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Scientists Awarded 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Discovery and Development of GFP

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien, for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.

8 Oct 2008

Super-Conductors Generating Enormous Interest

Super conductors are materials that conduct current without resistance. For this reason, this field of research has always generated enormous interest, and considerable resources are utilised on techniques that can transform these materials into good energy conductors in technical components.

8 Oct 2008

National Information Society Agency Chooses STS' Pegasus for New MEMS Foundry

Surface Technology Systems plc (STS), a leader in plasma process technologies required in the manufacturing and packaging of micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) and advanced electronic devices, today announced that th...

8 Oct 2008

Merck Extends Existing Strategic Alliance with Leading Nanotechnology Company

Merck KGaA (EMD in North America) announced today the extension of its existing strategic alliance with Nano-Terra, Inc., a leading nanotechnology co-development company. The original agreement between the companies,...

8 Oct 2008

MAST Ramps Up For Rapid Commercial Growth In The Magnetic Sensor Market

Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies, Inc. (MAST), a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Micromem Technologies, has established a corporate office in New York City. The opening of the stateside office is part of the parent c...

8 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Conference Providing Start-Ups Opportunity to Seek Funding from Venture Capitals

Clean tech and nanotech companies and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to seek early stage funding from venture capitalists, angel investors and other sources at the 5th Annual International Congress of Nano Bio C...

8 Oct 2008

Enzyme Undergoes Large Conformational Change After Small Messenger Molecule Binds

An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated. The enzyme, phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6), is central to the way light entering the retina is converted into a cascade of signals to the brain.

8 Oct 2008

Raymor Industries Signs Titanium Powder Supply Agreement with New European Client

Raymor Industries Inc., a leading developer and producer of single-walled carbon nanotubes, nanomaterials and advanced materials, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, AP+C Advanced Powders and Coatings has signed ...

8 Oct 2008

Nicast Commences Market Launch of AVflo in Europe

Nicast Ltd., developer of medical devices made from proprietary electrospinning technology, announced today the receipt of a CE Mark for its flagship product, the AVflo artificial vascular graft. The device is intended t...

8 Oct 2008

No Regulatory Void on Nanotechnology, Says European Commission

While knowledge gaps remain regarding the potential risks of nanotechnologies, the European Commission again expressed confidence that existing EU regulation can be applied to this emerging sector, stressing that the cha...

8 Oct 2008

Largest Roll-to-Roll Flexible Thin Film Solar Manufacturing Facility in the World

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has opened the largest roll-to-roll flexible thin...

8 Oct 2008

Technology Expected to Aid Drug Discovery

Sigma-Aldrich is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign allowing Sigma-Aldrich to offer research quantities of powerful new boronic acid surrogates for use in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to researchers worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich can also satisfy commercial-scale requests for these surrogates from its manufacturing customers.

8 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology News

Scientists Awarded 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Discovery and Development of GFP

Super-Conductors Generating Enormous Interest

National Information Society Agency Chooses STS' Pegasus for New MEMS Foundry

Merck Extends Existing Strategic Alliance with Leading Nanotechnology Company

MAST Ramps Up For Rapid Commercial Growth In The Magnetic Sensor Market

Nanotechnology Conference Providing Start-Ups Opportunity to Seek Funding from Venture Capitals

Enzyme Undergoes Large Conformational Change After Small Messenger Molecule Binds

Raymor Industries Signs Titanium Powder Supply Agreement with New European Client

Nicast Commences Market Launch of AVflo in Europe

No Regulatory Void on Nanotechnology, Says European Commission

Largest Roll-to-Roll Flexible Thin Film Solar Manufacturing Facility in the World

Technology Expected to Aid Drug Discovery

Microfluidics Announces Availability of Several New Services Designed to Enhance Customer Success

QualSec Believes Presidential Candidates Commitment to Bio-Security and Pandemic Prevention

Restructuring Prepares Company for Product Commercialization

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