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Bruker Daltonics Installs maXis UHR-TOF Mass Spectrometer in Australasia

Bruker Daltonics and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) announced today the installation of the first maXis(TM) Ultra-High Resolution Time-Of-Flight (UHR-TOF) mass spectrometer in Australasia, thereby fu...

5 Jan 2009

Grant to Fund Development of New FACS Based on Microdroplet Technology

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has been selected to share in the first-ever round of cooperative researc...

5 Jan 2009

Electron Microscopy Leader Acquires the Assets of Intellection

FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC), a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, today announced that it had acquired substantially all of the assets of Intellection Holdings Pty. Ltd. of Brisbane, Australia. Intellection's primary product is the QEMSCAN automated mineralogy system.

5 Jan 2009

New Product to Measure MicroRNA

HTG, Inc., provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA™) system and service partner for the life sciences industry, today announced the availability of a customizable qNPA™ ArrayPlate to meas...

5 Jan 2009

Report Highlights Frontiers of Current Research in Nanotechnology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Perspectives of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" report to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from Acta Materialia Gold Medal Workshop, E-M...

From Research and Markets 5 Jan 2009

Company to Enhance Current Nanotechnology Based Li-Ion Battery Electrode Materials Capability

NEI Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of nanomaterials, announced that it has been awarded a prestigious NASAResearch Announcement contract. In the initial phase of the contract, the company will use ...

5 Jan 2009

Flat Fixtures for EUV Exposure

Exposing silicon wafers to light during chip manufacture requires special fixtures called chucks. Novel electrostatic chucks made of glass ceramics are incredibly flat. This prevents structural distortions on the exposure mask and the silicon chip.

5 Jan 2009

Using Nanotechnology, Researchers Significantly Improve Properties of Printed Circuits

Electronic systems designed to perform simple functions, such as monitor the temperature on a yogurt pot, mustn't cost much: This is where printed electronics are at an advantage. Researchers are now significantly improving the properties of printed circuits.

5 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology to Take Consumer Goods Sector to New Level of Advancement

With rising application of nanotechnology in consumer goods and medical treatments, the global nanotechnology industry will see fast-paced growth in near future. Nanotechnology has huge potential to take the consumer ...

5 Jan 2009

Mimicing Dolphin's Skin Using Nanotechnology

Inspired with the speed at which dolphins swim through the water compared to other aquatic life, Jonghwan Suhr of the University of Nevada, Reno, decided to mimic the dolphin's skin using nanotechnology in order to make objects move more efficiently through the air.

4 Jan 2009

Creating Artificial Human Bone Marrow in a Test Tube

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions.

4 Jan 2009

Researchers Create Nanoscale Trap that can Stop Free Floating DNA Molecules and Nanoparticles

Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and nanoparticles in their tracks. By holding the nanoscale material steady while the fluid around it flows freely, the trap may allow researchers to boost the accuracy of biological sensors and create a range of new 'lab on a chip' diagnostic tools.

4 Jan 2009

Nanodiamond Discoveries Consistent with Theory of Clovis-Age Disruption by Cosmic Event

Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team.

4 Jan 2009

DNA Nanotubes Soon Finding Way into Ultra-Tiny Electronic and Biomedical Innovations

Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential.

4 Jan 2009

Atmel Completes Sale of Company's Wafer Fabrication Operation in Germany

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of the Company's wafer fabrication operation in Heilbronn, Germany to Tejas Silicon Holdings (UK) Limit...

4 Jan 2009