Intertek Cantox, a company offering regulatory and scientific consulting services, has developed a novel method called the Nano Study Score method to support superior-quality nanotoxicology studies in order to assess the safety of nanomaterial- and nanotechnology-based products.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Jan 2012
Midatech, a nanomedicine company developing MidaForm nanoparticle excipients, and MonoSol Rx, a company developing PharmFilm drug delivery technology, have formed a joint venture company, MidaSol Therapeutics.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Jan 2012
Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Rice University have discovered that when stress is applied, graphene does not rip apart randomly like paper but follows the least resistance path resulting in new edges that provide remarkable properties to the wonder material.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Tetragenetics, a developer of recombinant vaccines, has presented preclinical study findings of an influenza vaccine candidate based on nanoparticles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Checkpoint Technologies, a provider of laser scanning and photon emission microscopy systems for applications in the failure analysis industry, has unveiled its 3.0 numerical aperture (NA) solid immersion lens objective (SIL).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Scientists from the Purdue University, Melbourne University and University of New South Wales have fabricated the smallest silicon-based wire in the world, with a current-conducting capability equivalent to that of copper wires. The silicon wire has four-atom width and one-atom height.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Using quantum mechanical calculations, a research team at the University of Houston has demonstrated that a graphene sheet can be converted into a piezoelectric material by producing holes in a specific pattern onto it.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Pioneer Surgical, a company specializing in medical devices, has announced the start of human clinical study of its three-dimensionally shaped bone graft product called nanOss Bioactive 3D that consists of a proprietary collagen-based biopolymer and nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite to support the growth of bone in the posterolateral spine.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
A research team, led by Dr. Christian Russel from the Otto-Schott-Institute for Glass Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, has developed a novel glass-ceramic material with a nanocrystalline structure, which can be used in dentistry applications thanks to its optical properties and superior strength.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
STATS ChipPAC, a provider of semiconductor advanced packaging and test solutions, has conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant to be built close to its existing facility in Yishun, Singapore, to expand its production capabilities for sophisticated wafer level technologies such as through silicon via (TSV), integrated passive devices (IPD), wafer level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) and embedded wafer level ball grid array (eWLB).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a company specializing in novel RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, has announced that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has reported encouraging initial results from its continuing human clinical study of a target-specific RNAi therapeutic for PCSK9 called ALN-PCS for treatment of dangerous hypercholesterolemia using the lipid nanoparticle technology of Tekmira.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
FSI International, a provider of surface conditioning technology, devices and support services for the production of microelectronics, has declared that it has received orders from a major equipment manufacturer for several ANTARES cryokinetic cleaning systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
According to a new report titled ‘Nanometals in Electronics and Energy Markets – 2012 and Beyond’ from NanoMarkets, the market for nanostructures, nanoinks and pastes, and nanoparticles will be worth $2 billion by the fiscal year 2017.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Jan 2012
A research team led by Vincent Meunier from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has discovered the unique properties of graphene nanowiggles, a new type of graphene material, utilizing the capabilities of the Rensselaer Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI).
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Georgia, US) are using the simple-to-use technique of dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements to predict otherwise difficult-to-measure aggregation behaviors in proteins.