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Gilles Patriarche, Frank Glas, Maria Tchernycheva, Corinne Sartel, Ludovic Largeau, Jean-Christophe Harmand, and George E. CirlinWeb Release Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl080319y

J. Schäfer, J. P. Mondia, R. Sharma, Z. H. Lu, A. S. Susha, A. L. Rogach, and L. J. WangWeb Release Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl080661a

A while back Senior Associate Stuart Scott let us know that he had been selected to participate in a National Citizen’s Technology Forum process on nanotechnology, sponsored by Arizona State and University of North Carolina, among other schools. Presumably this is funded by the social science budget of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative, via [...]

Some nanostructures can be improved after fabrication by a new nanotech procedure that transiently and selectively liquifies the structures to remove defects.

Mahiar Hamedi, Anna Herland, Roger H. Karlsson, and Olle InganäsWeb Release Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl0808233

The Institute of Nanotechnologyis delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Richard A.L. Jones FRS as the new Chairman of its Advisory Group. Professor Jones, from the Department of Physic...

Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claus...

First annoincement and call for papers on Nanomanufacturing Systems, Processes and Simulation

We’ve received an invitation to participate in the Center for Nanotechnology in Society’s project to build and critique nanotechnology scenarios. Current topics to edit in the wiki, or you can add your own: * Barless Prisons * Bionic Eyes * Living with a Brain Chip * Disease Detector * Automated Sewer Surveillance * Engineered Tissues Here’s the [...]

This one day workshop of the European Platform for Micro and Nanomanufacturing will address technology transfer activities within European Commission Framework Programme 6 NMP and IST Projects in their final stages of implementation. The meeting, which takes place in Zurich, Switzerland on 21st May 2008, will showcase good practice in technology transfer and the commercialisation of scientific research in the field of micro and nano manufacturing. It will also provide a forum for related projects to communicate technology developments brought about during their project to potential industrial users. 4M will use this event to publicise its technology transfer activities and the 4M Association. For more information visit the webpage.

Studies of how molecules are released from nanoparticles when they encounter cancer cells and of how the nanoparticles break down prematurely while circulating in the blood point toward ways to improve the nanotech delivery of therapeutic drugs into cancer cells.

Mariano A. Zimmler, Daniel Stichtenoth, Carsten Ronning, Wei Yi, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Tobias Voss, and Federico CapassoWeb Release Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl080627w

Jan Weiss, Eike Jahnke, Nikolai Severin, Jürgen P. Rabe, and Holger FrauenrathWeb Release Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl080478h

The hit CBS television show CSI: Miami has used nanotechnology to crack a case. The episode aired earlier this week featured the MFP-3D atomic force microscope from Asylum Research. The full epi...

Voxtel, Inc. announces it has completed the negotiation of a long-term lease to occupy private development laboratories at the ONAMI (Orgeon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute) Lorry I. Lo...

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research invites Australians to join the Australian delegation to the Nanotech 2008 Conference and Trade Show in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1 to ...

The RImax(TM) Gel Permeation / Size Exclusion Chromatography (GPC/SEC) system from Viscotek is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool for the conventional characterisation of natural and synthetic polymer...

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced that it has acquired Tevet Process Control Technologies, Ltd. through an all-cash asset...

DuPontand Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., Ltd., today announced their intention to form a strategic alliance to develop integrated manufacturing equipment for printed organic light emitting di...

A new record has been achieved for the aspect ratio measurement of micro structures. Working in conjunction with a major equipment manufacturer, Prof. Lars Mattsson, leader of the Metrology Division of the 4M Network of Excellence, reports that a new aspect ratio of 50:1 was recently achieved in laboratory measurements following the optimisation of an existing optical metrology system.