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FDA Approves Azaya Therapeutics Investigational New Drug Application

Azaya Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead product "ATI-1123," a novel and improved formulation of Taxotere® (docetaxel), a leading chemotherapy drug with worldwide annual sales of over $2.8 billion.

11 Dec 2009

Shrinking Cells Snares Charges in Less Than One-Trillionth of a Second

Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to i...

11 Dec 2009

Combining Rare-Earth Clusters with Traditional Metal Catalysts Reveals Secrets of Chemical Transformation

Metal catalysts, with their ability to both speed up chemical reactions and influence product structures, have revolutionized manufacturing of essential goods such as petroleum and pharmaceuticals. The constant search fo...

10 Dec 2009

Brandeis Researchers Reveal the Hidden Transient Life of Protein Between Active States

Understanding the incredibly speedy atomic mechanisms at work when a protein transitions from one shape to another has been an elusive scientific goal for years, but an essential one for elucidating the full panoply of protein function.

10 Dec 2009

Labs-on-Chips Powered by Light-Generating Transistors

What started out as 'blue-sky' thinking by a group of European researchers could ultimately lead to the commercial mass production of a new generation of optoelectronic components for devices ranging from mobile ...

10 Dec 2009

Scientists Develop Method to Control Buildup of HF Gas During Growth of Precision Crystals

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals needed for applications such as superconductors, optical devices, and microelectronics.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 10 Dec 2009

Amtech Systems Solar Subsidiary Receives $9 Million in Orders for Diffusion Processing Systems

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsi...

10 Dec 2009

Malvern Product Technical Specialist Wins Prestigious Vernon Harrison Doctoral Prize

Malvern Panalytical Product Technical Specialist for Rheology, Dr. John Duffy, has been awarded the prestigious Vernon Harrison doctoral prize given annually by the British Society of Rheology (BSR).

From Malvern Panalytical 10 Dec 2009

An Important Milestone in the History of Crystallography

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) is proud to announce an important milestone in the history of crystallography - the archiving of the 500,000th small molecule crystal structure to the Cambridge Structura...

10 Dec 2009

New Way to Control Casimir Force

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force which attracts objects when they are only a hundred nanometers apart.

From Argonne National Laboratory 10 Dec 2009

Scientists Produce 3-D CAT Scans of Entire Cells

Think of it as an emergency room exam for cells. In the span of a few minutes, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can produce three-dimensional CAT scans of entire cells, revealing their internal structure down to the smallest organelle.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 10 Dec 2009

Nanotechnology News

FDA Approves Azaya Therapeutics Investigational New Drug Application

Shrinking Cells Snares Charges in Less Than One-Trillionth of a Second

Combining Rare-Earth Clusters with Traditional Metal Catalysts Reveals Secrets of Chemical Transformation

Brandeis Researchers Reveal the Hidden Transient Life of Protein Between Active States

Labs-on-Chips Powered by Light-Generating Transistors

Scientists Develop Method to Control Buildup of HF Gas During Growth of Precision Crystals

Amtech Systems Solar Subsidiary Receives $9 Million in Orders for Diffusion Processing Systems

Malvern Product Technical Specialist Wins Prestigious Vernon Harrison Doctoral Prize

An Important Milestone in the History of Crystallography

New Way to Control Casimir Force

Scientists Produce 3-D CAT Scans of Entire Cells

Nanotechnology Researchers Develop New Generation of Super-Strong Polymer Composite

Researchers Made Significant Advances in Molecular Computing

Professor Appointed as Supervisory Board Member of MagForce Nanotechnologies

SP Industries Announces New Webinar 'Freeze Drying of Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Critical Factors'

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