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IMEC Board Confirms Solid 2008 Despite Challenging Economic Situation in the Electronics Industry

In today's General Assembly, the IMEC Board confirmed that 2008 was a solid year, and this despite the challenging economic situation in the electronics industry. The Board also looks with confidence to the future. N...

From IMEC 24 Apr 2009

New Insights into How Cells Transform Fiber into Force

The actin protein exists in two major forms in the cell: as individual molecules of globular (G)-actin, or linked together as long filaments of fibrous (F)-actin. Actin microfilaments provide the primary scaffolding for contractile muscle fibers, and act as a key component of cellular infrastructure in general.

24 Apr 2009

Researchers Develop Portable X-ray Sources Using Carbon Nanostructures

Ryoichi Suzuki, the Advanced Defect-Characterization Research Group, the Research Institute of Instrumentation Frontier of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), In cooperation with Dialight Japan Co., Ltd. and Life Technology Research Institute, Inc., has developed practical portable X-ray sources with a cold-cathode electron source using carbon nanostructures.

24 Apr 2009

Founder of Oxford Nanopore Technologies Named Entrepreneur of the Year by RSC

Professor Hagan Bayley, Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Royal Society of Chemistry at last night’s Industry and Technology Forum Awards. The a...

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd 24 Apr 2009

Singapore's IBN Research Attachment Student Selected to Represent Singapore at Intel ISEF

Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is pleased to announce that its Youth Research Program (YRP) attachment student, Roderica Ng Rui Ge, has been selected to represent Singapore at the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) which will be held in Reno, Nevada, USA from May 10-15, 2009.

24 Apr 2009

New Powerful Tool for Monitoring Cell Cycle Procession

As with higher-level organisms, reproduction is among the primary biological imperatives of the cell. This process is regulated through a multi-stage cell cycle; the more rapidly this cycle proceeds, the more quickly division takes place.

23 Apr 2009

Microscopy Technique Unveils Previously Hidden Information on the Nature of Superconductivity

Superconductivity is caused by electrons forming pairs in particular types of materials. This pairing makes the electrons insensitive to the perturbations in their pathway and leads to the disappearance of any electrical resistance.

23 Apr 2009

CEO of Genetic Immunity to Present at Nanomedicine Conference

Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc. (OTCBB: PWRV), Hungary's premier technology acquisition and development company, is pleased to present this Genetic Immunity release, based on a previously announced agreement whereb...

23 Apr 2009

Powering Nano Machines Moves Closer to Reality

A new paper published in the May 2009 issue of the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, Scientific American, asks readers to imagine producing vehicles so small they would be about the size of a molecule and powered by engines that run on sugar.

23 Apr 2009

BASF Presents New Products for Fuel Cells and Reformers on Hanover Fair 2009

BASF Fuel Cell GmbH presents new products for fuel cells and reformers on Hanover Fair 2009. A team of experts is available for visitors in hall 13, booth E 54/2, and informs about the latest developments.

From BASF 23 Apr 2009

SRI Consulting Publishes Materials and Technologies for Solar Energy

Solar energy is gaining market share, as interesting new technologies are being developed to drive this renewable energy source forward. The oil price fluctuations and global warming concerns have sparked a concentrated ...

23 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Lubricant Significantly Decreases Damaging Wear Pits on Gear Teeth

ApNano Materials, Inc., a cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that new test conducted at the FZG Gear Research Centre of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, clearly shows that ApNano Material's nanotechnology-based lubricant NanoLub significantly decreases damaging wear pits on gear teeth.

23 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology Generator Producing Hydrogen On-Demand

Global Hydrogen, Inc. announces a newly developed aluminum nano-nickel hydrogen generator that can be controlled by flipping a switch, producing on-demand hydrogen. The simple system is self-contained and portable. W...

23 Apr 2009

New Data Highlighting Key Milestones in Development of Novel Non-Inflammatory Nanoemulsion Technology

NanoBio Corp. announced today that it will present compelling new data highlighting key milestones in the development of its novel non-inflammatory nanoemulsion adjuvant platform technology at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) conference, April 27-29.

23 Apr 2009

Forum Designed to Accelerate Renewable Energy Technologies by Addressing Measurements at the Nanoscale

NIST, NREL, ASME and CNSE to jointly present April 26-28 forum designed to accelerate renewable energy technologies by addressing measurements at the nanoscale The acceleration of nanoscale solutions to enable clean a...

23 Apr 2009

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IMEC Board Confirms Solid 2008 Despite Challenging Economic Situation in the Electronics Industry

New Insights into How Cells Transform Fiber into Force

Researchers Develop Portable X-ray Sources Using Carbon Nanostructures

Founder of Oxford Nanopore Technologies Named Entrepreneur of the Year by RSC

Singapore's IBN Research Attachment Student Selected to Represent Singapore at Intel ISEF

New Powerful Tool for Monitoring Cell Cycle Procession

Microscopy Technique Unveils Previously Hidden Information on the Nature of Superconductivity

CEO of Genetic Immunity to Present at Nanomedicine Conference

Powering Nano Machines Moves Closer to Reality

BASF Presents New Products for Fuel Cells and Reformers on Hanover Fair 2009

SRI Consulting Publishes Materials and Technologies for Solar Energy

Nanotechnology-Based Lubricant Significantly Decreases Damaging Wear Pits on Gear Teeth

Nanotechnology Generator Producing Hydrogen On-Demand

New Data Highlighting Key Milestones in Development of Novel Non-Inflammatory Nanoemulsion Technology

Forum Designed to Accelerate Renewable Energy Technologies by Addressing Measurements at the Nanoscale

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