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New Technique Enables Faster Characterization Of Metal Nanoparticles

Using an Andor Technology Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera in combination with an imaging spectrograph and a sheath flow cuvette, researchers at the La Jolla Bioengineering Institute in California, have been able ...

1 Jul 2009

New Design Tool for Materials with a Memory

Shape memory alloys can "remember" a condition. If they are deformed, a temperature change can be enough to bring them back to their original shape. A simulation calculates the characteristics of these materials.

1 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop New Cutting-Edge Battery

For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.

1 Jul 2009

Former CEO of Roche Molecular Diagnostics Joins Shrink Nanotechnologies

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., a platform nanotechnology company developing technologies for a number of diverse fields ranging from medical diagnostics to solar cell concentrators, announced that Heiner Dreismann, Ph.D....

1 Jul 2009

Grant To Study How Molecules Penetrate The Natural Barrier Of A Cell Membrane

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded chemist Dr Alexander Kros from University of Leiden a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of 1.4 million euro. He will be using the grant to study how molecules penetrate the natural barrier of a cell membrane.

30 Jun 2009

Keithley Instruments Sponsores The Premier Issue Of Project TEST

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems from DC to RF (radio frequency). , has sponsored the premier issue of Project TEST, in cooperation with Electroni...

From Tektronix 30 Jun 2009

New Statistical Analysis Technique Could Lead To More Precise And Reliable Measurement of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

A new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artifacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable measurement of nanomaterials and nanostructures likely to have future industrial applications.

30 Jun 2009

Merck Launches "Printed Organic Switches And Chips" Project

Merck KGaA announced today that it has launched the "Printed Organic Switches and Chips" project (Polytos) together with its partners in the excellence cluster known as the "Forum Organic Electronics"...

30 Jun 2009

Emerging Developments And Trends Related To Nanofiltration

This Frost + Sullivan research service titled Nanofiltration--An Overview of Technology Development Status and Trends provides an overview of the developments taking place within this industry, together with an analysis of the current market and technological trends.

From Research and Markets 30 Jun 2009

Researchers Develop Anti-Infection Technology Involving Microcapsules And Nanotechnology

Combat-related injuries have long plagued the military in part because of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Imagine being able to spray a compound fracture with microcapsules that deliver a drug to bolster the immune system,...

30 Jun 2009

How Electron Behavior Influences the Conduction Of Electricity in a Class Of High-Temperature Superconductors

A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 30 Jun 2009

Consortium to Address Key Integration Challenges Of 3-Dimensional Packaging And Embedded Module Technologies

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced the launch of the 10th Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC-10) to addr...

30 Jun 2009

Discovery Of Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles May Ultimately Track The Uptake Of Drugs By The Body's Cells

Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells.

30 Jun 2009

Moving Liquids or Biological Components Such As Cells at Microscopic Scale

Scientists at the University of Washington hope to speed up biomedical reactions by filling each well with tiny beating rods that mimic cilia, the hairlike appendages that line organs such as the human windpipe, where they sweep out dirt and mucus from the lungs. The researchers created a prototype that mixes tiny volumes of fluid or creates a current to move a particle, according to research published in the journal Lab on a Chip.

30 Jun 2009

"Lab-on-a-Chip" Helping Researchers Understand Mechanical Behavior Of Biofilms And Slimy Colonies Of Bacteria

Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases. Most bacteri...

30 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology News

New Technique Enables Faster Characterization Of Metal Nanoparticles

New Design Tool for Materials with a Memory

Researchers Develop New Cutting-Edge Battery

Former CEO of Roche Molecular Diagnostics Joins Shrink Nanotechnologies

Grant To Study How Molecules Penetrate The Natural Barrier Of A Cell Membrane

Keithley Instruments Sponsores The Premier Issue Of Project TEST

New Statistical Analysis Technique Could Lead To More Precise And Reliable Measurement of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

Merck Launches "Printed Organic Switches And Chips" Project

Emerging Developments And Trends Related To Nanofiltration

Researchers Develop Anti-Infection Technology Involving Microcapsules And Nanotechnology

How Electron Behavior Influences the Conduction Of Electricity in a Class Of High-Temperature Superconductors

Consortium to Address Key Integration Challenges Of 3-Dimensional Packaging And Embedded Module Technologies

Discovery Of Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles May Ultimately Track The Uptake Of Drugs By The Body's Cells

Moving Liquids or Biological Components Such As Cells at Microscopic Scale

"Lab-on-a-Chip" Helping Researchers Understand Mechanical Behavior Of Biofilms And Slimy Colonies Of Bacteria

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