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Nanotechnology Expert to Maximise Queensland University's Research Networks

The University of Queensland (UQ) has promoted a researcher renowned for his work with minute matter in order to scale up its global research networks. Professor Max Lu will take the new position of Pro-Vice-Chancell...

24 Sep 2008

New Self-Assembly Technology to Synthesise Nanoparticles for Selective Separation of Biomolecules

UQ researcher Dr Shizhang Qiao is working on developing a new self-assembly technology to synthesise new nanoparticles for selective separation of biomolecules. Working at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering ...

24 Sep 2008

MIT's Center for Materials Science and Engineering Wins Six-Year $19.2 Million NSF Grant

Amid an increasingly challenging federal funding environment, MIT's Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) has won a six-year, $19.2 million National Science Foundation grant that will support research, ...

24 Sep 2008

Hybrid Plastics Achieves Milestone with Nanomaterials

Hybrid Plastics under sponsorship from The National Science Foundation, Electronics Division, has reached a milestone by producing the first conformal coating capable of suppressing tin whiskers. Lead-free electronics are ubiquitous. Consequently, so is the potential of electronic short circuits from conductive tin whiskers which grow from lead-free solder joints and interconnects.

24 Sep 2008

Rensselaer Professor Named as New Head of Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Jonathan Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann'42 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer, has been named the new director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS). Dordic...

24 Sep 2008

Innalabs Announces Official Entrance to the Inertial Product Market

Today the list of manufacturers on the inertial product market has appended with one more participant - Innalabs Holding Inc. The company has announced its official entrance to the inertial product market offering high-a...

24 Sep 2008

Researchers Developed Novel Nanotechnology Test for Chemical DNA Modifications

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel test to screen for chemical modifications to DNA known as methylation. The technology potentially could be used both for ...

24 Sep 2008

Symposium Showcases Newest and Upcoming Nano- and Micro-Devices Used to Heal

The symposium will examine the use of nano-and micro-fabrication tools and explore techniques for clinical and basic life sciences research, including the development of drug delivery systems, biosensors and fluidic devi...

24 Sep 2008

Detecting Protein-DNA Interactions Using Photonic Crystal Biosensors

Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions.

24 Sep 2008

Recognized Nanotechnology Leader Honored with Special Award during nanotxUSA'08

In announcing the award today, organizers of nanotxUSA'08 said these leaders recognize that the beginnings for many of the nanotechnology organization in Texas got early inspiration from colloquiums that have taken p...

24 Sep 2008

Experienced Battery Development Company Creates Compact 3-Volt Reserve Lithium Battery

mPhase Technologies, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., today announced that the company has produced compact reserve lithium battery prototypes with a manually activated breakable separator cap...

23 Sep 2008

EmTech08 Conference Gathers World's Top Innovators and Business Leaders at MIT

Technology Review, Inc., the authority on the future of technology, is hosting its eighth annual Emerging Technologies Conference, EmTech08, September 23-25th at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. EmTech08 is the premier event for ...

23 Sep 2008

Sale Represents Owlstone Nanotech's First-Ever Field Deployment of Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

Advance Nanotech, Inc., today announced that the Company's majority owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., was awarded a multiple unit contract for its Lonestar environmental monitoring sensor from a U.S. based c...

From Owlstone Nanotech 23 Sep 2008

eBioscience Expands Portfolio with Introduction of eFluor Nanocrystals Product Line

eBioscience Corporation, a leading global provider of innovative high quality cell analysis reagents, announced today the expansion of its multicolor cellular analysis portfolio with the introduction of its eFluor(TM) br...

23 Sep 2008

Oxford Instruments Sells Molecular Beam Epitaxy Business

Oxford Instruments plc, the high technology tools and systems company, and RIBER SA, the leading Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) company announced today that the MBE business currently owned by Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Ltd (OIPT), has been sold to RIBER in Bezons, France.

From Oxford Instruments plc 23 Sep 2008