Archive for July, 2009
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8069" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="An aptamer attached to an electrode coated with single-walled carbon nanotubes interacts selectively with bacteria. The resulting electrochemical response is accurate and reproducible and starts at ultra-low bacteria concentrations, providing a simple method for pathogen detection. Image courtesy Wiley-VCH 2009"][/caption]
From the wire: Bacterial diseases are usually ...
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The 32-page booklet produced by Laser Micromachining Ltd (LML) shows a wide selection of different materials machined with lasers to demonstrate the great potential of laser machining methods.It is available for free.
The company’s Managing Director, Dr Nadeem Rizvi, said the booklet is designed to “… highlight how micro and nanotechnologies ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8046" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Purdue University research team members stand with equipment used for gyromagnetic imaging of gold nanostars. Image courtesy Purdue University/Andrew Hancock"] [/caption]
From the wire: Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold "nanostars" that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. The nanostars gyrate when ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
From the wire: Elcam Medical (BarAm, Israel) has acquired a majority interest in Injectech LLC, a privately-held company based in Loveland, Colorado, USA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8007" align="alignright" width="250" caption="A laser beam illuminates the sample in the microscope. Light scattered by the sample creates an interference pattern which is magnified and recorded. Measurements of the particle’s position, size and refractive index are then obtained. Image courtesy NYU"] [/caption]
From the wire: Physicists at ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
ASTM International invites medical device packaging professionals in Europe to participate in advanced standards development. The group will hold a workshop on ASTM test methods 6–8 October in Prague, Czech Republic. Participating in the meeting is Committee F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging, and several of the planned presentations focus on ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
A white paper presents the results of a cable particulation study conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA (Stuttgart, Germany) at the behest of Gore (Newark, DE, USA). The study measured the particulation of four different cable systems for ISO cleanroom certification: two cable chains ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Energy harvesting, also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging, offers a wide platform of enabling technologies for healthcare and many other application markets, writes Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, in a press release from the company. Energy harvesting is the process by which ambient energy is captured and converted ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_7914" align="alignright" width="375" caption="Focusing surface vibrations onto a water droplet causes it erupt into a narrow jet. The technique could be used in biomedical research or drug-delivery applications."][/caption]
Fluid jets are normally formed by forcing a liquid through a small opening—as is exemplified in the case of a syringe. ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
By 2020, occupational, physical, psychological and behavioural rehabilitation will be performed by robots in our own homes, according to Professor Grigore Burdea.
Burdea, a pioneer in the field of virtual rehabilitation and Director of the Rutgers Tele-Rehabilitation Institute in New Jersey, USA, was one of many speakers at the Virtual Rehabilitation ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_7928" align="alignright" width="318" caption="Discarded LCD televisions could prove to be a source of polyvinyl acetate for medical applications."][/caption]
Researchers from the University of York have found a way to harvest polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) from discarded liquid-crystal display (LCD) televisions. After the material is processed, it could be used for a number ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_7896" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Southampton Nanofabrication Centre will have its official opening in September. Image courtesy Southampton University."][/caption]
Nanobiosensors will capture 50% of the biosensor market by 2020, according to a soon-to-be graduate of Southampton University. Sensors based on materials such as nanowires and nanotubes will be a tipping point ...
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