Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
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From the Wire: Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and their colleagues from the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague have developed a new method to quickly and ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Advanced Input Systems has been recognised as a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) winner for its Medigenic keyboard. Featuring a flat design that can be quickly cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants, the keyboard enables users to touch-type owing to its high tactile key response. The keyboard also includes an alert ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
The UK Government and the Treasury stated in May 2009 that life sciences (that is, the combination of medical technologies, healthcare, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology) forms the largest sector within the gross domestic product of the UK.
In response to this, the Office of Life Sciences, headed up by Lord Drayson, ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
From the Wire: Researchers at the University of Washington have created a new medical material by blending chitosan with an industrial grade of polyester. Potentially suited for a number of medical applications, the hybrid fibre combines the excellent biocompatibility of chitosan with the mechanical strength of polyester.
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
3D-Micromac AG, a supplier of customised laser micro machining systems, has opened a new research and production facility on the Smart Systems Campus in Chemnitz, Germany. The site is a technology and business park, which offers location synergies through close integration between science, research and industry. Here, the company will ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Developments in sensors and actuators, wireless communications, implantable power sources, biocompatible materials and micro-assembly techniques have enabled the advancement of intelligent, implantable devices for a variety of therapies.
There is now growing interest in dramatically extending the use of implantable devices for real time diagnosis, remote monitoring and ongoing therapy that ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
In a little more than 20 years, one-third of Europe's population will be older than 65. There will be more than 22 million senior citizens, and none of them will want to go to the hospital or take up residency in an assisted living facility. That represents a huge opportunity ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
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Gerresheimer Wilden is retiring its venerable cuvette production lines at its Küssnacht, Switzerland, facility and replacing them with new high-performance systems. Anchored by all-electric Netstal ELION 1750-530 moulding machines with a ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Headquartered in Paso Robles, California, USA, and celebrating its 20th birthday this year, IQMS provides enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to help manufacturers achieve leaner, more cost-effective operations. The company has opened an office in Bishop’s Stortford, UK, to provide a direct sales channel to UK manufacturing and enhance support ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for micro and nanotechnologies, has announced the launch of its Nano-Enabled Coatings Focus Group.
The Group is designed to act as a forum for the creation of consortia wishing to build or develop supply chains to expedite the commercialisation ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
If you won't come to the test lab, then the test lab will have to come to you. That's the premise behind a new programme from Nordson Corp. (Duluth, GA, USA) designed to allow engineers to source and test equipment without incurring travel expenses. The supplier of precision dispensing systems ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
The workshop, Life Science Funding and Business Opportunities in the Czech Republic and Poland, is being held on 30 June 2009 at BioCity Nottingham, UK. Information will be provided on academic research collaboration, company–academic collaboration, product development partnerships and trade opportunities that are available with Central and Eastern Europe and ...
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