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Finetex Tech. to Supply Nano Fiber Membrane for Liquid Filter Application Under Supply Agreement

Finetex Technology Global Limited, a mass-producer of electrospun nano fibers, has entered into a supply agreement with Roki Techno Co., Ltd, which manufactures and supplies filter cartridge and filter system with its he...

29 Oct 2008

Grant to Support Research on Nanopatch Delivery of DNA-Based Malaria Vaccines to Skin

UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research.

29 Oct 2008

Nano eNabler Provides Ability to Construct Protein Microarrays Allowing Control of Cellular Alignment

BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., a leader in systems integration at the micro and nano scales to create products for the life sciences, is pleased to announce that researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

29 Oct 2008

Spire to Provide 30 MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line to Korea

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide, today announced that Spire has been awarded a contract to provide a Spi-Line 30C complete turnkey factory to produce up to 30 megawatts (MW) per year of high efficiency solar cells for Hanwha Chemical Corporation (Hanwha). This is Hanwha's entrance into the solar market and they made the decision to work with Spire as a partner after extensive research and investigation. This will become one of the most modern cell factories in Korea.

29 Oct 2008

Benefits of Thermal Spray, CVD, PVD, Electroplating and Surface Engineering Technology

To communicate the benefits of thermal spray and surface engineering technology to a new audience of potential users -- including mechanical, chemical and electrical engineers and designers -- a special interactive sessi...

29 Oct 2008

DOE Streamlines Access to High-Tech User Facilities at National Laboratories

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Technology Transfer Coordinator, Under Secretary for Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, announced today two new model agreements that will expand access to DOE's world-clas...

29 Oct 2008

New Advance in Research into Breast Cancer Risk Among Chinese Women

CAS researchers recently made a new advance in research into breast cancer risk among Chinese women. In collaboration with scientists from Nanjing Medical University, a research team led by Prof. WANG Hui with the CAS...

29 Oct 2008

The Mysteries of Physics on the Nanoscale

Quantum dots (QD)-nanoscale particles that confine electrons and can emit and absorb light-have been studied in lasers, solar paneling, and biomedical therapeutics. Nina Markovic, affiliated faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and assistant professor of physics in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, believes this emerging technology will prove important in cancer therapies, energy transmission, and drug delivery.

29 Oct 2008

Aphios Awarded SBIR Grant from NIDA for Nanotechnology Formulation for Marijuana Addiction

Aphios Corporation today announced receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop an improved oral formulation of Δ9-THC for marijuan...

29 Oct 2008

MIT Funds New Technologies for Neuroscience Research

The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT today announced six awards to develop new technologies for neuroscience research. The projects, whose themes range from brain-machine interfaces to new genetic tools and b...

29 Oct 2008

Scientists Found Way to Uncover Critical Genes Responsible for Disease Development

Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes. A novel computational biology method developed by a research team...

29 Oct 2008

Analyzing Nanoscale Dimensions with Nanoscale Measurement Sensitivity Quickly and Cheaply

A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity.

29 Oct 2008

NIST Researchers Create New Approach for "Electronic Noses"

Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new approach for "electronic noses."

29 Oct 2008

JPK 7th International Symposium on "Scanning Probe Microscopy in Life Sciences"

JPK Instruments hosted the 7th international symposium on "Scanning Probe Microscopy in Life Sciences" on October 8-9th in Berlin. Nearly 100 scientists from around the world attended the meeting to present their results and share scientific knowledge. The meeting is part of the NanoBioVIEWS(TM) series of international meetings initiated by JPK to further the scientific interchange of knowledge on applications and instrumentation that applies nanotechnology in the life sciences.

From Bruker BioAFM 29 Oct 2008

Flexible OLED Element that Can be Mass Produced Using Roll-to-Roll Printing Technology

Researchers working in the European ROLLED project have developed a flexible OLED element that can be mass produced using roll-to-roll printing technology. The OLED elements can be used to add value to product packages. ...

29 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology News

Finetex Tech. to Supply Nano Fiber Membrane for Liquid Filter Application Under Supply Agreement

Grant to Support Research on Nanopatch Delivery of DNA-Based Malaria Vaccines to Skin

Nano eNabler Provides Ability to Construct Protein Microarrays Allowing Control of Cellular Alignment

Spire to Provide 30 MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line to Korea

Benefits of Thermal Spray, CVD, PVD, Electroplating and Surface Engineering Technology

DOE Streamlines Access to High-Tech User Facilities at National Laboratories

New Advance in Research into Breast Cancer Risk Among Chinese Women

The Mysteries of Physics on the Nanoscale

Aphios Awarded SBIR Grant from NIDA for Nanotechnology Formulation for Marijuana Addiction

MIT Funds New Technologies for Neuroscience Research

Scientists Found Way to Uncover Critical Genes Responsible for Disease Development

Analyzing Nanoscale Dimensions with Nanoscale Measurement Sensitivity Quickly and Cheaply

NIST Researchers Create New Approach for "Electronic Noses"

JPK 7th International Symposium on "Scanning Probe Microscopy in Life Sciences"

Flexible OLED Element that Can be Mass Produced Using Roll-to-Roll Printing Technology

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