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New Paradigm of the Biocompatibility of Intravascular Devices

Robert S. Schwartz, MD, medical director of the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, will describe the new paradigm of the biocompatibility of intravascular devices during his keynote presentation at the leading conference on materials for medical devices.

15 Jun 2009

Scientists Developing Methods to Assess Nanoparticle Distribution, Fate, and Toxicity in the Environment

Nanoparticles offer multiple benefits to society in areas such as medicine, energy production and conservation, and pollution clean-up. Because nanoparticles is a relatively new technology area, we need to understand the...

15 Jun 2009

Soitec's 300mm Ultra-Thin SOI Wafer Platform Ready to Support FD Device Applications

The Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), world's leading innovator and provider of the engineered substrate solutions that serve as the foundation for today's most advanced microelectronic products, announced today tha...

From The Soitec Group 15 Jun 2009

Carbon Nanotube-Based AFM Tips Promise Better Imaging

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced the availability of two new atomic force microscope (AFM) probes types with carbon nanotube (CNT) tips. The CCHAR (carbon core high-aspect ratio) and CCHR (carbon core highresolution) CNT probes offer quantum improvements for AFM imaging, substantially improving results, reducing overall cost of operation and opening new avenues for research.

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Lowering the Cost of Fuel Cells with Carbon Nanotubes

The high cost of manufacturing fuel cells makes their large-scale production for power generation next to impossible, but researchers at Arizona State University are working to change that so cars, electricity and much more can run on the "green" technology.

15 Jun 2009

Carbon Design Innovations Receive Funding to Develop Carbon Nanotube Devices

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced that they have raised $400,000 in Series A funding from a group of private investors led by Vance Nau, company CEO. C|D|I has developed a patent pending process for...

From Carbon Design Innovations 15 Jun 2009

Scientists Discover 'Magnetic Superatom'

A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a 'magnetic superatom' - a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table – that one day may be used to create molecular electronic devices for the next generation of faster computers with larger memory storage.

15 Jun 2009

Comparing Emerging NanoTechnology Risk Concerns With Disclosure Failures in Asbestos Litigation Losses

New Study Compares Emerging Nanomaterial Risk Concerns With Disclosure Failures That Preceded Billions of Dollars in Asbestos Litigation Losses; Reform Roadmap for FASB, SEC to be Laid Out. Are companies and investor...

15 Jun 2009

New Material Could One Day Provide Dramatically Faster, More Efficient Computer Chips

Move over, silicon-it may be time to give the Valley a new name. Physicists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have confirmed the existence of a type of material that could one day provide dramatically faster, more efficient computer chips.

15 Jun 2009

Scientists Create a Material that Does Not Expand when Heated

By squeezing a typical metal alloy at pressures hundreds of thousands of times greater than normal atmospheric pressure, scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a material that does no...

15 Jun 2009