Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems announced today having signed a distribution partnership agreement with dpUNION, a prominent Sao Paulo, Brazil, technology agency with a first class portfolio of scientific and analysis equipment.

State-of-the-art projects of Krasnoyarsk scientists in the sphere of nanotechnology will be presented to head of the RUSNANO Corporation Anatoly Chubais who is arriving in Krasnoyarsk on Thursday.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) offers enormous potential for chemical sensing, even though the large nonlinearity of the effect makes reproducible sensing difficult. SERS relies upon a fundamental phenomenon in physics called the Raman effect - the change in the frequency of monochromatic light, such as a laser, when it passes through a substance. Properly harnessed, Raman scattering can identify specific molecules by detecting their characteristic spectral fingerprints. A novel DNA-based assembly technique developed by scientists in South Korea now offers a means of precise engineering of gap distances in nanoparticle dumbbells for a robust surface-enhanced Raman sensing of DNA and RNA molecules.

Chemists at the University of Illinois at Chicago say it's possible, reporting that graphene can become quite pliable using only a nanodroplet of water to do the job.

Metall-Kohlenstoffsysteme ermoeglichen den Bau von Festplatten mit einer bis zu tausendfach hoeheren Packungsdichte.

NeoPhotonics (China) Co., Ltd. has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program for Asia Pacific, a ranking of the fastest growing Internet, Media and Entertainment and Communication companies for 2009.

A German-Spanish team of researchers has successfully provided the first comprehensive image of a minimal cell that triggers atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

New product line enables CPV systems manufacturers to achieve lower cost of ownership.

Just two months after the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Paris with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Thales Group of Companies to set up a joint research laboratory, the three parties are meeting again in Singapore to inaugurate the CNRS-International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA) Laboratory at NTU.

The company has launched new, flexible and personalised 'Oi Service' Flexible Support Agreements to suit its customers' individual requirements.

The military have been quicker than most to appreciate the potential of nanotechnology. More money is being spent on nanotechnology research for military applications than for any other area. The latest issue of NANO Magazine sheds light on this 'dark corner' of nanotechnology.

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bath have developed a new technique that could be used to diagnose and develop treatments for age-related conditions like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer.

Prof. Regine Hengge at the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at Freie Universitaet Berlin has been awarded funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for her research project to investigate the formation of bacterial biofilms.

Kostenguenstig Simulieren statt aufwendig Testen - die Graduiertenschule 'Multiscale Methods for Interface Coupling' (MUSIC) an der Leibniz Universitaet Hannover hilft dabei.

A scarcity of empirical data - especially regarding losses - hampers nanotechnology-related risk dialogue. Nanotechnology is a growing niche, so there is little litigation or loss history to analyze. Thus, much of the discussion of nanotechnology and its management flows from hypothetical examples. Less murky is the fact that nanotechnology is not a passing fad. It has innovative applications for a range of technologies and sectors, including drug delivery, medical imaging, integrated sensors, and semiconductors. The biggest areas of nanotechnology risk management concerns lies in workers' compensation and product liability. This article looks at industry responses and risk management strategies.

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT), has been awarded two prestigious grants from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).

Noliac has developed a new amplified diamond actuator which allows large controllable displacements, stability with varying temperatures together with high forces for a minimal weight. The scope of combinations between free stroke and blocking force is extensive - will you help them evaluate which combinations could become interesting standard products?

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of up to one millimeter per second.

In cooperation with eight partners, KIT scientists are currently working on the development of highly efficient methods for hydrogen production from microalgae. The German BMBF is funding the 'HydroMicPro' project with a total of 2.1 million euros.

Bacteria dance the electric slide, officially named electrokinesis by the USC geobiologists who discovered the phenomenon.