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Sandia Announces MEMS Student Design Contest

Two winners of the third annual University Alliance competition for student microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) designs have been announced by Sandia National Laboratories, which originated and supports the competition...

From Sandia National Laboratories 15 May 2007

Scientists Mimic One of Nature's Cleverest Feats of Surface Chemistry

With a nod to one of nature's best surface chemists - an obscure desert beetle - polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a convenient way to construct test surface...

15 May 2007

New Microfabricated Spectrometer from NIST

A tiny device for calibrating or stabilizing precision lasers has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The prototype device could replace table-top-sized instrument...

15 May 2007

Single-Molecule Mass Spectrometry in Solution

Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using a system that can fit on a microchip or in a drop of salt water. It's closer than you might think, say a team of researche...

15 May 2007

DIY Nanotechnology for Journalists

Cover your shoes, put on your goggles and zip up your clean-room suit. You’re going to make a nano device. You are invited to the Journalist Workshop in Nanotechnology, June 13, 2007, hosted by the Kavli Institu...

15 May 2007

Calando Pharmaceuticals to Begin Testing RNA/Oligonucleotide Nanoparticle Delivery Technology

Calando Pharmaceuticals, a leading siRNA therapeutics company and a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, together with City of Hope (COH) and the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center (UCLA), today announced...

14 May 2007

New Device for Calibrating Lasers for Atomic Physics Research

14 May 2007

Nanoscale Pores Helping to Identify Unknown Molecules

Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can fit on a microchip. It's closer than you might believe, say a team of ...

14 May 2007

CEMMNT Open Doors to Measurement, Characterisation and Design Equipment

The Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and Nano Technologies (CEMMNT) celebrated its official launch on Wednesday, 2nd May 2007, at the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC), in Loughborough. CEMMNT provi...

14 May 2007

Magnetic Tweezers Are A Step Towards Implantable Nanodevices

By injecting tiny magnetic beads into a living cell and manipulating them with a magnetic ‘tweezer’, scientists of the University of Twente succeed in getting to know more about the mechanics of the cell nucl...

14 May 2007

Phoenix Motorcars Order $2.2m of NanoSafe Batteries from Altair Nanotechnologies

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced nanomaterials technology used in energy, life sciences and industrial product applications, today announced it received a new order in the amount of $2,210,000...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 11 May 2007

Longest Carbon Nanotubes Ever Grown Reach Nearly Two Centimeters

Using techniques that could revolutionize manufacturing for certain materials, researchers have grown carbon nanotubes that are the longest in the world. While still slightly less than 2 centimeters long, each nanotube i...

11 May 2007

New Agreement Allows iCeutical to Leverage Encapsulated Organic Nanoparticle Technology

iCeutica Inc is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding agreement with Danish venture capital group Nordic Biotech to establish a new company Spree Pharma A/S. The agreement enables Spree to leverage iCeutica&rs...

10 May 2007

Nanotech Cancer Detector Wins Prize at NanoNexus2007

A plan to use nanotechnology to produce a new type of cancer detector won the third-place award at the NanoNexus2007 conference held last month at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The detector has been under development...

From Nanonex Corporation 10 May 2007

BIOIDENT Develops Industries First Complete Functional Lab-on-a-Chip System

BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., the leading company in the development of printed optoelectronic solutions for life sciences, today announced the industry’s first complete, functional lab-on-a-chip system—the Pho...

9 May 2007