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Nano Delivery System Robust and Flexible Enough to Deliver Variety of Drugs

A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body, according to a team of chemical engineers. This delivery system could be robust and flexible enough to deliver a variety of substances.

12 Jan 2009

CPF-Enabled Cadence Low-Power Solution Allows Fujitsu Microelectronics Tapeout of 65nm WiMAX Design

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global design innovation, announced today that Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited has taped out a 65nm mobile WiMAX design using Fujitsu Reference Design Flow 3.0,...

From Cadence Design Systems 12 Jan 2009

WaferGen Announces Successful Demonstration of SmartChip System

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC:WGBS) (BULLETIN BOARD: WGBS) , a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced that academic researchers ha...

From Takara Bio USA, Inc. 12 Jan 2009

Power Saving Solution for Implementing Fine Grained Control of Automotive Powertrains

Renesas Technology America, Inc. today introduced the SH72531, a 120MHz 32-bit SuperH microcontroller (MCU) that integrates 1.25 megabytes (1.25MB) of flash memory. It can implement the fine-grained control of automotive engines and transmissions needed to achieve smooth, powerful performance and high efficiency with low emissions.

12 Jan 2009

First Software Tool Designed to Help Solar Cell Manufacturers Improve Process Yield

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a worldwide leader in process characterization solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, introduces Discover Solar™-the first fab management software tool de...

From Onto Innovation 12 Jan 2009

Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies Announces Strategic Alliance Agreement

Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies ("Oxford Nanopore") today announced a strategic alliance including a commercialization agreement and equity investment. Under the terms of the commerciali...

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd 12 Jan 2009

Nanoswimmers Make Big Splash for Improved Drug Delivery

They may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the "microswimmers" developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of...

12 Jan 2009

Unconventional Superconductivity in New Iron Arsenide Compounds

Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories.

11 Jan 2009

Mapping Local Strain and Cracks of Nanoscale Dimensions

A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in semiconductors.

11 Jan 2009

Mechanistic Details Revealed Through Unique Light Source Technique

Using two simultaneous light-based probing techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy' (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, a team of researchers has illuminated important details about a class of enzymes involved in everything from photosynthesis to the regulation of biological clocks.

10 Jan 2009