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Air sampler heads for the final frontier

01/01/2007  In its current space mission on board the international space station (ISS), NASA is using air-sampling equipment from the Goettingen-based technology group Sartorius.

University receives garment donation

01/01/2007  W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Newark, DE) recently donated a supply of cleanroom garments to be used in the semiconductor research space of the Birck Nanotechnology Center’s Scifres Nanofabrication Laboratory, an ISO Class 3 (Class 1) facility at Purdue University.

Survey says: Manufacturing, government keys to U.S. success

01/01/2007  First-ever UMass Lowell-Small Times analysis explores nanotech industry priorities

Five new seminars at ESTECH 2007

01/01/2007  This year’s ESTECH event, which will be held April 29-May 2 at the Indian Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, IL, will feature a number of new seminars.

ISPE to work on implementation docs for ICH Q8 and Q9 guidelines

01/01/2007  ISPE recently announced that it will collaborate with FDA to facilitate the implementation of the new quality guidelines (Q8 and Q9) developed by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).

INTERPHEX Puerto Rico

01/01/2007  February 1-2, 2007 - Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan

Pharmaceutical microbiology: Harmonization of microbial limits test for nonsterile products

01/01/2007  The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is significantly changing the USP <61> Microbial Limits Test, effective August 1, 2007.

Architects and designers

01/01/2007  Building or renovating cleanroom, lab or clean manufacturing space requires careful consideration of many factors and requirements.

Milling a hardened micro mold

01/01/2007  In an endless pursuit of the capabilities of micromachining, we often run across test cuts that are of interest.

Making light of the small

01/01/2007  Photonics and nanotechnology have a synergy rarely seen. But nano-optical devices are not prevalent in the marketplace, even though the academic labs churn out one breakthrough after another.

EPA regulates nano product, not nano industry

01/01/2007  Legal experts say decision more about EPA policy revamp than nanotechnology

Lego my nano

01/01/2007  The world’s favorite building blocks company embraced the world of nanotech this year by making “Nano Quest” the theme for its FIRST Lego League (FLL) 2006 Challenge.

Changing of the guard

01/01/2007  Which Mr. Smith will go to Washington on nano’s behalf?

Reports suggest new safety procedures

01/01/2007  A trio of new reports outlined safety procedures nanotechnology labs and companies are practicing now and what research nanotechnologists should investigate over the next 15 years to help alleviate concerns about its risks.

IP trolls: Fiction or reality? Friendly or devious?

01/01/2007  In Scandinavian mythology, a troll is a mischievous dwarf that lives under a bridge.

Finance

01/01/2007 

How to negotiate with an 800-pound gorilla

01/01/2007  Early stage technology companies that enter partnerships such as original equipment manufacture or reseller agreements with industry 800-pound gorillas (further referred to as the ‘other party’) typically have little or no negotiating leverage.

Risks and rewards of accelerated examination:new procedures at the USPTO

01/01/2007  An executive of an emerging nanotechnology company knows all too well the value that investors and others place on the early certainty a patent brings to being able to protect the company’s inventions.

Weight, not height, driving VC dollars

01/01/2007  Disappointing. That sums up my opinion of the venture capital numbers for the first three quarters of 2006.

FEI hitting its stride with new CEO

01/01/2007  A year ago at this time, FEI was bleeding cash.