Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology and Microtechnology’ Category
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
At the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, imec and its project partners announced the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE. The MIRACLE project aims at developing an operational lab-on-chip for the isolation and detection of circulating and disseminated tumor cells (CTCs and ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The ETPN General Assembly & Annual Forum 2010 will take place on 14 and 15 October 2010 in Milan, Italy, and will provide an opportunity to meet the European nanomedicine community. The event will focus on discussing strategic opportunities for nanomedicine stakeholders coming from industry, academia and clinics. A key ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Scientists from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Korea's Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely by an oscillating magnetic field. The new system has the potential to improve both targeted drug-delivery and magnetic resonance imaging in the ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
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In piezoresistive materials, mechanical stress influences the movement of charge available for conduction. The application of pressure to such materials translates into an easily measurable change in conductivity, making piezoresistives ideal for use in pressure and flow sensors. ...
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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The microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries in Germany are seeing some light at the end of the economic tunnel, according to a survey conducted by the IVAM Microtechnology Network. More than ...
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Researchers at Rice University unveiled a new method for dissolving half-millimeter-long carbon nanotubes in solution, a breakthrough that could pave the way to the development of highly conductive quantum nanowire. Nanotubes have the frustrating habit of bundling, making them less useful than when they're separated in a solution. Rice scientists led by ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Rapid Heat Cycle Moulding (RHCM), which is used to fabricate home appliances and housings for electronic products, is finding new applications in the medtech industry, according to Ono Sangyo Co. (OSK), which holds an international patent on the technology.
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Scientists in the United Kingdom are collaborating with teams across mainland Europe and Australia to create an advanced wound dressing that will release antibiotics from nanocapsules when disease-causing pathogenic bacteria are detected. The antibiotics will target treatment before the infection takes hold. The dressing will also change colour when the ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Surrey NanoSystems has announced the introduction of an automated platform for the production of nanomaterials. Known as the NanoGrowth-Catalyst, the unit incorporates nine nanomaterial processing techniques and can synthesise a variety of nanomaterials including graphene, nanowires and carbon nanotubes.
Application versatility is enhanced by a multi-chamber design that ensures pure processing conditions ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of recent research at MIT. Scientists at the university found that using carbon nanotubes ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has resulted in the imaging of nanoparticle crystallisation in unprecedented detail. “Nanoscience is a hot issue right now, and people are trying to create self-assembled nanoparticle arrays for data and memory ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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People with type I diabetes must prick their fingers several times a day to test their blood sugar level. Though the pain is minor, the chore interferes with daily life. Researchers at MIT are now working on a new type of blood glucose ...
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