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NanoSIMS Shows How Blue Green Algae Are Significant Species in The Global Carbon Cycle

Using NanoSIMS (high- resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USC and Portland State University scientists showed that they could image and track nutrient uptake in blue green...

12 Jul 2007

EPA Invites Public Comment on Design of Nanotechnology Stewardship Program

In its continuing efforts to better understand the potential risks and benefits of nanotechnology, EPA is inviting the public to comment on the agency's proposed approach to developing a Nanoscale Materials Stewardsh...

12 Jul 2007

Innovative Robotics Introduces Double-Pick Dual Wrist SCARA Robot For Handling Semiconductor Wafers

Following the successful launch of its fast-swap, dual wrist robot, the Silicon Valley-based Innovative Robotics announces a powerful enhancement: the ability to pick and place two wafers at once, while retaining the abi...

12 Jul 2007

Nanogen Diagnostic Tool to Test for Schizophrenia Markers

Nanogen, Inc., developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that it has entered into an agreement whereby the company acquired rights to genetic markers related to schizophrenia and responses to antipsychot...

From Nanogen 12 Jul 2007

Nanophotonics, Nanoengineering and Nanotechnology Experts in Podcast Interview

Lumera Corporation, a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology, announced today the release of its newest podcast interviews with Kimberly D.C. Trapp, Industry Liaison Officer at Lehigh University Center for Optica...

12 Jul 2007

Water Based Nanotechnology With Neowater

Neowater is a novel proprietary water-based nanotechnology. It is a commercially available broad enabling platform upon which research, diagnostics, biotech and pharma companies can obtain disruptive price-performance re...

12 Jul 2007

Super High-k Films for DRAM and Flash

VESTA Technology, Inc., a leader in thermal process systems and atomic layer deposition, has joined with ATDF, the world’s leading R&D foundry, to unveil Super High-k (Super-k) film, a new product suitable for ...

12 Jul 2007

Luminex and Exiqon Sign Distribution Agreement For MicroRNA Products and Launch Expanded Product Line

Luminex Corporation, a leading provider of multiplex solutions, and Exiqon A/S, a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, announced the execution of a distribution agreement for the FlexmiR line...

12 Jul 2007

BioSante Nanoparticle Based Vaccine May Be Used As Effective Bird Flu Treatment

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced new positive results demonstrating that its calcium phosphate (CaP) nanoparticle-based vaccine adjuvant, BioVant, may serve as an effective vaccine adjuvant for the development of...

12 Jul 2007

Nantero Carbon Nanotube Technology and HP Thermal Inkjet Used for Printable Flexible Electronic Memory

Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, is working with HP to explore the use of HP inkjet technology and Nantero’s carbon nanotu...

12 Jul 2007

Supermodel Gives Her Thoughts On Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology Being Used In Consumer Goods

In her words supermodel Angela Lindvall is "no expert" but she has put her face and figure at the front of the nanotechnology debate. In a video for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) she warns agains...

12 Jul 2007

Nuclear Blast Protection With Nanotechnology Enhanced Geodesic Domes

The Advanced Nanotechnology blog has conducted a thought experiment on how nanotechnology enhanced geodesic domes may be used to withstand nuclear blasts. The highly speculative proposal covers major cities, such as M...

12 Jul 2007

NanoBio Awarded $2.4 million by the State of Michigan

NanoBio(R) Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel products for the treatment and prevention of serious infections, today announced that it has been awarded $2.4 million by the State of Michigan 21st Ce...

12 Jul 2007

Surrey Nanosystems Win Major Order for Innovative Carbon Nanotube Growth Tool

Surrey NanoSystems has won a major order for its innovative carbon nanotube growth tool from ITA, the advanced technologies research institute in Trapani, Sicily. ITA selected the NanoGrowth tool for its ability to re...

From Surrey Nanosystems 12 Jul 2007

Nanometrics Receive Order from Japanese Flash Memory Manufacturer

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced it has received a multi-platform order from a major Japanese flash memory manufacturer. The orde...

12 Jul 2007