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Project Aims to Promote Application of Nanotechnology to Health

The EU ERA-NET initiative EuroNanoMed will support eight transnational research projects with EUR 17 million based on the result of its first call for proposals, which was launched in May 2009 to promote collaborative an...

26 Nov 2009

JPK Instruments Donates NanoWizard AFM to German Museum of Masterpieces of Technology and Science

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has joined the sponsors of the German Museum of Masterpieces of Technology and Science in Munich by donating a NanoWizard® atomic force microscope worth 150,000 euros.

From Bruker BioAFM 26 Nov 2009

EMBL Scientists Define Hierarchy of RNA Particle Assembly

In the fruit fly Drosophila, oskar mRNA, which is involved in defining the animal's body axes, is produced in the nuclei of nurse cells neighbouring the oocyte, and must be transported to the oocyte and along its entire length before being translated into protein.

26 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Succeed in Transferring Magnetic Information Directly into a Semiconductor

Scientists from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente and the FOM Foundation have succeeded in transferring magnetic information directly into a semiconductor. For the first time, this is ach...

26 Nov 2009

Cabot Microelectronics' Patent Infringement Litigation Against DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq: CCMP), the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, reported today...

25 Nov 2009

Company Signs Third License Agreement for Key Western Canadian Province

Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), California-based and privately-held US company, along with its research team have produced and distributed variety of products designed for the restoration, protect...

From DFI- Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. 25 Nov 2009

Revolutionising the Search for Potentially Active Substances for Medicines

With a new screening method, based on a DNA-encoded substance collection, ETH researchers from the a group headed by Dario Neri, professor of bio-macromolecules at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, are attempting to revolutionise the search for potentially active substances for medicines.

25 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology - The Source of Some Very Big Capital Investment in North America

Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Nanotechnology -- the science of the small -- is the source of some very big capital investment in North America, primarily on college campuse...

25 Nov 2009

Greater Transparency and Public Engagement About Opportunities and Risks Presented by Nanotechnology is Required

Greater transparency and public engagement about the potential opportunities and risks presented by nanotechnology is required, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.

25 Nov 2009

New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in nearly all soil...

25 Nov 2009

World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes

Research and Markets () has announced the addition of the "The World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes" report to their offering. The electron and scanning probe microscopes market typicall...

25 Nov 2009

High-Performance MEMS Microphones Enable Improved Sound Quality at Reduced Size and Cost

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) , the leading supplier of MEMS(1) for consumer and portable applications and the third largest MEMS manufacturer overall(2), has expanded its portfolio with next-generation micro-machined acoustic devices.

From STMicroelectronics 25 Nov 2009

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Using a small boron-based molecule, glucagon-a hormone that plays a key role in pancreatic diseases-can now be imaged in live pancreatic cells. This breakthrough discovery was made by a team led by Young-Tae Chang from the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium of A*STAR*.

24 Nov 2009

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Now, such natural wonders have inspired Hong Yee Low and colleagues at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of A*STAR, Singapore*, to make polymer structures similar to butterfly wings. Their structures produce optical effects that could prove useful in various electronic devices.

24 Nov 2009

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

At the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A*STAR, in Singapore, Jun Yang and Jackie Ying* have developed a new protocol for the synthesis of tiny metal and semiconductor crystals that are a few billionths of a meter in size.

24 Nov 2009

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Project Aims to Promote Application of Nanotechnology to Health

JPK Instruments Donates NanoWizard AFM to German Museum of Masterpieces of Technology and Science

EMBL Scientists Define Hierarchy of RNA Particle Assembly

Nanotechnology Researchers Succeed in Transferring Magnetic Information Directly into a Semiconductor

Cabot Microelectronics' Patent Infringement Litigation Against DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials

Company Signs Third License Agreement for Key Western Canadian Province

Revolutionising the Search for Potentially Active Substances for Medicines

Nanotechnology - The Source of Some Very Big Capital Investment in North America

Greater Transparency and Public Engagement About Opportunities and Risks Presented by Nanotechnology is Required

New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes

High-Performance MEMS Microphones Enable Improved Sound Quality at Reduced Size and Cost

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

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