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UTPA Launches New Nanofiber Technology Developing Company

The University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA) has launched a start-up company that may revolutionize manufacturing. FibeRio Technology Corporation is perfecting a new technology called ForceSpinning ™ to c...

17 Aug 2010

Stress Corrosion Leads to Detachment of Diamond-Like Carbon Nano Layer

Extra-hard coatings made from diamond-like carbon (DLC) extend the operating lifetime of tools and components. In artificial joints, however, these coatings often fail because they detach. Empa researchers found out why – and developed methods to both make the interface between the DLC layer and the metal underneath corrosion-resistant and to predict the lifetime of the implants.

17 Aug 2010

Development of High Resolution Nano-Ultrasonics for Medical Imaging

Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world's smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound.

17 Aug 2010

New Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method Integrates Biology and Nanotechnology

In experiments with potentially broad health care implications, a research team led by a University of Washington physicist has devised a method that works at a very small scale to sequence DNA quickly and relatively ine...

17 Aug 2010

Selecta Biosciences Awarded Grant to Advance Therapeutic Nicotine Vaccine

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing synthetic nanoparticle vaccines and immunotherapies, today announced that it has been awarded a grant for $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), an institute within the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

17 Aug 2010

Peptide-Carrying Nanoparticles Cure Degenerative Eye Disorders

In one of only two studies of its kind, a study from researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts demonstrates that non-viral gene therapy can delay the onset of some forms of eye disease and preserve vision. The team developed nanoparticles to deliver therapeutic genes to the retina and found that treated mice temporarily retained more eyesight than controls. The study, published online in advance of print in Molecular Therapy, brings researchers closer to a non-viral gene therapy treatment for degenerative eye disorders.

17 Aug 2010

Researchers Develop Nanocoating That Safely Kills MRSA on Contact

Building on an enzyme found in nature, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the bacteria responsible for antibiotic resistant infections.

16 Aug 2010

Company to Focus on Process Equipment for the LED, Solar and Data Storage Markets

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced that it has agreed to sell its Metrology business to Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR), a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, for $229 million in cash.

From Veeco 16 Aug 2010

Clemson University Hosts Nano 2010 International Conference

CLEMSON — The next huge advance in technology will be really, really small. Nanotechnology — the manipulation of materials and processes at the atomic level — is a key part of the next industrial revolu...

16 Aug 2010

SUNY Launches New Technology Transfer Hubs in New York

The State University of New York (SUNY), in partnership with The Research Foundation of SUNY and SUNY campuses statewide, has launched five regional "Technology Transfer" hubs across the SUNY research enterpris...

16 Aug 2010

Computer Simulation Shows Nanoscale Defects in Silicon

A team of researchers from several institutions in Europe ran a combination of classical and quantum mechanical computer simulations of a silicon crystal and found that so-called stress-corrosion cracking lies behind a recently developed technique for cutting thin slices of semiconductor for transistors. The atomic-scale study of the process may also help engineers improve the durability of a variety of materials.

16 Aug 2010