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Multipurpose Nanocomposite that can be Used for all Kinds of Tooth Repair

You've never met Sumita B. Mitra, Ph.D. But your teeth probably have encountered the results of this scientist's research. Her genius has helped restore millions of decayed, broken, or discolored teeth to their o...

16 Aug 2009

Symposium Focusing on the Weird Subatomic Particles

A special three-day symposium focusing on the weird subatomic particles that could help answer those compelling questions begins here today through August 18 at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

16 Aug 2009

Better Tools for Manipulating DNA in the Lab May Soon be Possible

Better tools for manipulating DNA in the laboratory may soon be possible with newly discovered deoxyribozymes (catalytic DNA) capable of cleaving single-stranded DNA, researchers at the University of Illinois say.

16 Aug 2009

Critical Component for Possible Future Technologies Based on Nanophotonic Circuitry

Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir Shalaev, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.

16 Aug 2009

UC Merced to Lead Multicampus Research Program on Solar Energy using Nanotechnology

As the world's hunger for energy grows and fossil fuel supplies become less certain, the need to develop alternative renewable energy sources is paramount. The most abundant source of renewable energy is the sun.

15 Aug 2009

Report Examines Market for MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU Market 2008-2013" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Aug 2009

MultiProbe Adds DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company to their Worldwide Network of Representatives

MultiProbe, the developer and manufacturer of the Atomic Force nano Prober (AFP), announces the addition of DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company, to their worldwide network of representatives. Eff...

14 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology Research Revolutionizing How Computers Work

The London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) - a joint venture between UCL and Imperial College London - is leading two international projects to develop radically new approaches to miniaturising computer systems, which would require less energy and make data storage completely stable, among other benefits.

14 Aug 2009

Scientists Measure Drag/Friction of Single Molecules

Friction limits the speed and efficiency of macroscopic engines. Is this also true for nanomachines? A Dresden research team used laser tweezers to measure the friction between a single motor protein molecule and its track.

14 Aug 2009

Aviza Technology to Sell Certain Assets to Sumitomo Precision Products under Agreement

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agr...

14 Aug 2009

Work is a Further Advance in the Study of Metamaterials

While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.

14 Aug 2009

Researchers Identify Proteins Capable of Direct Response to Alarm Signal

Our genome is constantly under attack from things like UV light and toxins, which can damage or even break DNA strands and ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. Scientists have known for a long time that when DNA...

14 Aug 2009

IMEC to Present Host of New Partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation Program at Upcoming Conference

At the upcoming 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (21 - 25 September, Hamburg, Germany), IMEC will present a host of new partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation program (IIAP). Among these are MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH, Roth & Rau AG and Mallinckrodt Baker B.V.

From IMEC 14 Aug 2009

ANSI Announces Nanotechnology Standards Panel Meeting To Be Held in September

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has announced that it will hold a meeting of its Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) this September in Chicago, co-located with the NanoBusiness Alliance's Eighth Annual NanoBusiness Conference.

14 Aug 2009

Intradermal Delivery of Vaccines can Provide Significant Dose Sparing Urgently Required in the Swine H1N1 Pandemic

Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a swine flu pandemic,[1] NanoPass Technologies Ltd. (NanoPass) announced today that it has successfully developed a microneedle-based injection device that cou...

From NanoPass Technologies 14 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology News

Multipurpose Nanocomposite that can be Used for all Kinds of Tooth Repair

Symposium Focusing on the Weird Subatomic Particles

Better Tools for Manipulating DNA in the Lab May Soon be Possible

Critical Component for Possible Future Technologies Based on Nanophotonic Circuitry

UC Merced to Lead Multicampus Research Program on Solar Energy using Nanotechnology

Report Examines Market for MEMS Accelerometer, Gyroscope and IMU

MultiProbe Adds DigitConcept, Microelectronics + High-Tech Equipment Company to their Worldwide Network of Representatives

Nanotechnology Research Revolutionizing How Computers Work

Scientists Measure Drag/Friction of Single Molecules

Aviza Technology to Sell Certain Assets to Sumitomo Precision Products under Agreement

Work is a Further Advance in the Study of Metamaterials

Researchers Identify Proteins Capable of Direct Response to Alarm Signal

IMEC to Present Host of New Partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation Program at Upcoming Conference

ANSI Announces Nanotechnology Standards Panel Meeting To Be Held in September

Intradermal Delivery of Vaccines can Provide Significant Dose Sparing Urgently Required in the Swine H1N1 Pandemic

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