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Luna Innovations Incorporated Acquires Certain Intellectual Property Assets of Tego Biosciences

Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has acquired certain intellectual property assets of Tego Biosciences, its main competitor in developing medicines based on carbon nanomaterials. Tego Biosciences, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR).

29 Dec 2009

Investors and Corporate Licensees from Fortune 1000 Companies Will Meet Once Again for WBT2010

Investors and corporate licensees from Fortune 1000 companies will meet once again in Arlington, Texas for the eighth annual WBTshowcase (WBT2010), the world's largest forum offering a prescreened, pre-prepped collec...

29 Dec 2009

mPhase Retains Investor Relations Group to Serve as National Investor Relations Agency

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:XDSL - News), the global leader in the development of Power On Command(TM) reserve battery technology, has retained the Investor Relations Group, a thirteen-year-old, award-winning corpo...

From MyPebble 29 Dec 2009

Significant Advance in Personalized Medicine Using New Lab-on-a-Chip

It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies....

29 Dec 2009

New Skies for the London Centre for Nanotechnology Business Director

Dr Thierry Bontoux has stepped down from his position of Deputy Director of the LCN in charge of Business. His decision will be effective from the 31st of December 2009 and he will then focus on his new venture.

29 Dec 2009

Join Hands in R+D of Superconducting Magnet Technology

Dr. WANG Yifang, Deputy Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) singed a strategic cooperation agreement with the State High-tech Industry Development Zone, Shandong Province on December 10th. A superc...

29 Dec 2009

Arrowhead Research Subsidiary Completes Definitive Asset Purchase Agreement

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Tego Biosciences, has completed a definitive asset purchase agreement for the sale of its non-cash intellectual property (IP...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 28 Dec 2009

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Teaming Up with Chinese Company to Produce State-of-the-Art Li-Ion Batteries

The Supervisory Council of RUSNANO has approved the corporation's participation in a project aimed at establishing the production of state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries, the first in the country. The batteries in ...

28 Dec 2009

Certain Combinations of Elemental Atoms Have Electronic Signatures that Mimic Electronic Signatures of Other Elements

Transforming lead into gold is an impossible feat, but a similar type of "alchemy" is not only possible, but cost-effective too. Three Penn State researchers have shown that certain combinations of elemental atoms have electronic signatures that mimic the electronic signatures of other elements.

28 Dec 2009

Publication Validates Company's Structure-Based Approach for Addressing Previously Undruggable Targets

Emerald BioStructures (formerly deCODE biostructures) announced today a publication in advance online issue of Nature Biotechnology, detailing the application of structure-based drug design (SBDD) to engineer new alloste...

27 Dec 2009

Combating Climate Change with Phase Change Materials and Microcapsules

There is an urgent need for intelligent, low-energy alternatives to air-conditioning systems. Recent years have witnessed a steady increase in the amount of energy used to cool offices, commercial premises and housing. &...

26 Dec 2009

New Company Focuses on Sports Nanotechnology

Applied Technology Holdings, Inc., a privately held provider of patented technology and systems, with subsidiaries building solutions that address specific customer needs, today reported that the Company has formed its f...

25 Dec 2009

MIT Teams Finding Many Uses for Graphene

But this nanoscopic material called graphene, first generally acknowledged to exist just five years ago, turns out to have a variety of unique, and potentially very useful, characteristics - ones several MIT researchers are actively trying to better understand and turn into real-world applications.

25 Dec 2009

Splitting Fluorescent Protein Helps Image Clusters in Live Cells

Half a protein is better than none, and in this case, it's way better than a whole one. A Rice University lab has discovered that dividing a particular fluorescent protein and using it as a tag is handy for analyzing...

24 Dec 2009

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Sums Up the Year 2009

Today RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais held a press conference in Moscow to announce the results of the Corporation's activity in 2009. A priority direction for RUSNANO is co-investment in industry, infrastructure and educational projects in the field of nanotechnology.

23 Dec 2009