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Showcase of Smart NanoBattery in Medical Magazine’s September Issue

mPhase Technologies, Inc., a leader in the development of Smart Surfaces and advanced battery technologies, today announced that its Smart NanoBattery is showcased in the September 2010 issue of Medical Products Manufacturing News.

From MyPebble 1 Oct 2010

Viterbi Professor to Develop New Nanolaser for DNA Analysis

Imagine the day a machine can draw your blood, screen it for genetic mutations and chemical variations that can cause cancer, and pop out a drug tailor-made for your DNA.

1 Oct 2010

New Way to Study Inner Workings of Proteins

A cheetah lies still in the grass. Finally, a gazelle comes into view. The cheetah plunges forward, reaches sixty-five miles per hour in three seconds, and has the hapless gazelle by the jugular in less than a minute. Then it must catch its breath, resting before eating.

1 Oct 2010

Development of Synthetic Structures to Detect Small Molecule Targets

Northwestern University researchers have taken another step towards realizing a new class of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enzyme mimics, opening the door for the development of highly sensitive chemical detection syst...

1 Oct 2010

Metallacarboranes Can Store Hydrogen Better Than DOE Standards: Study

New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Progra...

1 Oct 2010

CWRU Researcher to Receive Fund for Developing Nanotechnology-Based Platelets

A Case Western Reserve University researcher will receive a $2.3 million New Innovator Award today to further develop and broaden the uses of synthetic platelets and the technology that makes them work. Erin Lavik, as...

1 Oct 2010

ANL, NCKU Plan to Expand Mutual Partnership

Mr. Norman Peterson, the Assistant to Director Eric Isaacs at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), U.S., accompanied by NCKU Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Yon-Hua Tzeng, former Dean of Coll...

1 Oct 2010

UO Researchers’ Single-Photon Project Could Support Quantum Computing

University of Oregon scientists have invented a method to change the color of single photons in a fiber optic cable.

1 Oct 2010

Nano-Composite Plastic Materials to be Discussed at Innovation Forums

The Canadian plastics industry is facing significant challenges from lower cost countries, and the sector can become more competitive through increased research and development. "The industry has to keep moving ...

1 Oct 2010

Five-Year Study to Identify New Osteoporosis Diagnosing Methods

A $1.76 million study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks to identify new methods of diagnosing osteoporosis and inform the development of next-generation drugs to treat the bone disease. The five-year study, fu...

1 Oct 2010

BASF Joins BMBF-Initiated NanoGEM Research Project

BASF is a participant in a research project called NanoGEM (Nanostructured materials – Health, Exposure and Material Properties). The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) initiated project is taking...

From BASF 1 Oct 2010

Access Pharmaceuticals Files Patent for CobaCyte Nanoparticle Technology

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary drug-delivery platforms to develop treatments in areas of oncology, cancer supportive care and diabetes, ann...

1 Oct 2010

InnoCentive Issues Challenge for Large-Scale Science and Technology Exhibit

InnoCentive, Inc., the world leader in Challenge-based innovation, today announced it has issued a Challenge with the Museum of Science, Boston to create the next great science and technology exhibit.

1 Oct 2010

Cavitation Technologies Receives Patent for Fluidic Mixture Processing

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT & Berlin/Stuttgart: WTC) is pleased to announce the receipt of Patent 7,762,715. "This patent marks a milestone in building our patent portfolio,&...

1 Oct 2010

Advanced Nanomaterials Developer Announces $4.75 Million Investment

Adama Materials, Inc., a developer of nanotechnology-based advanced materials, announced today that it has completed a $4.75 million Series A equity financing led by Artiman Ventures, along with Startup Capital Ventures, the company's founders and a group of Hawaii-based angel investors including Cellular Bioengineering Inc.

1 Oct 2010