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X-Ray Able to Tell the Left Quartz from the Right Quartz

Many proteins, sugars and pharmaceuticals crystallize into two forms that are mirror images of one another-similar to the way a left and right hand mirror each other. Often, the two structures of these so-called enantiomers can have very different chemical properties.

15 Aug 2008

NASA Uses Atomic Force Microscope to Produce First Ever Image of a Single Grain of Martian Dust

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope

15 Aug 2008

World Leading MEMS Foundry Continues to Support Micralyne Microsystems Design Award

Micralyne Inc., a world leading MEMS foundry, was pleased to announce its continued support for the Micralyne Microsystems Design Award presented at the CMC Microsystems Annual Symposium. Micralyne has supported the TEXP...

From Micralyne Inc. 15 Aug 2008

Combination Creates a Global in Vitro Diagnostics Company with Brand Identity

Nanogen, Inc., developer of molecular and rapid in vitro diagnostic products, and The Elitech Group, a private French diagnostics company, announced a definitive agreement to combine the two companies. The combination wi...

15 Aug 2008

Students Graduates From Inaugural Nanoscale Science Summer Institute

Twenty-five Capital Region middle-school students received certificates today as members of the first class to graduate from the inaugural Excelsior Scholars Nanoscale Science Summer Institute.

15 Aug 2008

Nanoscientist Mass-Produced 2500 Olympics Logo on Grain of Rice

Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space.

15 Aug 2008

Forum Showcases Treatments for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries Involving Nanotechnology

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA announced today that it will host an international forum featuring some of the world's most innovative scientists and technology leaders at the vanguard of treatmen...

15 Aug 2008

Paving the Way to Smaller Electronic Devices and Higher-Capacity Hard Drives

A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic devices and higher-capaci...

15 Aug 2008

Detecting Changes in Protein–Water Network in Real Time

Water is no passive spectator of biological processes; it is an active participant. Protein folding is thus a self-organized process in which the actions of the solvent play a key role. So far, the emphasis in studies of...

15 Aug 2008

Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Delivery Vehicles

The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.

15 Aug 2008

Silver and Calcium Phosphate Nano-Particles Proves Deadly to Bacteria

Chemical Engineers in Switzerland have created a plastic film that’s up to 1000 times more effective at killing E. coli bacteria cells than conventional methods. The team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech...

15 Aug 2008

Additional Sales and Expenditures Further Broaden First Nano and CVD Product Lines

CVD Equipment Corporation today announced that it has achieved record 3 and 6 month revenues and its fifteenth consecutive profitable quarter. Revenue for the three and six months ending June 30, 2008 was approximately $...

14 Aug 2008

Leading Fuel Cell Developer Creates Strategic Partnership with IceMOS Technology

Neah Power Systems, Inc., a leading developer of fuel cells for military, industrial and consumer portable electronic devices, announced today that it has created a strategic partnership with IceMOS Technology Ltd. to ut...

14 Aug 2008

Scientists Developing New Storage Modules for Hybrid Vehicles

Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid motors. The vehicle is powered...

14 Aug 2008

Anasys Instruments Wins Prestigious R+D 100 Award for VESTA Product

Anasys Instruments has won the prestigious R+D 100 award for its new VESTA product, a tool which revolutionizes thermal analysis with its ability to perform “point & click” micro and nano thermal analysis...

14 Aug 2008