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Biofilms May Hold Lessons for Scholars of Evolution

Biofilms are everywhere - in dental plaque and ear canals, on contact lenses and in water pipelines - and the bacteria that make them get more resilient with age, finds a new study in FEMS Microbiology Letters. Becau...

12 Mar 2009

High-Res Images of Earliest Stages of Bone Formation Using Nanotechnology

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have for the first time made high-resolution images of the earliest stages of bone formation. They used the world's most advanced electron microscope to make three-dimensional images of the nano-particles that are at the heart of the process.

12 Mar 2009

The Next Biotechnology Revolution Is Brewing

Early applications of synthetic biology may be adequately addressed by the existing regulatory framework for biotechnology, but further advances in this emerging field are likely to create much greater challenges for the...

12 Mar 2009

Industrial Nanotech Signs Contract with Textile Manufacturer Based in England

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK) announced today that the one of the Company's exclusive distributors signed a contract with Coats Plc, a textile manufacturer based in England, to coat the machinery in t...

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 12 Mar 2009

SIA University Researcher Awards Recognize Academics for Outstanding Contributions to Semiconductor Research

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced the recipients of its 2009 University Researcher Awards, Dr. Anantha Chandrakasan of MIT and Dr. Kang Wang of UCLA. The awards were presented at the annual SIA Washington conference on March 12.

12 Mar 2009

Advance Nanotech Receives Purchase Order from One of World's Leading Biotechnology Companies

Advance Nanotech, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: AVNA), today announced that the Company's majority owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., has received an initial purchase order from Genzyme Corporation one of the wo...

From Owlstone Nanotech 12 Mar 2009

CombiMatrix Receives Four Year Contract from NASA to Design and Test Microfluidic System

CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that it has received a four year contract for $858,298 from NASA's Ames Research Center to design and test a microfluidic system that incorporates CombiMatrix's semiconductor microarray as part of an integrated genetic analysis platform that can be deployed in satellites.

From Invitae Corporation 12 Mar 2009

CSD Epitaxy Announces Recent Delivery of EpiPro Production System to GlobiTech Corporation

CSD Epitaxy, Inc. (CSD Epitaxy), a global provider of epitaxial processing equipment, announced the recent delivery of the first EpiPro(tm) 5000-IG production system to GlobiTech Corporation, a leading global supplier of...

12 Mar 2009

Nicast to Present Results of the AVflo Clinical Trial

Nicast, developer of medical devices made of electrospun nanofabric, announced today that it will exhibit the AVflo™ vascular access graft for hemodialysis, its flagship product which received CE certification in O...

12 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology Research is One Step Toward Making Solar Cells More Efficient

The transition to environmentally benign energy sources is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Solar power, which uses sunlight to generate electricity, is one promising source. It has many benefi...

12 Mar 2009

Ethical Challenges of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is penetrating many areas of our daily lives at incredible speed, opening up new horizons of expectation and hope. At the same time, it is raising questions which affect our individual self-conception and that of our society.

12 Mar 2009

New Applications for Carbon Nanomaterials in Hydrogen Storage

An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental an...

12 Mar 2009

Company Utilizing Power of Nanotechnology to Deliver Environmentally Friendly Products Gets API Certification

Green Earth Technologies (PinkSheets: GETG) announced today that they have been granted the "Donut," an API Service Symbol for the SAE 5W-30 weight of their green motor oil, G-OIL(TM). G-OIL ultimate biodegrada...

12 Mar 2009

Scientists Develop for First Time Nano Treatment that Transports 'Tumour Busting' Genes Selectively to Cancer Cells

Cancer Research UK scientists have for the first time developed a treatment that transports 'tumour busting' genes selectively to cancer cells, according to a study published online in Cancer Research.

12 Mar 2009

PolyOne Announces Agreement to Develop Carbon-Nanotube Thermoplastic Composites

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, and Zyvex Performance Materials, a recognized worldwide leader in carbon nanotube-enhanced applications, today...

12 Mar 2009