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AIXTRON to Build New State of the Art R+D Campus

AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) today announced an important step in the implementation of its accelerated Research and Development strategy by building a new state of the art R...

From AIXTRON SE 27 Jan 2010

Power-Generating Rubber Films Harnessing Natural Body Movements to Power Electronic Devices

Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.

27 Jan 2010

Clark School's Nanofactories Could Be Next Big Step in Antimicrobial Treatment

New research at the A. James Clark School of Engineering could prevent bacterial infections using tiny biochemical machines--nanofactories--that can confuse bacteria and stop them from spreading, without the use of antib...

27 Jan 2010

Smart Capsules Releasing Contents on Demand

How can an active principle be delivered in a controlled way? Until now, there was no obvious answer to this question. Now however, researchers at the CNRS Paul Pascal Research Center in Bordeaux have designed smart caps...

27 Jan 2010

Flash Frozen Under the Electron Microscope - Examining Mechanical Properties of Alzheimer's Amyloid Fibrils

Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type-II diabetes, and prion diseases like BSE all involve the deposition of amyloid fibrils in tissues and organs. These are fibrous clumps of incorrectly folded proteins...

27 Jan 2010

Understanding What Happens in Liquids and Solids

On 27th January 2010 the 25th series of experiments studying complex plasmas will start on board the international space station ISS. Physicists from the Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, will use them to study fundamental structure forming processes to better understand what happens in liquids and solids.

27 Jan 2010

Fluidigm Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Bayer CropScience

Fluidigm Corporation today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Bayer CropScience to supply integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) and instrumentation to Bayer CropScience's global operations. Bayer ...

From Standard BioTools 27 Jan 2010

Iron-Plated Snail Could Inspire New Armor

Tiny snails sitting on the ocean floor might seem defenseless against a large, determined predator such as a crab. But evolution has provided one species of sea snail with a unique iron-plated armored shell that resists such attacks, new research from MIT shows.

27 Jan 2010

Research Shows Signalling Between Cells More Complex than Originally Believed

US scientists have performed an advanced study of structures inside live cells using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), thanks to a high-speed camera and software from Andor Technology. The expe...

26 Jan 2010

Arkema to Take Part in Nanotechnology Trade Show in Tokyo

Arkema, a world leader in multiwall carbon nanotubes and nanostructured polymers, is taking part in the Tokyo Nano tech 2010 tradeshow from February 17 to 19. The Company will exhibit the latest masterbatches in its ...

26 Jan 2010

Legislation to Address Potential Health and Safety Risks About Products Containing Nanotechnology Materials

U.S. Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) recently introduced legislation to address potential health and safety risks about products that contain nanotechnology materials. "Nanotechnology is ...

26 Jan 2010

Micromeritics Introduces Materials Characterization Webinar Series

In 2010 Micromeritics will begin presenting a series of webinars that will highlight applications, theory, and instrumentation for a variety of materials characterization techniques.

From Malvern Panalytical 26 Jan 2010

Validated Flow for Rapid Reduction in Variation Risk in Nanometer Designs at Transistor Level

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform), and Solido Design Automation, provider of Variation Designer, today announced a validated fl...

26 Jan 2010

Supercomputing Time on Argonne's Blue Gene/P to Investigate Materials at the Nanoscale

Five researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will lead projects that have been awarded a total of 80 million hours of computing time on Argonne's energy-efficient Blue Gene/P.

From Argonne National Laboratory 26 Jan 2010

Veeco Responds to a Need in the Precision Machining and Solar Markets with NT9080

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leader in scientific and industrial metrology, today introduced the NT9080(TM) Surface Metrology System, which combines non-contact white light interferometry, operator ease of use, and affordability for both expert- and entry-level precision surface measurements.

From Veeco 26 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology News

AIXTRON to Build New State of the Art R+D Campus

Power-Generating Rubber Films Harnessing Natural Body Movements to Power Electronic Devices

Clark School's Nanofactories Could Be Next Big Step in Antimicrobial Treatment

Smart Capsules Releasing Contents on Demand

Flash Frozen Under the Electron Microscope - Examining Mechanical Properties of Alzheimer's Amyloid Fibrils

Understanding What Happens in Liquids and Solids

Fluidigm Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Bayer CropScience

Iron-Plated Snail Could Inspire New Armor

Research Shows Signalling Between Cells More Complex than Originally Believed

Arkema to Take Part in Nanotechnology Trade Show in Tokyo

Legislation to Address Potential Health and Safety Risks About Products Containing Nanotechnology Materials

Micromeritics Introduces Materials Characterization Webinar Series

Validated Flow for Rapid Reduction in Variation Risk in Nanometer Designs at Transistor Level

Supercomputing Time on Argonne's Blue Gene/P to Investigate Materials at the Nanoscale

Veeco Responds to a Need in the Precision Machining and Solar Markets with NT9080

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