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Report Offers Wealth of Up-to-Date Information on Micro and Nanosystems

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Smart Materials and Micro/Nanosystems" report to their offering. Selected, peer...

From Research and Markets 7 Sep 2009

Carl Zeiss Opens New West Coast Tech Center

Carl Zeiss IMT opens new West Coast Tech Center in Irvine, California. "We are dedicated to supporting the high-tech industry on the West Coast, by providing customers easy access to our most modern and advanced technology," said Andy Sisler, Vice President of Sales at Carl Zeiss IMT.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 7 Sep 2009

Zemetrics Introduces ZeMapper to the Precision Engineering and R+D Market

Zemetrics, an optical metrology product company founded last year to provide new concept surface metrology systems, has brought its first system, ZeMapper, to the precision engineering and R and D market.

7 Sep 2009

New Carbon Nanotube Packaging Helps Customers Reduce Shipping Costs by 70 Percent

Nanocyl announced today it is now offering a large packaging for its NC 7000 multiwall carbon nanotubes that will help its customers reduce shipping costs, and safely optimize the compounding process. "Switching...

From NANOCYL SA 7 Sep 2009

Mapping Nanotechnology

The burgeoning research fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology are commonly thought to be highly multidisciplinary because they draw on many areas of science and technology to make important advances.

7 Sep 2009

Cobalt-Free Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries

Researchers developed two types of cobalt-free oxides, that can be used as cathode materials for lithium ion secondary batteries. Approximately 20% of the total amount of transition metals in the oxide materials is iron, which is abundant and inexpensive.

7 Sep 2009

Scientists Reveal Function of Microscopic Network of Tubules Found in Neurons

Fifty years after it was originally discovered, scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have elucidated the function of a microscopic network of tubules found in neurons. This structure modulates the strength of connections between two neurons, thereby contributing to our ability to learn and to adapt to new situations.

7 Sep 2009

World's First Commercially Available Portfolio of Cell Adhesive Micropattern Products

CYTOO SA, a provider of innovative enabling technologies and products for high content cell analysis, premiered what it believes is the world's first and most comprehensive commercially available portfolio of cell adhesive micropattern products to the cell biology research community at the EMBO Meeting last week in Amsterdam.

7 Sep 2009

Using Bacteria to Make Stronger and More Durable Bone Implants

Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Societ...

7 Sep 2009

Researcher Discover Way to Make More Efficient Microbial Fuel Cells

Bacteria that generate significant amounts of electricity could be used in microbial fuel cells to provide power in remote environments or to convert waste to electricity. Professor Derek Lovley from the University of Ma...

6 Sep 2009

Biophysical Society Announces Recipients of 2010 Society Awards

The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2010 Society awards. The eight recipients will receive their awards at the Society's 54th Annual Meeting on Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Moscone Convention and Exhibitions Center in San Francisco, California.

5 Sep 2009

Biophysical Society Names Society Fellows for 2010

The Biophysical Society is delighted to announce its 2010 Society Fellows. Fellows are chosen based on their demonstrated excellence in science, contributions to the expansion of the field of biophysics, and support of t...

5 Sep 2009

2010 Kavli Prize Opens for Nominations

The 2010 Kavli Prize call for nominations has been opened by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Academy will receive nominations through December 15, 2009, with complete nomination information, including a...

5 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop First Ever Biological Robot Using Mould

Trust grant worth £228,000 to develop the amorphous non-silicon biological robot, plasmobot, using plasmodium, the vegetative stage of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum, a commonly occurring mould which lives in forests, gardens and most damp places in the UK.

5 Sep 2009

Conference Highlights Numerous Cutting-Edge Presentations in Nanomedicine

Nanomedicine - the science and technology of diagnosing, treating and preventing disease to improve human health using nanotechnology - has the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Current and future products range fro...

4 Sep 2009