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Creating Molecular Wires or Smallest Magnets for Nanotechnology Applications

For millions of years nature has been optimizing DNA – in all living creatures this biomolecule is responsible for storing genetic information. Now a research project supervised by Dr. Jens Müller from the Cha...

8 Aug 2008

New Ways to Detect Microscopic Contaminants in Drugs

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to participate in the inspection of overseas drug-manufacturing facilities, the pharmaceutical industry is reexamining its approach to quality control. In response to this trend, ASPEX Corporation has announced the release of its Rx microanalysis solution, the first all-in-one system designed for detecting and characterizing microscopic contaminants in pharmaceuticals.

8 Aug 2008

Octillion Sponsors Nanotechnology Conference

Octillion Corp., a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology incubator, today announced its sponsorship of the 2008 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Conference at Oakland University. The conference...

8 Aug 2008

Grants Will Assist Research Collaborations in Areas Including Nanotechnology

The NSW Government has opened nominations for a new grants program that will connect NSW and South Korea in joint technology projects. Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth said the ‘NSW-Gangwon...

8 Aug 2008

Major Concern Still Ignored by FDA is Nanoparticles in Sunscreen

Since 1978, sunscreens have been regulated and labeled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the basis of their SPF (Skin Protection Factor). On August 23, 2007, the FDA proposed new regulations for more inform...

8 Aug 2008

Threesomes Are Not Known to Break Up Neatly

In chemistry as in life, threesomes are not known to break up neatly. And while open-minded thinkers have insisted that clean three-way splits do happen, nobody had actually witnessed one – until now. A paper...

8 Aug 2008

Hitachi Developed New Type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has developed the SU8000, a new type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that features a newly developed top detector. The SU8000 was introduced on August 1.

8 Aug 2008

Nanoscale Atmospheric Aerosol Species Being Ignored in Climate Computer Models

Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-...

8 Aug 2008

Edible Nanoscale Optical Sensors Could Detect Harmful Bacteria in Produce

Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for ...

7 Aug 2008

Companies to Jointly Develop Next-Generation eWLB Wafer-Level Packaging Technology

STMicroelectronics, STATS ChipPAC, and Infineon Technologies AG today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop the next-generation of embedded Wafer-Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB) technology, based o...

7 Aug 2008

Uniquely Detailed Look at What Happens When Gas Molecule Meets Fluid

Thought experiment: a carbon dioxide molecule-think of a cheerleader’s baton-comes slanting in at high speed over a dense liquid, strikes the surface and ricochets. How does it tumble? Fast or slow? Forward, backward or sideways? These are not idle questions because simple events like the tumbling molecule go to the heart of the chemistry and physics of gas-liquid interactions.

7 Aug 2008