Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology and Microtechnology’ Category
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The 4th NRW Nano-Conference will take place in the Congress Centre Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany, on 17 and 18 October 2011. The conference is organised by the German Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology (MIWFT), the City of Dortmund, the Cluster NanoMicro+Materials NRW, microtechnology network IVAM and the MST ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
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We have been hearing about the imminent development of nanobots that patrol the body’s thoroughfares and sniff out incipient disease for a few years now. Figuring out how to effectively power such devices has been one of the many challenges with which researchers have ...
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) in partnership with the HealthTech and Medicines KTN, FCO Science & Innovation Network and the Swiss Embassy London, is inviting UK companies and academics involved in the application of nanotechnology to healthcare to visit Swiss centres of research excellence in Geneva/Lausanne, Basel and Zürich. ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
A team of investigators from Stanford University has developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive magnetic nanosensors, can analyse how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible side effects ...
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
A new chemical bonding process can add new functions to stainless steel and make it a more useful material for implanted biomedical devices. Developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology, this new process was developed to address some of the problems ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Stanford researchers have developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive "nanosensors," analyse how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible side effects of a potential medication.
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The potential risks of nanotechnology and its effects on humans and the environment is a widely discussed subject. But to this day, there are no proven risk factors and now, a study finds that the general public is alarmingly unconcerned about the use of nanotechnology. Conducted by North Carolina State ...
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
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Almost three-quarters of the members of IVAM, an international association of companies and institutes in the field of microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials, are currently active in the medical device technology space. So it should come ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Remember asbestos? The material used to be in everything—including cigarette filters—until it eventually dawned on people that those tiny fibres could wreak havoc inside the body. There are some people—and they are not all Michael Crichton devotees—who think we should learn from this example and take a more cautious approach ...
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
At Hannover Messe, taking place 4 to 8 April 2011 in Hannover, Germany, the IVAM Product Market "Micro, Nano & Materials" presents more than 40 exhibitors from seven countries that will be showing cross-industrial innovations from the fields of silicon or semiconductor technologies, microfluidics, metrology, optics and nanotechnology. The joint ...
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Microtechnology specialist ISA France has announced the successful development and manufacture of precisely engineered miniature parts for an implantable drug-delivery system. Marketed by Antila Co., based near Geneva, Switzerland, the system relies on a radiofrequency-controlled micropump to deliver medication. ISA France manufactures all of the parts.
The micropump is driven by ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
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For most people, being the last speaker of the last session on the last day of a conference is the kiss of death. Not so for Delwyn Evans, Principal Chemist ...
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