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Imager to Capture Evidence of Far-Distant Particle Collisions

A new NASA mission, IBEX, launches this weekend, geared to probe the very edge of the solar system from a high Earth orbit. One of its two instruments is a compact Los Alamos device called the High Energy Neutral Atom Imager.

18 Oct 2008

Public Forum Discusses Possibilities for Applying Nanotechnology to Energy

UC Santa Barbara's Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) invite the Santa Barbara community to attend a casual public forum called "Nano-Meeter" to discuss the possibilities for applying nanotechnologies to energy needs.

18 Oct 2008

Cabot Microelectronics Celebrates Grand Opening of Global Pads Manufacturing Center

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, today celebrated the grand opening of its global pads manu...

18 Oct 2008

Conference to Introduce Taiwan Dentists to New Nanotechnology from U.S.

On October 18, 2008, the AIT Commercial Section will co-host a conference on dental implants at the Taiwan Medical University to introduce Taiwan dentists to the use of new nanotechnology from the United States that dram...

18 Oct 2008

SCI Files Patent on Methodology of Growing Nano Enhanced Bamboo

Survival Consultants Int'l. LLC has filed a patent on the methodology of growing nano enhanced bamboo. Bamboo is a world wide resource. The entire human race has become so entrenched in the uses of steel, copper, ...

18 Oct 2008

Innovative Way to Make and Pattern Nanoscale Wires and Devices

By manipulating the way tiny droplets of fluid dry, Cornell researchers have created an innovative way to make and pattern nanoscale wires and other devices that ordinarily can be made only with expensive lithographic tools. The process is guided by molds that "stamp" the desired structures.

18 Oct 2008

First-Ever Multi-Input 'Plug-and-Play' Synthetic RNA Device

Engineers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a "plug-and-play" synthetic RNA device--a sort of eminently customizable biological computer--that is capable of taking in and respon...

18 Oct 2008

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA Announces Launch of NanoPediatrics Program

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA today announced the launch of the Mattel UCLA NanoPediatrics Program, which will explore the future of personalized medicine for children, including the opportunities and risks involve...

18 Oct 2008

Strategic Partnership Brings Portable Lab-Quality Diagnostics to the U.S. Intelligence Community

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first portable medical diagnostic products which combine nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology, today announced a strategic investment and techno...

17 Oct 2008

Singapore Opens Second Major R+D Hub in 5 years

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong joined more than 400 international leaders in science, technology and business to celebrate the opening of Fusionopolis, its second major R+D hub. Its first major hub, Biopo...

17 Oct 2008

Study Shows How Proteins Permit Entry to a Cell

The means by which proteins provide a 'border control' service, allowing cells to take up chemicals and substances from their surroundings, whilst keeping others out, is revealed in unprecedented molecular detail for the first time today (16 October) in Science Express.

17 Oct 2008