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Prize Draw for Samples of New Intracellular Delivery System

At EMBO today, Biocompatibles has launched a new product in its CelLuminate™ range of intracellular delivery systems. To celebrate this launch, Biocompatibles is giving away 10 free samples of the new CelLuminate V...

1 Sep 2009

Testing Air for Potentially Dangerous Microorganisms

Microorganisms are active everywhere, even in places where food is produced or processed - but not all are desirable. Researchers can now test the air directly in production halls or warehouses for potentially dangerous microorganisms.

1 Sep 2009

Clean Room Making it Possible to Manufacture 'Universal Memory' Devices

The University of Southampton's Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens next week (9 September), will make it possible to manufacture high-speed and non-volatile 'universal memory' devices for industry within 5 years.

1 Sep 2009

Scientists Achieve High Precision Optical Broadband Spectroscopy by Applying Frequency Comb Technique to Tunable Diode Lasers

The research field of optical spectroscopy has already attracted attention of generations of scientists, starting with Fraunhofer's discovery of dark lines in the sun spectrum in 1814 followed by the work of Kirchhoff and Bunsen in 1859 explaining these lines as absorption of light in atoms and molecules.

1 Sep 2009

$Researchers Measure Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen in Soft Tissues$

Researchers Measure Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen in Soft Tissues

Coherent X-ray Diffraction patterns of collagen in soft tissues have been measured for the first time by Dr Felisa Berenguer (London Centre for Nanotechnology) with her colleagues.

1 Sep 2009

University of Alberta and Micralyne Announces Nanotechnology Agreement

Micralyne, one of the world's largest independent developers and manufacturers of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and microfluidic products, today announced it will be giving Alberta's nanotechnology indu...

From Micralyne Inc. 1 Sep 2009

SUSS MicroTec Introduces Probe Station PA300PS 3D

SUSS MicroTec (FWB:SMH)(GER:SMH), a leading supplier of process and test solutions for semiconductor industry and related markets, announces the release of the probe station PA300PS 3D geared for 300mm electrical probing of 3D stacked structures on wafer level and targeted at the market for 3D integration.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 1 Sep 2009

Chinese Academy of Sciences Authorizes USTC to Build Solar Research Center

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) authorized the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) to build the Research and Demonstration Center for Integrated Utilization of Solar Energy in Hefei, Anhui province on ...

1 Sep 2009

Turning Pure New Zealand Merino Wool into Gold

Professor Jim Johnston was this week awarded one of five 2009 Bayer Innovators Awards for developing a world-first process in which nano-particles of pure gold and silver are embedded in New Zealand merino wool to create a luxury fibre that can be used in high-end fashion garments, textiles and carpets.

31 Aug 2009

Getting a Grip on the Environment of a Quantum Particle

Researchers of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at the TU Delft have succeeded in getting a grip on the environment of a quantum particle, thereby increasing the control over single electrons. With this result, the tea...

31 Aug 2009

NSF to Fund Rutgers University Research in Clean Energy Using Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. The foundatio...

31 Aug 2009

Rice Scientists Create Video of Bending and Flexing Carbon Nanotubes

The wiggling rainbows are pretty to look at, and what they represent is certainly intriguing. Rice scientists have created a video of bending and flexing carbon nanotubes to show once-undetectable characteristics that may someday be tuned for medical and industrial use.

31 Aug 2009

TankeBlue Semiconductor Scales-Up Production of High Quality SiC Wafers

TankeBlue Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a pioneer in the SiC industry of the Asia-pacific region, has recently scaled-up production of high quality 3" SiC wafers. Early this year, TankeBlue lowered its 2" wafers'...

31 Aug 2009

OECD Releases New Report on Manufactured Nanomaterials

OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) released a new report in their series on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials. Based on an OECD workshop held on the topic in Paris Oct 2008, the report's f...

31 Aug 2009

Carl Zeiss Presents Integrated Solution for Correlative Microscopy in Materials Analysis

Core elements of the link between light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are the sample holder and adapter, as well as software for the fast, automated relocation and examination of one and the same region of interest in the light microscope as well as in the SEM.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 31 Aug 2009