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Electronic Nose Detecting Odour Differences in Normal and Cancerous Brain Cells

An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in normal and cancerous brain cells.

30 Apr 2009

Forum Designed to Accelerate Renewable Energy Technologies by Addressing Measurements at the Nanoscale

NIST, NREL, ASME and CNSE to jointly present April 26-28 forum designed to accelerate renewable energy technologies by addressing measurements at the nanoscale The acceleration of nanoscale solutions to enable clean a...

23 Apr 2009

The World's Smallest Diamond Transistor

At just 50 nanometres in length the ‘gate' of the diamond transistor developed by Dr David Moran, of the Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, is more than 1000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, and is half the size of the previous smallest diamond transistor developed by Japanese firm NTT.

17 Apr 2009

Oxford Instruments Receives Multi-System Order from from KAUST

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce a substantial multi-system order from the newly built King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. This large order comprises multiple plasma etch, deposition and growth systems.

From Oxford Instruments plc 16 Apr 2009

President and CEO of FPInnovations to Make Keynote Presentation at Nanotechnology Conference

Pierre Lapointe, president and C.E.O. of FPInnovations, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, ...

13 Apr 2009

Book Examines Principles of Nanophotonics and Novel Nanofabrication Technologies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Nanophotonics and Nanofabrication" to their offering. Starting out with a review of the principles of nanophotoni...

From Research and Markets 9 Apr 2009

New Technique Making it Possible to Create Nano Features Without Using UV Light

The ability to create tiny patterns is essential to the fabrication of computer chips and many other current and potential applications of nanotechnology.

9 Apr 2009

International Conference on the Ethical Issues of Nanotechnology

NanoBioNet e. V., Centre of Excellence for Nano and Biotechnology, is organizing an international conference entitled 'SIZE MATTERS 2009: The ethical challenges facing nanotechnology.'

9 Apr 2009

Facing the Ethical Challenges of Nanotechnology

NanoBioNet e. V. and cc-NanoChem e. V. host the international conference "SIZE MATTERS 2009. Facing the ethical challenges of nanotechnology". The conference will take place in the castle of Saarbrücken, Germany, 17-18 June 2009.

7 Apr 2009

New Book Provides Overview of Aptamer Development and Applications

Research and industry are increasingly exploiting the potential of aptamers. As well as their application in research, medical diagnosis and treatment, aptamers are also interesting as a basis for biosensors for use in environmental analysis because their characteristics enable them to identify and bind target molecules as surely as a key fits a lock.

7 Apr 2009