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Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Files Investigational New Drug for ApoB SNALP

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:TKM) announced today it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application seeking approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase 1 human...

15 Apr 2009

Air Products Lands Another Thin-Film PV Win in Asia

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed a gas supply contract to provide bulk and specialty gases to CHINT Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (CHINT Solar) at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China.

14 Apr 2009

Webinar Discusses the Use of Nanotechnology in Industry

It has been estimated that nanotechnology use in industry will be conservatively be worth $30 billion by 2015, and will be used by every single manufacturing sector. So what is it exactly and how might it impact upon ...

14 Apr 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 Film Microspectrophotometer Designed to Measure Thickness of Thin Films

CRAIC Technologies, the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers, is pleased to announce the QDI 2010 Film™ microspectrophotometer. The QDI 2010 Film™ instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films of sub-micron sampling areas rapidly and non-destructively.

14 Apr 2009

Anasys Webinar on The World's Smallest Heat Source

Anasys Instruments will be organizing a webinar on research frontiers in AFM with heated probes.

14 Apr 2009

First Global Review of Research into the Environment, Health and Safety Risks of Nanotechnology

'EMERGNANO' - the first global review of active research into the environment, health and safety risks of nanotechnology has been published today by Defra, the UK Government Department for Food + Rural Affairs.

14 Apr 2009

Graphene Holds Promise to Revolutionize Microelectronics

Andre Geim developed the first two-dimensional crystals made of carbon atoms. These graphenes not only promise to revolutionize semiconductor, sensor, and display technology, but also lead us to expect breakthroughs in basic research in quantum physics.

14 Apr 2009

Sunovia and EPIR Receives $9 Million SBIR Award for CdTe/Si Wafer Commercialization and Capacity Expansion

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTC:SUNV) (BULLETIN BOARD: SUNV) (hereinafter "Sunovia") and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter 'EPIR' and collectively with Sunovia, 'the Partners' or '...

14 Apr 2009

Tungsten Carbide and Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Nanoparticles Can Enter Cultured Mammalian Cells

Nanoparticles of tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide cobalt can enter cultured mammalian cells. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the University of Dresden, the Leipzig-based Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems in Dresden.

14 Apr 2009

Tracking Changes in Cancer Cell Using Nanoparticles

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. A new imaging technology could give scientists the ability to simultaneously measure as many as 100 or more distinct features in or on a single cell.

14 Apr 2009

How Human Teeth are Affected by Popular Home Whiteners on the Nanoscale

New research shows that human teeth lost some enamel hardness after the application of several different products used in the home to whiten teeth. The study suggests that future generations of such products might be reformulated in an effort to reduce these side effects.

14 Apr 2009

Livonia Named as One of the Initial Sites for New Lithium Ion Battery Mass Production Facilities

A123Systems announced today it has secured more than $100 million in refundable tax credits from the state of Michigan and has selected Livonia as one of the sites where it is planning to base new production plants. The ...

14 Apr 2009

Facing the Challenges of Advancing Nanotechnology

Today regulators face the challenge of advancing nanotechnologies, with designer molecules and smart materials. However, government officials are hindered by a regulatory system more appropriate for a 1970 Chevy truck than a 2005 nanocar - the world's first single-molecule "car" and a major step toward molecular manufacturing.

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 14 Apr 2009

Researchers Produced an Aligned Films Less Than a Nanometer Thick

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven dif...

14 Apr 2009

State of Art Dental Clinic Using Nanotechnology Based Fillings

Our clinics uses the 3M ESPE Filtek for composite resin fillings. The 3M ESPE utilises developments in nanotechnology enabling high-quality restorations as well as excellent mechanical properties and strength.

14 Apr 2009