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Israeli Scientists Making Significant Contributions to Nanotechnology

Israeli scientists are making significant contributions to the advance of nano-technology, discovering and developing some of the most important breakthroughs.

26 Oct 2010

MicroRNA Detection Using Nanopores

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new electronic method for detecting microRNA isolated from living cells.

26 Oct 2010

NSF Grant Supports Reconstruction of NYU’s Structuring DNA Nanotechnology Lab

NYU recently received a $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to rebuild its Structuring DNA Nanotechnology laboratory. The laboratory, which is chiefly directed by chemistry professor Nadrian Seeman...

26 Oct 2010

Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition to be Held on March 25, 2011

Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame are teaming up with state officials to offer Indiana's first business plan competition targeting startup ventures and emerging companies in nanotechnology.

26 Oct 2010

Ultratech’s Laser Spike Anneal Tools to Support 45-nm Production Ramp

Ultratech, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), today announced that a large foundry in Asia has placed a significant multi-system, follow-on order for its laser spike anneal (LSA) tools.

26 Oct 2010

Tekmira Releases Preclinical Data of siRNA Enabled by Lipid Nanoparticle Technology

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced today that, together with collaborators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it has published promising preclinical data in the prominent journal Cancer Research (Lee et al, Definition of Ubiquitination Modulator COP1 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

26 Oct 2010

Austria-Based Thin-Wafer Handling System Supplier Chosen for EU Solar Project

Thanks to its specialist know-how in the field of thin-wafer handling in the semiconductor industry, Mechatronic Systemtechnik, a supplier of thin-wafer handling systems based in Carinthia, Austria, has been selected by the European Commission to make its skills available to the photovoltaic [solar energy] industry.

26 Oct 2010

NanoBio Presents Positive Study Results of Intranasal Vaccine at GCGH Meeting

NanoBio Corporation today announced that company founder and chief executive officer James R. Baker, Jr. MD, will meet with renown scientists at the 6th Annual Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) Meeting, taking place from Oct. 25-27 in Seattle, Wash., to present data illustrating the potential of the company’s nanoemulsion-based needle-free intranasal vaccine platform to alleviate the suffering caused by infectious diseases in developing countries.

From BlueWillow Biologics 26 Oct 2010

Nanotechnology-Based Self-Assembly Process Addresses Problem in the Semiconductor Industry

Thanks to a microwave oven, the fundamental nanotechnology process of self assembly may soon replace the lithographic processing use to make the ubiquitous semi-conductor chips. By using microwaves, researchers at Can...

From National Institute for Nanotechnology 26 Oct 2010

Needle-Free Vaccine Technology Step Closer to Clinical Trials

Researchers at The University of Queensland believe they are a step closer to ridding the world of vaccinations with needles and syringes.

26 Oct 2010

Veeco Receives Order for TurboDisc K465i GaN MOCVD Systems from Epistar

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, placed a multi-tool order for Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapo...

From Veeco 25 Oct 2010

Monitoring Asymmetric Molecular Encounters

Chemical compounds with low molecular weights (“small molecules”) are ideal starting points for the development of novel pharmacological agents. Their small size facilitates entry into cells, where they must ...

25 Oct 2010

Nanotechnology Corporation CEO Delivers Keynote Address at American-Russian Business Council

Anatoly Chubais, CEO of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), established in 2007 to enable Government policy in the field of Nanotechnology, gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the American-Russian Business Council, which opened in San Francisco on October 21, 2010.

25 Oct 2010

NanoIntegris, Kanto Chemical Enter Distribution Agreement

NanoIntegris, Inc. announced today that it entered into a distribution contract with Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. NanoIntegris is the world’s only supplier of 99% enriched metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes.

From NanoIntegris Technologies, Inc. 25 Oct 2010

Shrink Nanotechnologies to Produce New Bio-Informatics Tool for its Subsidiary

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to produce a high content screening tool for its biotech R&D subsidiary, Shrink Chips LLC.

25 Oct 2010