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Titan Spine’s FDA-Cleared nanoLOCK Surface Technology Wins Orthopedics This Week’s 2015 Spine Technology Awards

Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company focused on developing innovative spinal interbody fusion implants, today announced that it has been recognized as a winner of Orthopedics This Week’s 2015 Spine Technology Awards in the Biomaterials and Biologics category. Furthermore, Titan Spine’s nanoLOCK™ surface technology, the only FDA-cleared nanotechnology for the spine, scored highest of all products submitted.

13 Oct 2015

Global Gold Nanoparticles Market Size Forecast to Grow at 24.7% CAGR

Global gold nanoparticles market size is expected to reach 4.99 billion by 2020, witnessing gains at a CAGR of 24.7%. Positive outlook towards the increasing applications of nanotechnology in medical and dentistry such as drug delivery systems, nanomedicines, therapeutics is expected to drive industry demand. Global nanoparticle demand in biotechnology, drug development and drug delivery is expected to exceed USD 90 billion by 2020, growing at CAGR of 17.1% from 2014 to 2020.

13 Oct 2015

Ions and Electrons to Store Information Could Enable Atomic-Size Storage Cells

Scientists from Kiel University and the Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a new way to store information that uses ions to save data and electrons to read data. This could enable the size of storage cells to be reduced to atomic dimensions. But that is not the only advantage of the new technology, as the researchers reported in the journal Scientific Reports.

13 Oct 2015

Global Nanotechnology Market in Environmental Applications Forecast to Reach $41.8 Billion by 2020

INTRODUCTION: The global market for nanotechnology has been growing at a significant rate for the past twenty-years, in line with the application for environmental pollutant remediation, mainly driven by countries in North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

13 Oct 2015

NC Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Microbiota Research

A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State University has received a $5.3 million, five-year Transformative Research (R01) Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create fully functioning versions of the human gut that fit on a chip the size of a dime.

12 Oct 2015

Freiburg Researchers Measure Sensitive, Nanoscale Structures Using Photonic Force Microscope

Freiburg researchers have developed a method for measuring soft, structured surfaces using optical forces.

12 Oct 2015

Matinas’ Cochleate Lipid-Crystal Nano-Particle Technology Improves Efficacy of Atovaquone in Treating Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying and developing safe and effective antifungal and anti-bacterial therapeutics for the treatment of serious and life-threatening infections, announces the presentation of pre-clinical data that shows its cochleate lipid-crystal nano-particle drug delivery technology significantly improves the efficacy of atovaquone in treating pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), and enhances lung tissue penetration.

12 Oct 2015

New GO Foundation Launched to Support Innovation and Commercialization of Graphene

NAATBatt International of the United States; Phantoms Foundation of Spain, and; Grafoid Inc. of Canada, are pleased to announce the launch of GO Foundation (Graphene Organization Foundation), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting graphene innovation and commercialization for the betterment of humanity.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop Controllable Protein Gates for Artificial Nanovesicles

Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in building protein gates for artificial nano-vesicles that become transparent only under specific conditions.

12 Oct 2015

nanoFlowcell AG to Build New Research & Development Centre in Tenero, Switzerland

nanoFlowcell AG's plans for 2016 include the construction of a state-of-the-art research and development centre named "QUANT City" in Tenero in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

12 Oct 2015

UC Engineering Professor Explores Effective Nanoparticle-Bubble Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Medical Conditions

“Colloidal delivery system” and “nanoparticle” are probably not terms you find yourself using in day-to-day interactions, but for UC's Yoonjee Park, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science biomedical engineering professor, these words are central to every conversation relating to her cutting edge research on drug delivery vehicles.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers Use Nanoscale Diamonds to Identify Early-Stage Cancerous Tumours

Physicists from the University of Sydney have devised a way to use diamonds to identify cancerous tumours before they become life threatening.

12 Oct 2015

PI Releases Ultrasonic Piezo Motors Catalog for Photonics and Microscopy Applications

PI (Physik Instrumente), a leader and solution provider in motion control and precision positioning components and systems, is releasing a catalog of its ultrasonic piezo motors, stages and positioners for precision motion and automation applications. The products range includes compact, high speed, or cost effective customized OEM designs.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 12 Oct 2015

2D Carbon Graphene Research Company Gets Listed on Chinese Stock Exchange

A company formed to commercialize graphene research conducted at the University of Houston's Center for Advanced Materials has been listed on the Chinese stock exchange, an important step in the company's capitalization and growth.

9 Oct 2015

Spectronics Introduces Advanced PC-10020-LT UV EPROM/Wafer Erasing System

Whether a technician is erasing one EPROM chip or many, Spectronics Corporation manufactures the latest, most advanced, reliable UV EPROM erasing equipment in the world.

9 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology News

Titan Spine’s FDA-Cleared nanoLOCK Surface Technology Wins Orthopedics This Week’s 2015 Spine Technology Awards

Global Gold Nanoparticles Market Size Forecast to Grow at 24.7% CAGR

Ions and Electrons to Store Information Could Enable Atomic-Size Storage Cells

Global Nanotechnology Market in Environmental Applications Forecast to Reach $41.8 Billion by 2020

NC Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Microbiota Research

Freiburg Researchers Measure Sensitive, Nanoscale Structures Using Photonic Force Microscope

Matinas’ Cochleate Lipid-Crystal Nano-Particle Technology Improves Efficacy of Atovaquone in Treating Pneumocystis Pneumonia

New GO Foundation Launched to Support Innovation and Commercialization of Graphene

Researchers Develop Controllable Protein Gates for Artificial Nanovesicles

nanoFlowcell AG to Build New Research & Development Centre in Tenero, Switzerland

UC Engineering Professor Explores Effective Nanoparticle-Bubble Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Medical Conditions

Researchers Use Nanoscale Diamonds to Identify Early-Stage Cancerous Tumours

PI Releases Ultrasonic Piezo Motors Catalog for Photonics and Microscopy Applications

2D Carbon Graphene Research Company Gets Listed on Chinese Stock Exchange

Spectronics Introduces Advanced PC-10020-LT UV EPROM/Wafer Erasing System

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