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VPG Announces First Ultra-High-Precision Z-Foil Surface-Mount Current Sensing Chip Resistor to Combine High Power to 1 W With Low TCR of +/-0.2 ppm/°C MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its Vishay Foil Resistors brand (VFR) has released a new ultra-high-precision Z-Foil surface-mount current sensing chip resistor that is the industry’s first such device to combine ... Read More »

New FutureMed Program Announced, November 3-6 – Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Singularity University (SU) today announced a new FutureMed (FutureMed2020.com) to be held November 3-6, 2013 at Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA. FutureMed is a widely acclaimed specialized interactive program for physicians, scientists, healthcare executives, innovators, and investors, interested in exploring the impact ... Read More »

Nanoparticle Disguised as a Blood Cell Fights Bacterial Infection Biomimetic nanoparticles could be an effective treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Why It Matters Options for treating infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria are limited. Clever disguise: This transmission electron microscope image shows a polymeric nanoparticle core wrapped in a real red blood cell membrane. A nanoparticle wrapped in a red blood cell membrane ... Read More »

Nanosponges To Suck Up Toxins Bacteria are becoming more resistant to the best weapon we have against them: antibiotics. But what if we could live together in peace? Instead of killing the germs, there may be a way to render them harmless to the body using nanosponges to soak up the toxins that make us sick. Could nanosponges become the ... Read More »

‘Bionano’ studies to help nano medicine   ‘Bionano’ studies to help nanomedicine Dr Anna Salvati, post-doctoral researcher at the UCD Centre for BioNano Interactions Nanotechnology holds promise for medicine, particularly for accessing cells and tissues in new ways. Claire O’Connell found out from Dr Anna Salvati why it’s important to understand how cells and nanoparticles get along. It can be ... Read More »

Nanotechnology: the future of New York State manufacturing Recently, renovations have been taking place at the old General Electric building in Salina with the goal of turning it into the Central New York Nanotechnology Innovation and Commercialization Excelerator, or NICE for short. You may be asking yourself, “What is nanotechnology and why is it important to you? How will it ... Read More »

Graphene-based Li-ion Anodes Go Commercial The big story for nanotechnology in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in the past year has been the demise of high-flying nanotech startups A123 Systems and Ener1 .  Both of these companies had developed nanotech-based solutions for improving the Li-ion battery and both companies announced bankruptcies in the past year after having received millions of dollars in ... Read More »