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DIY Microscope Transforming University's Ability to Undertake Specialist Research

A resourceful lecturer at the University of Essex has turned his hand to a spot of DIY and built a high-tech microscope that will transform the university's ability to undertake specialist medical and biological research.

4 Nov 2008

Altogen Biosystems Launches Novel Nanoparticle-Based Transfection Reagent

Altogen Biosystems announced launch of novel Nanoparticle-based transfection reagent for use in laboratories and research facilities for animal testing. Transfection is one of the major laboratory methods used to introdu...

4 Nov 2008

Labtech International to Distribute BioFlux Line of Live Cell Imaging Products

Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with East Sussex, UK-based Labtech International Ltd. Labtech will handle sales and service in the UK, Ireland and France of Fluxion's BioFlux(T...

4 Nov 2008

Uniting Nanoparticle and Thin Film Drug Delivery Technologies

MonoSol Rx, the developers of PharmFilm(R) technology and a drug delivery company specializing in dissolving thin film pharmaceutical products, and Midatech Group Ltd, a world leader in the production and application of synthetically produced nanoparticles, announced today a partnership to develop new drug formulations combining biocompatible nanocells and PharmFilm delivery technologies.

4 Nov 2008

QD Vision and In-Q-Tel Expand Strategic Partnership

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based solutions for displays and lighting, today announced a second technology advancement agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovat...

4 Nov 2008

Carl Zeiss ORION Helium-Ion-Microscope Receives Prestigious R+D 100 Award

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, was honored recently with a prestigious R+D 100 Award for one of the 100 most technologically significant new products i...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 4 Nov 2008

New Method to Measure How Strain Affects Thin Films of Silicon

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics. Silicon is the ind...

4 Nov 2008

Top Institutes to Use World's Most Powerful Cryo-TEM to Study Molecular Machinery of Biological Systems

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, announced today that three of the top life sciences research centers in Asia--National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University (Beijing), and the Institute of Biophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)aEUR-have selected the Titan Krios(TM) transmission electron microscope (TEM) to support their research programs in structural molecular biology.

4 Nov 2008

Researchers Discover New Method for Overcoming Two Major Hurdles Facing Solar Energy

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.

4 Nov 2008

NIMP Get Extended Capabilities for Nano-Structured Thin Film Deposition

Surrey NanoSystems will be extending the possibilities of research into thin film deposition following a sputtering tool order from the Low Dimensional Systems Laboratory of Romania's National Institute of Materials ...

4 Nov 2008

Freescale MEMS Accelerometers Ideal for Cell Phones and Portable Media Players

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced two advanced 3-axis digital accelerometers to help mobile device developers meet the demand for sleeker, more sophisticated portable electronics products. Based on Freescale's p...

3 Nov 2008

JAIST Selects Cray XT5 Supercomputer to Accelerate Nanotechnology Research

Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. today announced that the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has selected the new Cray XT5 supercomputer as the main system for its high-performance computing facility. This will be the first Cray XT5 system in Japan to utilize Cray's recently introduced ECOphlex liquid-cooling technology.

3 Nov 2008