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Metamaterial Electromagnetic Wormholes Shown to be Possible

The team of mathematicians that first created the mathematics behind the “invisibility cloak” announced by physicists last October has now shown that the same technology could be used to generate an “el...

15 Oct 2007

Multi Million Unit Purschase of Anti-Counterfeiting Nano-Molecular Markers

IDGLOBAL has received a multi-million unit purchase order by a client to mark their products with IDGLOBAL's Nano-Molecular Markers(TM) to protect against counterfeiting infections. The value of the purchase order is...

15 Oct 2007

Quantum Dot Transistor can Count Individual Photons

A transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons (the smallest particles of light) has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The semiconductor ...

15 Oct 2007

$20 Million Contract to Develop Inhaled Gentamicin for Treatment of Aerosol Exposure to Bioterrorism Agents

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., has announced that it has been awarded a $20 Million 4-year contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and th...

From Nanotherapeutics Inc. 15 Oct 2007

Force and Fluorescence Hybrid Device Measures Nanometer Scale Motion of Biomolecules Caused by Pico-Newton Forces

A hybrid device combining force and fluorescence developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has made possible the accurate detection of nanometer-scale motion of biomolecules caused by pico-newton forces. ...

15 Oct 2007

Nanodiamonds Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs Without the Negative Effects Associated with Current Cancer Drugs

Northwestern University researchers have shown that nanodiamonds - much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale -- are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs...

15 Oct 2007

Semiconductor Material Bends Light in The Opposite Direction From All Naturally Occurring Materials

A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startl...

15 Oct 2007

German Future Award Namination for Nanion's Planar Patch Clamp Technology

The planar patch clamp technology used in a family of automated electrophysiology products developed and marketed by Nanion Technologies GmbH in Munich , Germany , is among four technological and scientific innovations t...

From Nanion Technologies GmbH 15 Oct 2007

Sigma Aldrich Partners With Program to Put Spectroscopy in Schools

The University of Leicester and the East Midlands Region are leading a national programme aimed at providing schools and colleges with hands-on access to state of the art scientific instrumentation in the study of chemis...

From Sigma Aldrich 12 Oct 2007

Thermo Fisher To Construct State-of-the-Art BioCenter for the Manufacture of Single Use Bioprocess Containers

Thermo Fisher Scientific , the world leader in serving science, today announced its plan to construct an $11 million, state-of-the-art BioCenter for the manufacture of single-use bioprocess containers (BPCs) and related ...

12 Oct 2007

Sol Gel Inks can be Used to Create 3D Nanoscale Printing

New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features. The ability to directly pattern fun...

12 Oct 2007

Is Engineered Nanomaterial Exposure a Myth

Some nanotechnology fanciers suggest that, like proverbial birds of a feather, engineered nanoscale materials will flock - or clump - together. This tendency, they maintain, should reduce or eliminate risks as nanotechno...

12 Oct 2007

Webcast With Mihail Roco on the Future of Nanotechnology

It is hard to discuss the future of nanotechnology without talking about or with Mike Roco. Dr. Roco is the key architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)-Americas $8 billion federal investment in the scie...

12 Oct 2007

Faster Heat up of Fuel Cell Stacks

Based on its expertise in developing customised electrical heating solutions, Isopad has products offering significant benefits to the pioneers of fuel cell technology. These include mineral insulated (MI) heaters for fa...

12 Oct 2007

Veeco Introduces TurboDisc E475 MOCVD System for R/O/Y HB-LED and Solar Applications

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that it has introduced its new TurboDisc E475 As/P Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system to be used in the production of red, orange, yellow (R/O/Y) high-brightness...

12 Oct 2007