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Young People in Europe are Overwhelmingly Interested in Science and Technology

First, the good news: young people in Europe are overwhelmingly interested in science and technology and positive about the benefits they bring to society, according to a new Eurobarometer survey on young people's attitudes to science. The bad news is that few are interested in pursuing a scientific career.

18 Nov 2008

Cenix BioScience and InteRNA Technologies Signs Research Agreement for miRNA Drug Discovery

InteRNA Technologies B.V. and Cenix BioScience GmbH announce signing of a Research Agreement comprising functional screens in human cell lines using InteRNA's proprietary library of miRNAs. Cenix will apply InteR...

18 Nov 2008

New Centre Focuses on Nanoparticles in the Environment

At an inaugural event in Dübendorf today focusing on nanoparticles in the environment, the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology was officially opened. The institution, jointly established by the Swiss Federal Inst...

18 Nov 2008

Novel Label-Free Biosensor Platform Expects to Significantly Shorten Biomolecular Assay Process

Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Research Europe Ltd has developed a novel, label-free biosensor platform, which is expected to significantly shorten the total biomolecular assay process, saving days or even weeks of research time.

18 Nov 2008

Grant Will Boost Company Developing Innovative Method of Delivering Medications using Nanotechnology

A grant of $3.5 million from the State of Texas will give a major boost to NanoMedical Systems Inc., an Austin company that is developing an innovative method of delivering medications through an under-the-skin device th...

18 Nov 2008

Pharmaform Announces the Launch of Nanoparticle Engineering Drug Delivery Technology

PharmaForm, a pharmaceutical product development, manufacturing and analytical testing services company, today announced the launch of its new Evaporative Precipitation into Aqueous Solution (EPAS) drug delivery technolo...

18 Nov 2008

Protein Forest Commences Shipment of its New Digital ProteomeChip Protein Separation System

Protein Forest®, a leading developer of state-of-the-art sample fractionation technology and bioinformatics software for protein research, today announced that it has commenced shipments of its new digital ProteomeCh...

18 Nov 2008

Holding on Tightly: Chemists Reproduced Adhesive Shellfish Proteins with Artificial Polymers

Chemists can learn from some shellfish. Mussels, for example, produce an adhesive that sticks strongly to metal and stone, even under water. Chemists have reproduced the protein responsible for this in a synthetic material that contains the same adhesive elements.

18 Nov 2008

Polymer Films that Change Color in Response to Tension

Kenji Tsuchihara, the Molecular Smart System Group, the Nanotechnology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST developed polymer films that change color instantaneously and reversibly in response to changes in the tension applied.

18 Nov 2008

Microarray Proving to be an Effective Tool in Prenatal Siagnosis

A "chip" or array that can quickly detect disorders such as Down syndrome or other diseases associated with chromosomal abnormalities proved an effective tool in prenatal diagnosis in a series of 300 cases at B...

18 Nov 2008

New Kits Provide Greater Sensitivity than Traditional Drug Discovery Cytotoxicity Analyses

Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL) today announced the launch of new high content analysis kits for detecting neurotoxicity. The kits are designed for use in drug discovery and basic neuroscience research. The kits id...

18 Nov 2008

World's First Nanotechnology Exhibit in a Shopping Center

Taking a novel approach to educating the public about the fast-growing field of nanotechnology, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany and Colonie Center today unveiled what is believed to be the first nanotechnology exhibit to be located in a shopping center anywhere in the world.

18 Nov 2008

MEMS Camera Solutions Company Backed by Leading VCs and Strategic Investors

Siimpel Corporation, a leading supplier of optical micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) based solutions for the mobile market, announced today that it has completed an investment round in support of its groundbreak...

18 Nov 2008

Yale Professor Named Fellow of the IEEE for His Contribution to Nanotechnology

Yale Professor Mark Reed, whose research has contributed to nanotechnology in areas from quantum dots to molecular electronics, has been named a fellow of the IEEE, one of the most prestigious honors given by this professional association for the advancement of technology.

18 Nov 2008

Creating Billions of Anti-Matter Particles in Laboratory

Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma "jet."

18 Nov 2008

Nanotechnology News

Young People in Europe are Overwhelmingly Interested in Science and Technology

Cenix BioScience and InteRNA Technologies Signs Research Agreement for miRNA Drug Discovery

New Centre Focuses on Nanoparticles in the Environment

Novel Label-Free Biosensor Platform Expects to Significantly Shorten Biomolecular Assay Process

Grant Will Boost Company Developing Innovative Method of Delivering Medications using Nanotechnology

Pharmaform Announces the Launch of Nanoparticle Engineering Drug Delivery Technology

Protein Forest Commences Shipment of its New Digital ProteomeChip Protein Separation System

Holding on Tightly: Chemists Reproduced Adhesive Shellfish Proteins with Artificial Polymers

Polymer Films that Change Color in Response to Tension

Microarray Proving to be an Effective Tool in Prenatal Siagnosis

New Kits Provide Greater Sensitivity than Traditional Drug Discovery Cytotoxicity Analyses

World's First Nanotechnology Exhibit in a Shopping Center

MEMS Camera Solutions Company Backed by Leading VCs and Strategic Investors

Yale Professor Named Fellow of the IEEE for His Contribution to Nanotechnology

Creating Billions of Anti-Matter Particles in Laboratory

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