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TeraVicta Announces New MEMS Switches

TeraVicta Technologies, Inc., has announced the addition of two new products to its switch family; a Double Pole Double Throw (DPDT) and a Single Pole Four Throw (SP4T) configuration in the DC to 7 GHz switch product lin...

22 Jun 2007

Targeting and Imaging Cancer Cells With Multifunctional Nanoparticle Platforms

There has been much recent interest in how nanotechnology will impact the field of medicine. Unfortunately, a number of promising nanostructured systems have turned out to be extremely toxic to humans, thus precluding th...

22 Jun 2007

Handheld XRF Analyzer Released By Oxford Instruments For Aerospace Industry

Oxford Instruments has launched a new, portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyser with vacuum pump for the analysis of light metal alloys. The X-MET3000TXV+ can now measure silicon and magnesium in aluminum and the alumi...

22 Jun 2007

Springer Launch Journal of Nanoethics - First Issue Available Free

The field of nanotechnology is broad and has the potential to be used in a wide range of industries and fields, but the question is whether it is a good investment. Will it solve fundamental social problems that assure a...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 22 Jun 2007

NanoNerds Release Music Video Looking at the Late Night Activities In a Nanotechnology Lab

A group calling themselves the NanoNerds and the Museum of Science have released an amusing music video looking at the unusual nocturnal goings on in a grad student nanotechnology lab in the early hours of the morning. ...

21 Jun 2007

"n is for nanotechnology" Nanotech Video From Hewlett Packard

"n is for nanotechnology" is a brief promotional video from Hewlett Packard that gives a basic overview to what nanotechnology is. The simple video looks at everlasting lightbulbs, miniature cell phones, tiny c...

21 Jun 2007

Chance For Companies To Show Latest Developments in Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Nanotechnology, Fuel Cells and Ceramic Armour

The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) in conjunction with the ACerS Engineering Ceramics and Basic Science Divisions is hosting the 32nd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites in Dayto...

21 Jun 2007

Highly Efficient Room Temperature Nanolaser Developed For Use In Miniature Circuits and Optics

Scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan have built a highly efficient room-temperature nanometer-scale laser that produces stable, continuous streams of near-infrared laser light. The overall device has a wid...

21 Jun 2007

Fighting Allergies With Buckyballs

Allergic disease is the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, and while various treatments have been developed to control allergy, no cure has been found. These findings advance the emerging field ...

21 Jun 2007

Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) to Co-Sponsor nanoTX’07 International Nanotechnology Week Conference and Trade Expo

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) will co-sponsor the International Nanotechnology Week conference and trade expo - "nanoTX'07" - at the Dallas Convention Center from October 2 through 4, 2...

21 Jun 2007

UC Santa Barbara Nanotechnology Researchers To Discuss Medical Applications of Nanotechnologies

UC Santa Barbara’s NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) are inviting the Santa Barbara community to attend a casual forum called "NanoCafé" t...

20 Jun 2007

Nano 50 Award For CytoViva

CytoViva, Inc., an optical microscopy company, announced that its Dual Mode Fluorescence (DMF) module has been selected as a Nano 50 Award recipient. The annual competition from the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs recogni...

20 Jun 2007

Miniaturised, Automatic Cancer Diagnosis From The FISH on a Chip

For the first time an important diagnostic test for cancer has been miniaturized and automated onto a microfluidic chip by a team of University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada. This new technology opens up ...

20 Jun 2007

Nanotechnology Set To Bring Huge Boost To Canadian Business

The Canadian Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) has just released an important new document discussing a policy framework for nanotechnology in Canada. Nanotechnology is the ability to measure, see,...

20 Jun 2007

Cenamps Video Shows How Nanotechnology Enabled Materials and Devices Are Set To Make a Better, Safer and Healthier Future For All

Cenamps is an innovative organisation committed to bringing emerging technologies to the general public by commercialising those scientific breakthroughs. Cenamps is working to bring smarter objects, smarter environments...

20 Jun 2007