale Surface Variations of Ferroelectric Films

Ferroelectric thin films have the potential to become the building blocks for electronic memory applications but, as film thicknesses decrease with further miniaturization, surface imperfections can influence device perf...

2 Feb 2010

Lithographic Approach Based on Evaporating Solutions Makes Conducting Networks of Microwires for Electronics

A process to rival traditional lithography approaches, and which can be used to create microwire networks, is now a step closer to real applicability in future electronics. By optimizing the processing conditions for &#3...

2 Feb 2010

NanoScale Now Selling OdorKlenz Products On Alice.com

NanoScale Corporation, a leader in advanced chemistry products, services, and technologies, today announces the availability of select consumer-based OdorKlenz® products through Alice.com, a retail platform that enab...

2 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Company Appoints New Vice President, Industrial Business Unit

NanoHorizons Inc., a leader in the creation of nanoscale antimicrobial performance additives for textile, health care, industrial, and consumer products, today announced the appointment of Chris Haupt to the newly create...

2 Feb 2010

Tension on DNA Molecules Can Affect Gene Expression

University of Michigan researchers have shown that tension on DNA molecules can affect gene expression---the process at the heart of biological function that tells a cell what to do. Scientists understand the chemist...

2 Feb 2010

NanoBio Awarded Patent Covering its Novel Nanoemulsion Technology

NanoBio Corporation announced today that a sixth U.S. patent covering its novel nanoemulsion technology has been awarded. The patent encompasses composition of matter claims for the company's lead anti-infective and vaccine product candidates.

From BlueWillow Biologics 2 Feb 2010

Experiments Give Strong Evidence Superconductivity is Related to Material's Magnetic Properties

Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechan...

2 Feb 2010