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Marina Biotech Purchases Intellectual Property of Novosom

Marina Biotech, Inc. announced today that the Company has acquired the intellectual property of Novosom AG of Halle, Germany for its SMARTICLES® liposomal-based delivery system in an all-stock transaction.

29 Jul 2010

Nanorods Can Improve Performance of Hybrid Solar Cells, Study

Propelled by aggressive R&D activities, third generation photovoltaics (PVs) are poised to take a huge leap forward. The exploratory mass production of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)-powered consumer durables is likely to alter the future course of research in this segment.

From Frost and Sullivan 29 Jul 2010

Sulfurcell Receives New Orders for Thin-Film Solar Modules in India and China

Sulfurcell GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of CIS thin-film solar modules, has concluded supply agreements with new customers in India and China in excess of 16 megawatts (MW).

29 Jul 2010

Daylight Wins Contract to Develop Demonstrator Units Based on Quantum Cascade Laser

Daylight Defense, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daylight Solutions, Inc., has been awarded a $5.7M contract from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop technology demonstrator units employing their quantum cas...

From Daylight Solutions Inc. 29 Jul 2010

Synopsys’ DesignWare 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP Available for 40-nm, 55-nm Processes

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the addition of the DesignWare® 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP in the 40-nanometer (nm) and 55-nm process technologies to its broad portfolio of high-quality audio IP solutions.

From Synopsys, Inc. 29 Jul 2010

NanoBusiness Talent Program Helps U.S. Students to be Globally Competitive

Summer jobs are a rite of passage for teens. But this summer, Christian Johnson, 18, isn’t scooping ice cream or catching a tan as a lifeguard. Instead, the soon-to-be college freshman will investigate the use o...

29 Jul 2010

New Book Discusses Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticles

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4af251/multiscale_modelin) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Multiscale Modeling of Particle Interactions: Applica...

29 Jul 2010

Several Nano-Based Techniques Help to Meet Needs for Clean Water

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some...

29 Jul 2010

T2 Biosystems Contributes to New Book Titled ‘Point-of-Care Testing'

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing the first portable medical diagnostic products that combine nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology, today announced the company’s authorship of ...

29 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher Introduces Two New DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of two new DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages for the characterization and microcharacterization of carbon nanomaterials.

29 Jul 2010

New DDR2 Chip from Elpida to Become Main Product in 40nm Process

Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had developed a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM™, the DRAM industry's smallest LPDDR2 chip.

29 Jul 2010

Transferrin-Bonded Nanoparticles Can Recognize Broad Range of Cancers

A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able – when paired with nanoparticles – to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs.

29 Jul 2010

NanGenex Completes First Round in Vivo Testing of NanoActive Nanoformulations of Block-Buster Drugs

NanGenex Inc., the proprietary NanoActive™ continuous flow technology platform company, has completed the first round in vivo testing of NanoActive™ nanoformulations of block-buster drugs. Low water solub...

28 Jul 2010

Georgia Tech Named Olympus America As Key Partner for Nanotechnology Research Center

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has named Olympus America Inc. as a key partner for its Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC). Olympus will provide researchers with advanced microscopes, camera equipment an...

28 Jul 2010

Nanotechnology Likely To Have Greater Impact on Construction Industry

Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams - step aside. A new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures.

28 Jul 2010