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Graphene and CNT Research with Renishaw's Raman Instruments at the University of Manchester

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, reports on the use of Raman spectroscopy in the study of graphene by the Casiraghi Group located at the University of Manchester's Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Laboratory.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 14 Apr 2015

Tekmira's TKM-Ebola IND Modified by FDA to Allow Repeat Dosing of Healthy Volunteers

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, an industry-leading therapeutic solutions company focused on developing a cure for chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the Company that the partial clinical hold on the company's Investigational New Drug application (IND) for TKM-Ebola has been modified to permit repeat dosing of healthy volunteers at a dose of 0.24 mg/kg/day. The IND remains on partial clinical hold with regard to doses above 0.24 mg/kg/day in healthy volunteers.

13 Apr 2015

Dicerna Announces Promising Data for CTNNB1 DsiRNA in Multiple Patient-Derived Xenograft Tumor Types

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of RNAi therapeutics, today announced promising new in vivo data for CTNNB1 DsiRNA in multiple patient-derived xenograft (PDX) and other models of diverse tumor types. CTNNB1 DsiRNA is an extended Dicer substrate short interfering RNA (DsiRNA-EX) therapeutic targeting â-catenin delivered using Dicerna’s proprietary next generation EnCore™ lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology.

13 Apr 2015

Seminar on Drug-Loaded Gold Nanostar Probes for Imaging and Therapeutics

Teri Odom of Northwestern University will present a seminar at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 13, in CHEM 144 on gold nanostar probes for imaging and therapeutics.

13 Apr 2015

US FDA Clears NOVA View Automated Digital Indirect Fluorescent Assay Microscope

Inova Diagnostics, the worldwide leader in autoimmune diagnostic reagents and systems for the clinical laboratory, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared NOVA View, an automated digital IFA (indirect fluorescent assay) microscope, through the de novo classification process.

13 Apr 2015

Palladium-Nickel Nanoalloy Catalysts Possess Tunable Parameters That Affect Critical Atomic-Scale Structural Features

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Scientists have discovered that for palladium-nickel catalysts, certain surface characteristics, measured at the atomic level, sped the creation of carbon dioxide from carbon monoxide. To reveal the optimal atomic neighborhood for surface chemical activity, high-energy x-rays were scattered by nanoparticles while they were exposed to a reactive chemical environment.

13 Apr 2015

UT Arlington to Build Microfluidic Electrochemical Reactor for Oxygen Recovery in Mars Missions

NASA has selected UT Arlington as one of four U.S. institutions to develop improved methods for oxygen recovery and reuse aboard human spacecraft, a technology the agency says is crucial to "enable our human journey to Mars and beyond."

13 Apr 2015

Researchers Exploit Bimetallic Nanocrystals into Nanoframes to Synthesize Durable Electrocatalysts

A team of researchers has synthesized a highly active and durable class of electrocatalysts by exploiting the structural evolution of solid Pt-Ni bimetallic nanocrystals into porous cage-like structures or nanoframes. This novel material significantly enhanced catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction -- the splitting of an O2 molecule into two oxygen ions -- that is critical to fuel cells and potentially other electrochemical applications.

13 Apr 2015

High-Powered Laser Levitates High Entropy Alloy for Analysis

Just as a delicate balance of ingredients determines the tastiness of a cookie or cake, the specific ratio of metals in an alloy determines desirable qualities of the new metal, such as improved strength or lightness.

13 Apr 2015

Special Microscope Provides Insight into Chemistry That Clogs Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

An eruption of lithium at the tip of a battery's electrode, cracks in the electrode's body, and a coat forming on the electrode's surface reveal how recharging a battery many times leads to its demise.

13 Apr 2015

Organic Compounds Enable Seamless Integration of Graphene for Flexible Electronics

Chemists from Europe’s Graphene Flagship review the potential for graphene-organic composite materials in electronics. The researchers show how organic semiconductors can be used to better process graphene, and to tune its properties for particular applications.

13 Apr 2015

New Method to Predict How Carbon Nanotubes are Formed

Matt Maschmann, a researcher at the University of Missouri (MU), has developed a method to predict the way in which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are formed.

10 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Researchers have succeeded in developing a technique for spontaneous insertion of carbon nanotube (CNT) into synthetic and natural cell membranes to create pores imitating biological channels.

10 Apr 2015

Nanopillars Could Help Develop More Energy-Efficient Transistors for Electronic Devices

Seong Jin Koh, an associate professor in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the National Science Foundation to build nanoscale pillars that may lead to development of more energy-efficient transistors for applications in electronic gadgets and devices.

10 Apr 2015

Lifetime of Self-Assembled Nanostructures Programmed by Scientists

Materials that self-assemble and self-destruct once their work is done are highly advantageous for a number of applications – as components in temporary data storage systems or for medical devices. For example, such materials could seal blood vessels during surgery and re-open them subsequently.

10 Apr 2015

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Graphene and CNT Research with Renishaw's Raman Instruments at the University of Manchester

Tekmira's TKM-Ebola IND Modified by FDA to Allow Repeat Dosing of Healthy Volunteers

Dicerna Announces Promising Data for CTNNB1 DsiRNA in Multiple Patient-Derived Xenograft Tumor Types

Seminar on Drug-Loaded Gold Nanostar Probes for Imaging and Therapeutics

US FDA Clears NOVA View Automated Digital Indirect Fluorescent Assay Microscope

Palladium-Nickel Nanoalloy Catalysts Possess Tunable Parameters That Affect Critical Atomic-Scale Structural Features

UT Arlington to Build Microfluidic Electrochemical Reactor for Oxygen Recovery in Mars Missions

Researchers Exploit Bimetallic Nanocrystals into Nanoframes to Synthesize Durable Electrocatalysts

High-Powered Laser Levitates High Entropy Alloy for Analysis

Special Microscope Provides Insight into Chemistry That Clogs Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

Organic Compounds Enable Seamless Integration of Graphene for Flexible Electronics

New Method to Predict How Carbon Nanotubes are Formed

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Nanopillars Could Help Develop More Energy-Efficient Transistors for Electronic Devices

Lifetime of Self-Assembled Nanostructures Programmed by Scientists

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