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Report on 5th International NanoRegulation Conference Now Available

The 5th Int. NanoRegulation Conference took place in Rapperswil, Switzerland, and tackled the issue of "No Data, no Market?" - Challenges to Nano-Information and Nano-Communication along the Value Chain. During...

7 Jan 2010

The "Nano Information Pyramid" as an Approach to the "No Data, no Market" Problem of Nanotechnologies

Consumers want to know what they buy, retailers have to know what they sell and processors and recyclers need to know what they handle. This applies to ordinary materials but also to products which contain engineered nanomaterials.

7 Jan 2010

Industry Leaders in Advanced Foundry Technology Teaming up to Drive Mobile Product Innovation

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, and Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announc...

From GlobalFoundries 7 Jan 2010

Toshiba Expands Two Families of SSDs Based on 32nm Multi-Level Cell NAND

Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced an expanded line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) including the industry&#39...

6 Jan 2010

Argonne Researcher Named 2009 AAAS Fellow

Ron Shepard of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Jan 2010

Cavitation Technologies Successfully Tested Nano-Degumming Skid System

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC), is a "Green-Tech" company, established in 2006 to become a world leader in the development of new cutting edge technologies for the v...

6 Jan 2010

New Investments to Expand Company's Proprietary Silicon Ink Production

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has raised $18 million in additional capital. This new round of cap...

6 Jan 2010

Researchers Use Calcium Ion to Simulate Relativistic Quantum Particle

Researchers of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, used a calcium ion to simulate a relativistic quantum particle, demonstrating a phenomenon that has not been directly observable so far: the Zitterbewegung. They have published their findings in the current issue of the journal Nature.

6 Jan 2010

"Nanodragster" Speeding Course Towards New Generation Futuristic Molecular Machines

Scientists in Texas are reporting the development of a "nanodragster" that may speed the course toward development of a new generation of futuristic molecular machines. The vehicle - only 1/50,000th the width of a human hair - resembles a hot-rod in shape and can outperform previous nano-sized vehicles. Their report is in ACS' Organic Letters, a bi-weekly journal.

6 Jan 2010

mPhase Releases Promotional Video for mPower Emergency Illuminator

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:XDSL - News), the global leader in the development of Power On Command(TM) reserve battery technology, released a promotional video for its mPower Emergency Illuminator, a personal light...

From MyPebble 6 Jan 2010

New Microscope Allowing Scientists to See Very Small Things

That's why Jennifer Ross, a University of Massachusetts Amherst physicist, is building a new microscope that achieves super resolution, allowing scientists to see molecules 100 times smaller than are visible using traditional light microscopy.

6 Jan 2010

T2 Biosystems Appoints New Vice President

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first point-of-care medical diagnostic products that enable rapid molecular and immunodiagnostic testing on a single instrument, today announced it has appointed Ken Toso as ...

6 Jan 2010

Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded two scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory with the distinction of Fellow. Chi-Chang Kao and Thomas L...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 6 Jan 2010

Project Aims to Determine the Properties of Hydrogen Bonds in Molecular Systems

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Thomas Elsaesser an 'Advanced Grant' of 2.49 Million Euros. The project aims at elucidating extremely fast processes which determine the properties of hydrogen bonds in molecular systems.

6 Jan 2010

Fluidigm BioMark System Sales Surpass The Century Mark

The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), provides high throughput real-time qPCR enabling researchers to streamline their experimental workflow, increase throughput and lower costs.

From Standard BioTools 6 Jan 2010