Das Institut fuer Halbleitertechnik der Technischen Universitaet Braunschweig entwickelt in einem EU-gefoerderten Forschungsprojekt energiesparende weisse Leuchtdioden.

Nanoelectronics technology is improving the way that batteries and motors in electric vehicles are controlled, giving them a longer range on each charge.

Metamaterialien haben besondere optische Eigenschaften: Zum Beispiel brechen sie Licht in eine andere Richtung als alle natuerlichen Materialien, sie haben also einen negativen Brechungsindex. Mit dem EU-Projekt NIM_NIL wollen Wissenschaftler des ISAS solche Metamaterialien fuer sichtbares Licht herstellen.

Emerging nanotechnology applications in the fields of medicine and biology often involve the use of nanoparticles for probing biological processes and structures or for constructing sophisticated nanoscale drug delivery mechanisms. Nanoparticles are already being used with dramatic success in biomedical applications. However, relatively little is known about the potential biological risks from these nanoparticle applications inside the body. The identity of nanoparticles in a biological medium, in terms of their interaction with that medium, is largely determined by the proteins that dress the particles. Since many of the toxic and therapeutic uses of nanoparticles involve the introduction of nanoparticles into the bloodstream of humans and other animals, it is particularly important to know how nanoparticles interact with blood proteins. New research performed in the Polymers Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) directly addresses this issue and explores the effects of nanoparticle size (5nm to 100nm) and a whole range of important blood proteins.

The country is on a scientific roll, to the point where it could conceivably be regarded as the emerging global center for scientific research, a new report indicates.

Novellus Systems today introduced its next-generation ultra-violet thermal processing (UVTP) system, the SOLA xT.

A multi-institutional team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time.

Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been highly touted for their potential as novel delivery agents for cancer detection and therapeutic agents. Now, a team of investigators from six institutions have created a multifunctional carbon nanotube that can detect and destroy an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosing cancer metastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of therapies.

A team of researchers from two of the National Cancer Institute's Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have teamed up to develop a 'cocktail' of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.

MediSens Wireless, a startup company in UCLA's on-campus technology incubator at the California NanoSystems Institute, has obtained approval under federal Food and Drug Administration guidelines to begin clinical trials on its novel wireless body-monitoring system, which assesses muscle and neuromotor functions in the upper extremities.

When ribosomes produce protein in all living cells, they do so through a chemical reaction that happens so fast that scientists have been puzzled. Using large quantum mechanical calculations of the reaction center of the ribosome, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden can now provide the first detailed picture of the reaction.

Researchers showed showed that, contrary to expectation, it is possible to confine giant Rydberg atoms in microscopic glass cells und circumstances without significant disturbance.

Sirnaomics, Inc. announced today that the company has licensed a polypeptide nanoparticle technology invented by Professor A. James Mixson of University of Maryland Medical School.

mPhase Technologies, Inc. today announced the launch of mPowertech.com, a website that features an online store through which the company's mPower Emergency Illuminator will be made available for sale worldwide.

Stuttgarter Physiker entwickeln neuartige metallische Beschichtung

The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology has chosen the NanoSight LM-20 system to help in the characterisation of dimensional changes of nanogels used in the development of drug delivery vehicles for macromolecular therapeutics.

The American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) is offering filtration short course training on March 22, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas.

London Business School's Eastern Europe/CIS club hosted a lecture by prominent Russian politician and business manager Anatoly Chubais.

Nanyang Technical University, the National Centre of Scientific Research and the Thales Group of Companies inked a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the CNRS International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA) Laboratory - a state-of-the-art research facility focused on developing nanotechnologies for defence and commercial applications.