Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular consumer gadgets as smartphones, personal music and media players (PMPs), as well as the new high-performance class of solid-state drives (SSDs).

Personalizing medicine: Experts examine use of nanoparticles for targeting disease

A community workshop sponsored by Society of Nuclear Medicine's Clinical Trials Network officially kicked off today, Feb. 1, in Albuquerque, N.M., and presented participants with a well-rounded series of educational sessions on the use of molecular imaging in clinical trials for investigational therapeutic drugs.

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $100,000 contract from the United States Air Force to conduct early stage research on a new method of creating a wing skin for use on morphing unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)'s Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit wrapped up today in Albuquerque, N.M., with in-depth discussion - and a high sense of energy looking ahead.

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of a study using Nanotope's lead compound for cartilage regeneration.

Finland has made its first specific commitment to the development of European biomedical research infrastructures (BMS ESFRIs) by supporting a joint pilot infrastructure project in bioinformatics (ELIXIR), biobanking (BBMRI) and translational research (EATRIS).

The fabrication of vertical silicon nanowire arrays has already been reported. Yet there needs to be a more thorough research into the electrical properties of silicon nanowires in order to be able to build reliable transistors for a new generation of microchips.

Scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which greatly improves the efficiency of organic solar cells. The researchers were able to attain an efficiency of 2 percent by using so-called quantum dots composed of cadmium selenide.

Attana AB introduces the Attana Cell 200 - the first system to permit real-time kinetic analysis of molecular interactions directly on cell surfaces, bringing drug development a step closer to the body.

Considerable progresses made in controlling quantum gases open up a new avenue to study chemical processes. Researchers have now succeeded in directly observing chemical exchange processes in an ultracold sample of cesium atoms and Feshbach molecules.

From 27 to 29 January 2010, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov will be running the 25th series of complex plasma physics experiments on the International Space Station (ISS).

Samsung Electronics today announced that the industry's first 30-nanometer-class DRAM has just successfully completed customer evaluations, in two gigabit densities.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd., a privately held company that is developing a disruptive technology platform for the electronic, label-free analysis of single molecules, today announced that it has raised GBP17.4 million ($28 million) in new funding.

Nanowerk introduces nanoBIDS - a free service to facilitate the public posting of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for equipment and services from procurement departments in the micro- and nanotechnologies community

'Optical methods for particle size and zeta potential determinations with an overview of acoustical techniques' will be the subject of a presentation in March 2010 by Fraser McNeil-Watson, manager of the Novel Measurement Group at Malvern Instruments at a meeting on the 'Characterisation of sub-micron and nano-sized particles'.

'Nanotechnology: balancing the promises' is an electronic publication about the evolution of nanotechnology.

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Best Paper Award 2009 goes to Jean-Philippe Frimat for research on plasma stencilling methods for cell patterning.

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, biotechnology research and development tools and medical diagnostics businesses, today outlined key milestones for 2010, which are expected to have a significant impact on the solar, biotechnology and medical diagnostics industries.

Solar Thin Films, Inc. today announced that it intends to acquire Algatec Equity Partners LP, which owns a 47% equity interest in the capital stock of Algatec Solar AG, a growing producer of silicon crystalline solar panels and modules.