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Triad-Based Center of Innovation To Commercialize NC's Nanobio Ideas

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has approved a four-year, $2.5 million grant for the Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology (COIN) to develop the commercial potential of nanobiotechnology research from univers...

16 Jun 2009

ADI Converters Unlocking Secrets of Universe in CERN's Large Hadron Collider

More than 100,000 Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) data converters will play a key role in helping scientists discover what the universe is made of and how it works by studying the debris created by the collision of sub-atomic particles.

16 Jun 2009

Helping Oncologists Detect Effect of Radiation Treatment on Brain Metastases

An imaging agent, developed by Aposense, a molecular imaging and drug development company, used during PET scans to highlight apoptosis (programmed cell death) appears to help oncologists detect the effect of radiation t...

16 Jun 2009

Aerospace Clusters: A World of Innovation

Aéro Montréal, Greater Montréal's aerospace cluster, is a strategic forum that brings together all the major decision makers in the region's aerospace sector, announced today, during the Internatio...

16 Jun 2009

Partnership to Collaboratively Develop and Commercialize Advanced Sensing Fluidic Products

Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. and Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership.

From Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. 16 Jun 2009

Electronic Devices of the Future Could be Smaller, Faster and More Powerful

Electronic devices of the future could be smaller, faster, more powerful and consume less energy because of a discovery by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The key to the fi...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 16 Jun 2009

Survey Reflects General Public's Understanding and Opinions about Solar Energy

As Americans prepare to enjoy the longest day of the year on Sunday, June 21 during the summer solstice, Applied Materials, the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solution, has released a survey reflect...

From Applied Materials Inc. 16 Jun 2009

Microscopic Polymer Beads that Change Color Instantly and Reversibly

A research team led by a chemist at the University of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation.

16 Jun 2009

New Material Shows Promise for Nerve Guides

In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free.

16 Jun 2009

Bright, Stable and Bio-Friendly Nanocrystals Act as Individual Investigators of Activity within Cells

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created bright, stable and bio-friendly nanocrystals that act as individual investigators of activity within a cell.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Jun 2009

Important Similarity Between Behavior of Polycrystalline Materials and Glasses

Better predictions of how many valuable materials behave under stress could be on the way from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have recently found evidence* of an important similarity between the behavior of polycrystalline materials-such as metals and ceramics-and glasses.