Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology and Microtechnology’ Category

Compamed Spring Forum to Take Place in Stuttgart

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

The 6th Compamed Spring Convention will take place in the south of Germany this year. On 3 May 2012, medical technology experts will get together in the Conference and Banquet Centre at the Stuttgart Airport. The established forum “high-tech trends in medical technology” this year will focus on “Intelligent MST-solutions ...

Nano Tech Japan Highlights Life Science Applications

Friday, January 27th, 2012

After celebrating its 10th anniversary last year, nano tech 2012 - The 11th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference will take place 15 to 17 February 2012 at the International Exhibition Center Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. After highlighting "green nanotechnologies" in previous years, life science applications of nanotechnology will be added as a ...

Nano Loudspeaker Could Improve MRI Technology

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

If a theory about detecting extremely faint electrical signals by means of a nanomechanical loudspeaker can be shown to work in experiments, it could result in much simpler MRI procedures, reports Nanowerk News. A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute and Harvard University in the United States and the ...

UK Spin-Out Company Markets Biomedical Carbon with Unique Properties

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Mast Carbon, a manufacturer of synthetic carbon–based specialty materials based in Basingstoke, UK, has established a spin-out company to commercialise biomedical carbon in a joint venture with Second Mile. Named Acesco Health, the spin-out is developing a proprietary range of activated carbon bead products that combine the usual benefits of ...

Technique Introducing Nanosensors to Living Cells Could Reduce Need for Animal Research

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

[caption id="attachment_26484" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The yellow nanosensor signal in the overlay image (right) shows that the cells are active. If they were unhealthy, they would appear much redder. Center: the indicator dye signal. Left: the reference dye signal."][/caption] Animal research continues to be a controversial topic in medical research. In Germany ...

Sponges with Thrombin-based Nanocoating Staunch Bleeding Almost Immediately

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

From the wire: MIT engineers have developed a nanoscale biological coating that can halt bleeding nearly instantaneously, an advance that could dramatically improve survival rates for soldiers injured in battle. The researchers, led by Paula Hammond and funded by MIT’s Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies and Denmark-based Ferrosan Medical Devices a/s, created ...

Free Report on European Nanotechnology Landscape Available

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Bax & Willems, a specialised consultancy firm, has just release a free-to-download European Nanotechnology Landscape Report that provides an overview of the nanotechnology landscape in Europe targeted at policy makers on all levels (local, regional, national and European). It also examines how nanotechnology developments, and the solutions they enable, can help ...

Imec Demonstrates Low Power ECG Patch at Compamed

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

At Compamed in Düsseldorf last week, imec presented its new technology for wireless ECG monitoring. I spoke to Julien Penders, Program Manager at imec/ Holst Centre about imec's new ECG System-on-Chip (SoC) for ECG monitoring with high processing power at very low energy consumption. "The SoC uses a blootooth low energy ...

Researchers Develop New Technique to Visualise Live Cancerous Cells

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new technique to visualise live cancerous cells using luminescent metal-based nanotechnology, according to a university press release. The research is a collaboration between the School of Chemistry and the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and was recently published in the Journal of ...

UK Organises $15 Million Grant Competition for Nanotechnology-Enabled Healthcare Projects

Friday, September 16th, 2011

UK's Technology Strategy Board in partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is going to invest up to £9 million in grant funding to support innovative, business-led collaborative research projects focussed on nanoscale technology-enabled solutions for the healthcare sector. The competition encourages applications for business-led projects focussing on the ...

Japanese-German Micro/Nano Business Forum Meets in Tokyo

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Germany's IVAM Microtechnology Network returns to the Micromachine/MEMS exhibition in Tokyo this month, where it will host the Japanese-German Micro/Nano Business Forum. At the seminar on 14 July, speakers such as Prof. Esashi of Tohoku University and Prof. Gessner of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS will provide ...

New Technology for Lab-on-Chip Applications Could Benefit Medical Diagnostics

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

A newly developed technology that uses a laser and electric fields to manipulate fluids and tiny particles has a range of potential applications, including medical diagnostics. The technology could produce innovative sensors and analytical devices for lab-on-chip applications, or miniature instruments that perform measurements normally requiring ...