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AVS 56th International Symposium and Exhibition Showcase Advances in Nanotechnology

The AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition next month in San Jose, CA will showcase advances in alternative energy, materials research, nanotechnology, and medicine. Highlights of papers from among the 1,250 t...

30 Oct 2009

Clarkson University Host Nanotechnology Day for High School Students

Clarkson University recently hosted high school students from Colton-Pierrepont Central School for a Nanotechnology Day.

30 Oct 2009

Report Examines Integrated Circuit Advanced Packaging Industry

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "IC Advanced Packaging Industry Report, 2009" report to their offering. The semi...

From Research and Markets 30 Oct 2009

Report Examines Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report "Worldwide Nanotechnology Dental Implant Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015" is available in its catalogue. Worldwide dental i...

30 Oct 2009

Workshops on Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Slated for the University of Pittsburgh

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has begun a new initiative for the development of new products and companies using advanced materials technologies within the energy industry. Recently, the Center ...

29 Oct 2009

BIND Biosciences, Co-Founder Selected as 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for Contributions in Life Sciences

BIND Biosciences, Inc. (BIND), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing an entirely new class of targeted nanotherapeutics, announced today the selection of Omid Farokhzad, M.D., co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board, as a 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for his contributions in life sciences.

29 Oct 2009

'On-Off' Fluorescent Probes Allow Multicolor Detection of Nucleic Acid Strands within Living Cells

One of the best ways to watch the complex workings of living cells is to label components, such as DNA segments, with fluorescent probes-small molecules with active optical properties. Then, using a fluorescent microscop...

29 Oct 2009

Sifting Out the Sources of Spin

Along with the neutron, the proton is the basic building block of the atomic nucleus. But, the source of the proton's spin-a fundamental property, along with charge-has been a long standing puzzle to scientists. B...

29 Oct 2009

First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit that Works Like that of a Natural Cell

The experiment, featured on the cover of the leading weekly science journal Cell of October 30, shows that cells use chance to survive uncertainty.

29 Oct 2009

Argonne Scientists Recognized by the American Physical Society for Outstanding Contributions

Steven Pieper and Robert Wiringa, senior scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, have won the 2010 Tom W. Bonner Prize in nuclear physics. The award will be presented by the American Physical Society in Washington, D.C., in February 2010.

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 29 Oct 2009

Optical Frequency Comb that Visibly Lives Up to its Name

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb—a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light-that actually looks like a comb.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 29 Oct 2009