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Infinite Power Raises Funding to Advance Research of Thin-Film Energy Storage Devices

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) today announced that it has successfully completed its series C round of financing—raising $20 million. In response to growing customer demand, the new capital will be used to e...

18 Aug 2010

UC Irvine’s Continuing Education Arm Announces Two New Certificate Programs

The University of California, Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of UC Irvine, today announced the availability of two new certificate programs designed for engineering professionals: Optical Engineering and ...

18 Aug 2010

Xradia Unveils New High Energy Nanoscale X-Ray Microscope

A new lab-based computed tomography (CT) system, capable of delivering synchrotron-like 3D imaging at 50 nanometer resolution within a laboratory setting, was announced today by Xradia, Inc.

18 Aug 2010

Solar Energy Generation Using Organic Polymers

Solar energy is an environmentally-friendly way of producing electricity and is considered to be one of the most appealing options for the future. The basis for solar energy is absorbing light and then effectively dis...

18 Aug 2010

Conferences Organised To Discuss Advances In Making Nanotechnology Practical

The €1.7 million EU funded InForm project, involving 17 world-leading research institutions working together, is bringing together scientists to make the new advances in nanotechnology practical and useful, by combi...

18 Aug 2010

XD7600NT100HP 100nm X-Ray Inspection System to be Exhibited at SMTAI

Nordson DAGE, a division of Nordson Corporation and the industry leader in X-ray inspection technology, is pleased to announce that its award-winning XD7600NT100HP X-ray inspection system will be exhibited in Booth 301 at the SMTA International Electronics Exhibition and Conference scheduled to take place on 26 - 27th October 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

18 Aug 2010

IPS Raises Capital to Advance Thin-Film Energy Storage Devices

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) today announced that it has successfully completed its series C round of financing -- raising $20 million. In response to growing customer demand, the new capital will be used to e...

18 Aug 2010

ISO Introduces New System for Logical Classification of Nanomaterials

From new medical applications, to the latest gadgets and consumer products, innovative nanotechnology is pushing the boundaries of what we believed possible. But for this technology to develop further, faster and better we need a clear understanding and a logical classification of nanomaterials.

18 Aug 2010

Scientists Demonstrate Toxicity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists at Purdue University, United States, have demonstrated that one class of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) produces cell-damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) when dispersed in water and exposed to sunli...

18 Aug 2010

Nokomis Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Graphene Coating

Nokomis, Inc. has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I grant for “Graphene as a Coating Material for High-Power RF Windows.” In recent years, one of ...

18 Aug 2010

Synthetic Nanoparticle Vaccine Developing Firm Appoints New CEO

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing synthetic nanoparticle vaccines and immunotherapies, announced today that Werner Cautreels, Ph.D. has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer.

18 Aug 2010

MonoSol Rx, Midatech File Application for Nanoparticle Film Delivery System Patent

Midatech Group Ltd., a global leader for the design, development, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines, and MonoSol Rx, the leader in developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical films based on its proprietary PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, today announced the filing of a provisional US patent application for “Nanoparticle Film Delivery Systems.”

18 Aug 2010