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New and Independent Company will Provide Even Greater Support for Asia Pacific Distribution Network and End-User Customers

BioTek Instruments announced today the incorporation and expansion of BioTek Instruments Singapore, Pte. Ltd. This new and independent company will provide even greater support for the Asia Pacific distribution network and end-user customers.

27 Apr 2009

WIRED Grant Focuses on Expanding Life Science Workforce in the Future

WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) Grant Given to Utah by the Department of Labor with a Focus on Expanding Life Science Workforce in the Future The Department of Labor recently awarded the...

27 Apr 2009

BioFocus DPI Announced the Launch of Six New Biologically Targeted Libraries

BioFocus DPI, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, today announced the launch of six new biologically targeted libraries. These new libraries contain novel, drug-like compounds that specifically target ion channels, kinases and proteases.

27 Apr 2009

Product Portfolio Width Provides Rite Track MEMS Equipment Sales Leverage

Rite Track, a leading manufacturer of track systems for the semiconductor, MEMS, solar cell, and thin film head industries, announced today a series of recent MEMS Track orders. Citing Rite Track's unique ability to ...

27 Apr 2009

Appointment Boost Materials Science and Engineering at ASU

Nathan Newman, a professor in ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, has been selected as the first to hold the Lamonte H. Lawrence Chair in Solid State Science.

27 Apr 2009

Veeco's New FastLine Platform Designed for Low Cost of Ownership Production of CIGS Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced the introduction of its FastLine™ platform of Glass Coating Systems, leveraging Veeco's proven PV-Series™ Thermal Deposition Sources.

From Veeco 27 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology Providing a One-Two Punch that Prove Lethal to Resistant Cells

Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy. In fact, research suggests strongly that multidrug-resistant cancer cells that remain alive after chemotherapy are responsible for the reappearance of ...

27 Apr 2009

Chemicals in Tea as Building Blocks for Production of Biocompatible Gold Nanoparticles

Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More important...

27 Apr 2009

Nanoscale Probes that Can Pinpoint the Location of Tumors

A team of investigators at Purdue University has developed nanoscale probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.

27 Apr 2009

A Nanoparticle Platform that has the Potential to Target, Image, and Treat Cancer

Using a set of three biocompatible polymers and a nanoparticle containing gadolinium, a team of investigators at the Colorado School of Mines has created a nanoparticle platform that has the potential to target, image, a...

27 Apr 2009

Sniffing Out Lung Cancer in Humans using Nanosensors

In 2006 researchers established that dogs could detect cancer by sniffing the exhaled breath of cancer patients. Now, using nanoscale arrays of detectors, two groups of investigators have shown that a compact mechanical ...

27 Apr 2009

Advances in Nanotechnology Require New Oversight

Existing health and safety agencies are unable to cope with the risk assessment, standard setting and oversight challenges of advancing nanotechnology.

27 Apr 2009

'Spooky Action' - A Helpful Tool Scientists

The idea that far distant particles can somehow 'talk' to each other worried Einstein so much that he called it 'spooky action at a distance'. Having confirmed its existence, scientists today are learn...

27 Apr 2009

Wayne State University Announces Official Opening of Marvin I. Danto Engineering Development Center

Wayne State University's College of Engineering today announced the official opening of the Marvin I. Danto Engineering Development Center (EDC). The $28 million, 82,500-square-foot facility for traditional universit...

27 Apr 2009

World's First Dual-Axis MEMS Gyroscopes for PC Mice and 3D Remote Controls

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MEMS-based motion processing products for consumer electronics, today announced the availability of the IXZ™-500 and IXZ™-650 dual-axis MEMS gyroscopes designed specifically for 3D remote controls and PC mice supporting TVs, home theaters, set top boxes and personal computers.

27 Apr 2009