Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology and Microtechnology’ Category
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
At nano tech 2011, the world's largest nanotechnology exhibition that will take place 16-18 February 2011 in Tokyo, Japan, the "German Pavilion" is presenting nanotechnology expertise from Germany. For the first time, German nanotech start-up Particular GmbH is joining the German Pavilion, the first company to present nanoparticles in liquids ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The NanoKTN (Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network) in the UK has announced it has partnered with the School of Pharmacy to host an event exploring the ways in which nanotechnology can help with the formulation and delivery of drugs. The conference on 27 January, 2011 in London, will provide a forum for ...
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Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Researchers at Rice University have discovered a simple way to make carbon nanotubes shine brighter. The researcher Bruce Weisman, a pioneer in nanotube spectroscopy, found that adding tiny amounts of ozone to batches of single-walled carbon nanotubes and exposing them to light decorates the nanotubes with oxygen ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Two scientists from German laser technology research centre Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have started the spin-off Particular GmbH to produce highly sterile nanoparticles for the medtech industry using a new laser process. As there is high demand for nanoparticles for research purposes in medical technology, the company wants to ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
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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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