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Using Nanotechnology to Treat Diseases of the Heart and Lungs

An $18 million research program headed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will research therapies and diagnostic tools for heart and lung diseases that use nanotechnology.

29 Sep 2010

Texas A+M University Receives NIH Funding to Develop Nanotechnology-Based Tools for Treating Heart And Lung Diseases

Texas A+M University is one of five collaborating institutions in an $18 million National Institutes of Health-funded research program to develop nanotechnology-based therapies and diagnostics tools for treating heart an...

29 Sep 2010

Coventor Signs Collaboration Agreement with Process Relations

Coventor, Inc., the leading supplier of software for developing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and Process Relations, a provider of enterprise information management systems for high tech process development, announced today a collaboration to develop and market integrated solutions to improve the efficiency of developing next generation fabrication processes for semiconductor and MEMS manufacturers.

29 Sep 2010

Harris + Harris Group Makes Venture Capital Investment in GEO Semiconductor

Harris & Harris Group, Inc., (Nasdaq:TINY) announced today its first venture debt investment of $500,000 in GEO Semiconductor, Inc. The round of venture debt financing was led by Montage Capital, LLC. We received ...

29 Sep 2010

Researchers Create First Nano-Sized Musical Instrument

Strings a fraction of the thickness of a human hair, with microscopic weights to pluck them: researchers and students from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente in The Netherlands have succee...

29 Sep 2010

FoodChek Beef Sample Test Receives AOAC Approval

FoodChek Systems Inc. ("FoodChek"/"the Company") is pleased to announce that the AOAC Research Institute/Gaithersburg, Maryland, a globally-recognized approval body for Food Safety diagnostic tests, h...

29 Sep 2010

New SKi Pro X1000 Biosensor Instrument from Silicon Kinetics

Silicon Kinetics Inc., the pioneering life sciences tool company which introduced the world's first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis, announced the general availability of SKi Pro™ X1000.

29 Sep 2010

Advances in Magetization Dynamics Using Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "X-Rays in Nanoscience: Spectroscopy, Spectromicroscopy, and Scattering Techniques" to their offering. (http://www.re...

29 Sep 2010

New Microfluidic Device May Help Detect Advanced Beast Cancer

A new disposable device based on advances in microfluidics may help identify advanced breast cancer patients who are candidates for therapy with the drug trastuzumab (Herceptin). The device is described in the America...

29 Sep 2010

New Technology Allows Nanoscale Protein Measurements in Tumor Cells

A novel technology can make nanoscale protein measurements, which scientists can use in clinical trials to learn how drugs work. "We are making progress toward the goal of understanding how drugs work in differe...

29 Sep 2010

CVD to Supply Nano Products for Solar and Semiconductor Markets

CVD Equipment Corporation (Nasdaq: CVV) announced today that our CVD/First Nano Division has received orders during the month of September, 2010, for approximately $2.5 million from a number of institutions, including the University of Illinois and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, for products sold under the First Nano EasyTube™, EasyGas™ and EasyExhaust™ brand.

From CVD Equipment Corporation 29 Sep 2010

Arrowhead to Discuss its Nanomedicine Portfolio at Bio Investor Forum

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) today announced that Dr. Christopher Anzalone, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the 9th Annual BIO Investor Forum at 4:30 p.m. PT on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 29 Sep 2010

Scientists Use Silver Nanoparticles to Detect Cell Nucleus Activity

Duke University bioengineers have not only figured out a way to sneak molecular spies through the walls of individual cells, they can now slip them into the command center -- or nucleus -- of those cells, where they can report back important information or drop off payloads.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 29 Sep 2010

Researchers Develop Nanostructuring Technology to Create Compact Pixels

University of Michigan scientists using AFOSR-funding have created the smallest pixels available that will enable LED, projected and wearable displays to be more energy efficient with more light manipulation possible and all on a display that may eventually be as small as a postage stamp.

29 Sep 2010

Cascade Microtech Uses New NanoScrub Technology to Improve Multi-RF-Port Production

Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD), a global supplier of production probe cards with industry-leading signal integrity for multi-site die testing, today announced S-Technology™ for improved contact physics.

From FormFactor 29 Sep 2010