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Nanotechnology Sniffing Out Kidney Diseases in Breath Samples

A carbon nanosensor "electronic nose" - first developed by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers to detect cancer from breath samples - has been modified to identify chronic renal failure (CRF). T...

3 Aug 2009

Fifth Product Approved by USFDA Licensing Elan's Nanocrystal Technology for Various Formulations

Elan Drug Technologies, a business unit of Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announces the first approval of a long-acting injectable formulation using Elan Drug Technologies' proprietary NanoCrystal technology.

From Perrigo Company plc 3 Aug 2009

World's Smallest Electric Motor

The principle is easy: one starter and one motor atom in a ring of laser light - and a bit of fine tuning, in order to move always into the right direction. The research group of the theoretical physicist Prof. Peter ...

3 Aug 2009

NSF Award to Study Quantum Error-Correction Coding

Few words in academia carry as much weight as "real world." Students seek to experience the real world and land a job in it. Professors seek to describe the real world with theories, lab experiments and computer simulations.

3 Aug 2009

DEK Developed System Specifically for Processing Thinned Silicon Wafers

Building on its highly successful Galaxy imaging platform, DEK has used the foundation of the technology's supreme accuracy and precision to develop a system specifically for processing thinned silicon wafers.

3 Aug 2009

New Process Could Greatly Reduce Energy Used in the Production of Biofuels

A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical...

3 Aug 2009

Company Creates Complete Enterprise Solution in Response to Market Demands

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, announced today that it has acquired Adventa Control Tech...

From Onto Innovation 3 Aug 2009

Path Towards Developing Nanofocusing Optics

A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 Aug 2009

Firm Readies Itself for Energy-Efficient Construction Wave

Denver-based RavenBrick LLC has been selected to provide intelligent window technology for the new Research Support Facilities (RSF), which is currently under construction. The RSF is being built for the U.S. Department ...

3 Aug 2009

In the Search for Metallic and Superconducting Forms of Hydrogen

Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, have discovered a hydrogen-based compound that could be helpful in the search for metallic and superconducting forms of hydrogen.

3 Aug 2009

Findings Significantly Help Efforts to Build Biologically Based Sensors for Detection of Chemicals

Our cells are controlled by billions of molecular "switches" and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work. Their findings may significantly help efforts to build biologically based sensors for the detection of chemicals ranging from drugs to explosives to disease markers.

3 Aug 2009

Brookhaven Scientists Devised Way to Encapsulate Bacteria in a Synthetic Polymer Hydrogel

Bacteria play a role in myriad industrial processes from fermentation to cleaning up environmental pollution. But floating freely in solution, the microbial cells constantly multiply, generating biomass that must be removed periodically, causing downtime. Additionally, the microorganisms cannot be localized to a specific region of interest.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 3 Aug 2009

Tiny Device to 'Sniff Out' Disease, Heart Attacks, Poison And Environmental Pollution

Like the sensitive seismographs that can pick up tremors of impending earthquakes long before they strike, a similar invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change the face of molecular biology.

3 Aug 2009

Performing More Than a Thousand Chemical Reactions at Once on PC-Controlled Microchip

Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results - literally shrinking the lab down to the size of a thumbnail.

3 Aug 2009

Illuminating Brain Tumors using Fluorescent Nanoparticles

Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull and safely remove as much of the tumor as they can. Then doctors use radiation or chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells in the surrounding tissue.

3 Aug 2009