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Nano Tensile Properties of Human Hair

Researchers in India have been investigating the nano tensile properties of human hair using an LFPlus single column materials testing machine and NEXYGENPlus control and analysis software from Lloyd Instruments. Using a...

30 Sep 2008

Applied Nanotech Continues Research Agreement With Japanese Chemical Products Company

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. today announced that upon successful conclusion of the second phase of its research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, it has entered into a continuation...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 29 Sep 2008

Company's 65nm HDMI IP Cores Nominated for Elektra 08 European Electronics Industry Award

MIPS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced an expan...

29 Sep 2008

NextIO Names Virage Logic as IP Partner for 65-Nanometer Embedded Memories

Virage Logic Corporation, the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced that NextIO of Austin, Texas, having achieved first-pass silicon success using Virage Logic’s semiconductor intellectua...

29 Sep 2008

Sun Pharma to Use FEI Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Nanoparticle Research

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, announced today the installation of a solution based upon FEI's Tecnai(TM) Spirit cryo-transmission electron microscope (TEM) and three-dimensional (3D) tomography software at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Mumbai, India. Sun Pharmaceutical will use FEI's 3D imaging solution for quality control of drug-loaded vesicles to speed up the development of new therapeutics.

29 Sep 2008

Agency to Equip Seven Field Offices with State-of-the-Art Technology for Analysis of Pesticides in Food Supply

Applied Biosystems Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has purchased seven of the company's 4000 QTRAP® Systems for the analysis of potential harmful pesticides in the U.S. food supply...

29 Sep 2008

IBM, Chartered, Samsung and ARM to Develop 32nm and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip

IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and ARM today announced they will develop a comprehensive 32 nanometer (nm) and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) design platform based on high...

29 Sep 2008

New Measurement Technique Based on Molecules in Turbulent Airflow

Dutch researcher Jeroen Bominaar has developed a new measurement technique based on following molecules in a (turbulent) airflow. Its main advantage is that no measuring instruments or small particles, such as glass bead...

29 Sep 2008

Nanoethics Group to Speak at Environmental Nanotechnology Conference

The Nanoethics Group today announced that it will make two presentations at the upcoming "Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics, and Policy" conference on November 10-11, 2008, hosted by the acclaimed De...

29 Sep 2008

U.S. Army R+D to Explain Military Interest in Nanomaterials at nanotxUSA'08

Military interest in nanotechnology has long been know and understood, but for scientists who have hoped for interest in C60, the Army's call for fullerenes is a welcome surprise. Before his death nearly three years ...

29 Sep 2008

Scientists Succeeded in Developing a Micron-Scale On-Chip Resonator

How heavy or how big can an object be before losing its quantum properties and obeying to the laws of classical physics? This question drives many research groups all around the globe. Answers still remain to be given as currently there are no systems which allow observing the expected tiny signatures of quantum effects in macroscopic objects.

29 Sep 2008

Nanocomposite Gel for Three-Dimensional Cell Culture

Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has invented a unique user-friendly gel that can liquefy on demand, with the potential to revolution...

29 Sep 2008

Top Minds in Nanotechnology to Provide Accurate Vision or Risks at nanotxUSA'08

A distinguished panel of nanotechnology experts will address the topics of nano-safety when they gather at the nanotxUSA Conference/Expo, October 2-3, at the Hyatt Regency Dallas convention hotel. The issue of safety in ...

27 Sep 2008

Despatch Industries Presenting at Global Outlook for Carbon Fiber 2008

Despatch Industries, the world's leading provider of process technology for the production of carbon fiber, will be presenting at the Global Outlook for Carbon Fiber 2008, taking place September 30 through October 2 ...

27 Sep 2008

New Standards to Support the Innovative Field of Nanotechnology

The first concrete result of the work ISO launched in 2005 to develop standards to support the innovative field of nanotechnologies comes with the publication of ISO/TS 27687:2008, which provides terms and definitions related to particles in the field of nanotechnologies.

27 Sep 2008