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Nano Applications and Advanced Materials Forum Redesigned to Reflect the Integration of Nanotechnology into Mainstream Industry

IBF Conferences' 2008 Nano Applications and Advanced Materials Forum will provide a window on the environment for investments and business opportunities in nanotech/nanomaterials-enabled technologies. Over the years,...

9 Jan 2008

Computer Chip Minimisation Continues to be Pushed to the Limits

Over the last four decades, computer chips have found their way into virtually every electronic device in the world. During that time they have become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, but, for a team of European resea...

9 Jan 2008

nanoTX'08 Partners with Japan Show

To increase international awareness of nanotechnology on both sides of the globe, International Nanotechnology Week has joined with nano tech Japan as a global partner.

9 Jan 2008

MEMS SensorTechnology To Turn Natural Hand Movements with a Mouse or Remote Control into On Screen Responses

Movea, Inc., the newly formed company created by Movea SA’s acquisition of all of the assets of Gyration, Inc., today announced that its UltraSense™ technology will employ the three-axis acceleration sensor f...

9 Jan 2008

Researchers Develop a New Nanobiotechnology that Enables Magnetic Control of at the Cellular Level

Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have developed a new “nanobiotechnology” that enables magnetic control of events at the cellular level. They describe the technology, which could lead to finely...

9 Jan 2008

Increased Efficiency in Solar Energy Generation with Nanostructured Thin Films

In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and start-up companies are betting on new designs that exploit nanostructures--materials engineered on the scale of a billionth of a meter. Usi...

9 Jan 2008

Nanoshield Fund to Protect the Earth from Attacks by Nanoweapons

The Lifeboat Foundation has launched the NanoShield Fund which will be used to turn their NanoShield program into reality. LF International Spokesperson Philippe Van Nedervelde says, "While we won't be ...

8 Jan 2008

No Pain from Super Fine Ceramic Hybrid Microneedles

New polymerization technology may one day take the pain out of injections and blood draws. A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina and Laser Zentrum Hannover have recently used two-photon polymerization...

8 Jan 2008

Nanoparticles and Magnetism Used to Drive Cells to Targeted Sites in Blood Vessels

Scientists have used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels. The research, done in animals, may lead to a new method of delivering
cells and genes to repair injured or diseased organs in people.

8 Jan 2008

Three Dimensional Projected Images a Step Closer

3DIcon Corporation, a development-stage technology company, today announced that its primary research team at the University of Oklahoma (OU) has reached two critical milestones in the development of its CSpace™ (s...

8 Jan 2008

Energy Efficiency of Lighting gets £10m Research Investment Boost

Research and development into the integration and advancement of more energy efficient lighting, lasers and displays is set to be stimulated through a £10 million investment by the Technology Strategy Board. The...

8 Jan 2008

Veeco Introduce Automated 3-D Atomic Force Microscope

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced the introduction of its new InSight 3D Automated Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Platform.

8 Jan 2008

Flexure-Based Piezo Actuators for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Applications

Piezo specialist PI’s flexure-based piezo actuators such as the P-601 series provide up to 10 times larger travel ranges than classical piezo stack actuators a in low profile package, with virtually unlimited resol...

8 Jan 2008

Nature Nanotechnology Cover Features Work by Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and the NASA Glenn Research Center

An interdisciplinary team from the department of macromolecular science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and the NASA Glenn Research Center earned the Decem...

7 Jan 2008

Nanoparticle Gold Standard to be Developed by BBInternational and NIST

BBInternational’s gold nanoparticles have been selected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the source for a series of certified reference materials for pre-clinical biomedical research....

7 Jan 2008