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EMBL-EBI Launches Open Access Drug Discovery Database

ChEMBLdb, a vast online database of information on the properties and activities of drugs and drug-like small molecules and their targets, launches today with information on over half a million compounds. The data lie at the heart of translating information from the human genome into successful new drugs in the clinic.

18 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies to Produce Capsules of Drug Nanoparticles

The Supervisory Council of Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies has approve project to to produce a number of pharmaceuticals- anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, and statins in phospholipid capsules with extremely sm...

18 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Approves Heart Valve Project

The Supervisory Council of Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies has approve project to produce bicuspid and develop tricuspid artificial heart valves. Total budget for the project is 1.488 billion rubles of which RUSN...

18 Jan 2010

Unusual Snail Shell Could Be A Model for Better Armor

New insights about a tiny snail that lives on the ocean floor could help scientists design better armor for soldiers and vehicles, according to MIT researchers.

18 Jan 2010

Report Provides In-Depth Examination on Safety of Nanomaterials

A comprehensive and authoritative review of the health and environmental safety of engineered nanomaterials has been published by a consortium led by Edinburgh Napier University and the Institute of Occupational Medicine...

18 Jan 2010

Nanoparticles That Can Cling to Artery Walls and Slowly Release Medicine

Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative to drug-releasing stents in some patients with cardiovascular disease.

18 Jan 2010

STMicroelectronics Joins CEA-Leti IMAGINE Program to Develop Multiple E-Beam Lithography

STMicroelectronics and CEA-Leti, the leading French semiconductor research institute, have signed an agreement for STMicroelectronics to join the new industry/research multi-partner program IMAGINE, led by CEA-Leti, which includes TSMC, for mask-less lithography for IC manufacturing.

From CEA-Leti 18 Jan 2010

Adjustments Needed in REACH to Assess and Control Risks of Nanomaterials

Some adjustments are needed in the European chemicals legislation REACH to assess and control the risks of nanomaterials. The information on substances to be provided under REACH is not sufficient to determine the specif...

18 Jan 2010

Talk Will Cover Advances in Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and More

Noted keynote speaker, global futurist and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich, has been selected to give the keynote address at the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting and awards luncheon on Friday, Ja...

18 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology Could be Applied to the Coating of Optical Glasses

Stuttgart physicists develop a new metallic coating. Whether eyewear or camera lenses: most optical components are anti-glare. Soon nano technology could be applied to the coating of optical glasses: Researchers of the U...

18 Jan 2010

First Joint Call for Proposals in Nanotechnology and Information Communication Science and Technologies

Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the French National Research Agency - ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) announced today the first bilateral Joint Call for Proposals (JCP) in the areas of Nanotechnology and Information Communication Science and Technologies.

18 Jan 2010

Discovery Uses Nanowire Arrays to Image Nanoscale Objects Beyond Diffraction Limit

A research team from Northeastern University has developed a new nanolens that can beat the diffraction limit to achieve so-called super-resolution imaging, better than can be achieved by current technology. The nanolens...

17 Jan 2010

Removing Colorants from Industrial Wastewaters using Nanotechnology

Iranian researchers at University of Tabriz produced an electrode made of carbon nanotubes which is capable of highly removing colorants from industrial wastewaters. "First, we fabricated PTFE carbon nanotube an...

17 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology and Contact Lens May Soon Change the Way Diabetics Monitor Glucose Levels

Through the use of nanotechnology, University of Western Ontario Chemical and Biochemical Assistant professor Jin Zhang is using extremely small particles embedded in the hydrogel contact lenses to monitor and report on changing sugar levels in the body.

16 Jan 2010

Brookhaven Lab and Advanced Energy Celebrates Opening of New Hi-Tech Facility

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. of Medford, N.Y. (AES) celebrated the opening of a new hi-tech facility at the AES site that will produce crucial components used in particle accelerators around the world.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 15 Jan 2010