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Leading Lithography Supplier Receives Multiple-System Order from SemiLEDs Corp

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today announced it received a multiple-system order from U.S.-based SemiLEDs Corp. A leading supp...

14 Oct 2008

Pioneer in High Throughput SNP Discovery Brings Expertise in Human Genome Haplotyping

BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough nanoscale platforms for genetic diagnostics, personalized medicine and biomedical research, today announced the appointment of noted medical genomics researcher Pui-Yan Kw...

14 Oct 2008

Research and Markets Announces Availability of Worldwide Nanotechnology Opportunities Report

Nanotechnology has begun to infiltrate every industrial sector, creating a broad range of emerging business opportunities from next-generation computer memory and storage devices to advanced drug delivery systems. Th...

From Research and Markets 14 Oct 2008

Researcher Looks For Ways to Kill Cancer Cells using Nanotechnology

Physics Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky brought more with her when she arrived at UT Dallas than expertise in nanotechnology and shiny behemoth lab equipment. She brought an award for $84,000 from the National Institutes of Health via the Cleveland Clinic.

14 Oct 2008

Researchers Write Nanoscale Protein Arrays Using a Nanofountain Pen and Electric Fields

Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale a...

14 Oct 2008

Kiel University Researchers Report Sequence-Dependent Effects of Light on DNA

DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems.

13 Oct 2008

NeoBiocon and Abraxis BioScience Launch Abraxane for Treatment of Breast Cancer

NeoBiocon, a recently established biotechnology company and Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced the launch of ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectab...

12 Oct 2008

The Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology

The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) helped to win the new University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), a...

11 Oct 2008

Nanowire Sensors to be Used for Point-of-Care Disease Detection

Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano...

11 Oct 2008

mRNA-Seq Expands Illumina's Gene Expression Product Portfolio

Illumina, Inc. today announced the broad availability of mRNA-Seq, a new product for full-length, complementary DNA (cDNA) sequencing on the Genome Analyzer. In contrast to tiling and exon arrays, researchers can use mRN...

9 Oct 2008