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Nanotechnology Companies Being Encouraged to Take Part in New Technology in Healthcare Conference

Nanotechnology companies are being encouraged to take part in a major New Technology in Healthcare Conference being launched in May. The conference takes place on 13 May 2009 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff as Wales...

16 Mar 2009

IMEC Celebrates 25 Years of Service

This year, IMEC celebrates its 25th birthday. On January 16, 1984, the memorandum of association of IMEC was signed, and on March 15, now exactly 25 years ago, IMEC appeared as newly established research center in the Be...

From IMEC 16 Mar 2009

Nanoprobes Pinpointing the Location of Tumors

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.

16 Mar 2009

Survey of Israel's Nanotechnology Industry Conveys Careful Optimism

A survey of Israel's nanotech industry held by the Israel National Nano-technology Initiative (INNI) in anticipation of the 2009 NanoIsrael Week, conveys careful optimism. The survey, which looked at the situation of academic research in Israel, reveals that the average investment per Israeli investor averages USD 1.1 million.

16 Mar 2009

mPhase to Participate in NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News), a leader in microfluidics and nanotechnology development, will participate in the NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour Product Showcase on March 19 from 9:00 AM - 12...

From MyPebble 16 Mar 2009

Fluidigm’s New Digital Array Delivers Peak Levels of Throughput for Digital PCR

Today Fluidigm introduced its new 48.770 Digital Array, the highest density commercially available integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) ever. This IFC is capable of testing up to 48 individual samples at a time and automatically partitioning each of the samples into separate sets of 770 reaction chambers - delivering a total of 36,960 simultaneous digital PCR reactions.

From Standard BioTools 16 Mar 2009

Affymetrix and Genisphere Announce Launch of New, Best-in-Class Solution for microRNA Research Studies

Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) and Genisphere Inc. today announced the launch of a new, best-in-class solution for microRNA (miRNA) research studies. Encompassing assay, array, and software, the solution offers comprehen...

16 Mar 2009

Researchers Succeeded in Producing Nano-Sized Metallic Copper Particles

The Polymer Chemistry Research Group at the University of Helsinki has succeeded in producing nano-sized metallic copper particles. When the size of particles is reduced to a nano-scale (one nanometre being one billionth...

16 Mar 2009

New Look at Nature Through the Eyes of Physicists

Take a new look at nature through the eyes of physicists at next month's March Meeting of American Physical Society (APS), which takes place from March 16-20, 2009 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

16 Mar 2009

Harta Instruments Introduces New Microplate Luminometer and Luminometer Reference Microplate

Scientists who want to ensure reliable chemiluminescent sensitivity and specificity measurements for their tests should consider the MicroLumi-L2 glow microplate luminometer, the successor to the popular MicroLumi-XS lum...

16 Mar 2009

Technology Executive and Entrepreneur Joins NanoMech as Chairman of the Board

James M. Phillips has been elected chairman of the board of directors of NanoMech, a Fayetteville-based designer and manufacturer of application-specific nanoparticle additives, coatings and coating deposition systems.

16 Mar 2009

FlipChip International Signs 300mm Strategic Partnership With SMIC

FlipChip International, (FCI), the global technology leader in flip-chip bumping and wafer level packaging, announced today a partnership alliance with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC&qu...

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 16 Mar 2009

'Brain on a Chip' - New Revolution in Information Technology

How does the human brain run itself without any software? Find that out, say European researchers, and a whole new field of neural computing will open up. A prototype "brain on a chip" is already working.

16 Mar 2009

Major Advances to Lower the Costs of Solar Cells

Applied Materials, Inc. today released its Applied HCT MaxEdge™ wire saw, a new platform for slicing ingots into ultra-thin wafers that can help customers drive down the cost of manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) cells by up to $0.18 per watt.

16 Mar 2009

Small Organic Molecules with High Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities May Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes wil...

15 Mar 2009