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Ford Accelerates Nanotechnology Research

Ford Motor Company has announced that it is using one of the most advanced laboratory devices in North America to accelerate its nanotechnology research into lighter weight metals and plastics with greater strength, ulti...

13 Feb 2007

Berkeley Chemist Paul Alivisatos Named Lawrence Award Winner for Work on Quantum Dots

U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman last week(Wednesday, Feb. 7) named eight winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, among them University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry Paul Alivisatos, dire...

13 Feb 2007

Molecular Imprints Announces Imprio 1100 Precision Imprint Lithography System

Molecular Imprints, Inc. (MII) has unveiled the latest addition to its Imprio line of imprint lithography tools today at the Strategies in Light trade conference. The Imprio 1100 Precision Imprint Lithography System is a...

13 Feb 2007

EV Group and GenISys Form Collaboration on Advanced Mask Aligner Lithography Simulation for MEMS

EV Group (EVG) announced it has formed a collaborative product development partnership with GenISys GmbH for the development and marketing of a simulation platform for advanced mask aligner lithography processes. The fir...

From EV Group 13 Feb 2007

SUSS Equipment Selected for MEMS Research Lab in Mexico

SUSS MicroTec has announced that the University of Juarez (UACJ), Mexico has selected its advanced wafer bonding equipment for its research laboratory. UACJ is an integral member of the Paso del Norte (PDN) Regional M...

13 Feb 2007

Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Research Showing Extended Life for Carbon Nanotubes

Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. has announced that scientists at the University of California at Riverside and Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. have shown for the first time in a recent publication (J. Power Sources J. Power Sources., 20...

13 Feb 2007

Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Confine Single Strands of DNA

The object of fascination for most is the DNA molecule. But in solution, DNA, the genetic material that hold the detailed instructions for virtually all life, is a twisted knot, looking more like a battered ball of yarn ...

13 Feb 2007

Tiny Bubbles Mimic Capabilities of a Computer

In work that could dramatically boost the capabilities of "lab on a chip" devices, MIT researchers have created a way to use tiny bubbles to mimic the capabilities of a computer. The team, based at MIT's...

13 Feb 2007

New Molecular "Fishing" Technique Lays Groundwork for Future Advances in Hand-Held Sensing Devices

A new molecular "fishing" technique developed by researchers at Duke University and Duke's Pratt School of Engineering lays the groundwork for future advances in hand-held sensing devices. Hand-held devi...

13 Feb 2007

Dendrimers Used to Carry Fluorescent Labels to Specific Proteins in Living Venom Cells from a Rattlesnake

A complex molecule and snake venom may provide researchers with a more reliable method of diagnosing human diseases and developing new drugs. Purdue University researchers bound a complex nanomolecule, called a dendri...

13 Feb 2007

CytoViva Reveals Distinction Between Calcifying Nanoparticles and Inorganic Crystal

Research is finding evidence that may solve one of the great puzzles of 21st Century medicine using a new microscopy technology known as CytoViva. Researchers at Mayo Clinic successfully isolated nanoparticles from hu...

13 Feb 2007

Gum Arabic as a Phytochemical Construct for the Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles have shown significant promise as agents to detect and treat cancer, but researchers have had difficulty creating gold nanoparticles that have suitable pharmacological properties for use in humans. A t...

13 Feb 2007

Study Helps Nanotech Researchers Hone Outreach Skills

If you could paint a gallon’s worth of paint one nanometer thick, how much area could you cover? The surprising answer – about 930 acres, or slightly larger than New York's Central Park – certainly ...

13 Feb 2007

Nanoparticle Boost for Antitumor Vaccines

Researchers have known for some time that certain sequences of synthetic DNA induce potent immune responses when injected into animals and humans. A new study, conducted by Ying Tam, Ph.D., and colleagues at Inex Pharmac...

13 Feb 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Efforts to create nanoparticles that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging agents to tumors while avoiding healthy cells are often stymied by a lack of known tumor targets, that is, molecules found on the surface of malign...

13 Feb 2007