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Nano-GaN Power Electronic Devices Project Secures €1 Million in Funding

Tyndall National Institute has partnered with US and Northern Irish research institutes to secure €1 million in funding to develop new ways of harnessing converted electricity. The Nano-GaN Power Electronic Devices project has the potential to have a global impact across the entire power electronics industry.

3 Apr 2015

Hitachi Chemical to Establish CMP Development Headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s Nanotech Complex

In accordance with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s successful technology-driven economic development model for New York State, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) today announced Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. will establish its North American CMP development headquarters and first CMP research and development venture outside of Japan at SUNY Poly CNSE’s Nanotech complex in Albany.

2 Apr 2015

Kala Reports Top-Line Results from KPI-121 Nanoparticle Loteprednol Etabonate MPP Phase 3 Trial in Cataract Surgery

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Kala), a developer of innovative ophthalmic products based on its proprietary mucus-penetrating particle (MPP) technology, today announced positive top-line results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of KPI-121, its nanoparticle loteprednol etabonate MPP product candidate, for the treatment of inflammation and pain in patients who had undergone cataract surgery.

2 Apr 2015

Nanoparticle Carrier Delivers Antibacterial Agent into Dental Plaque

Therapeutic agents intended to reduce dental plaque and prevent tooth decay are often removed by saliva and the act of swallowing before they can take effect. But a team of researchers has developed a way to keep the drugs from being washed away.

2 Apr 2015

Rudolph Receives Multi-Million Dollar Orders for NSX® Series and Wafer Scanner™ Inspection Systems

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. announced today that a major semiconductor foundry and a top outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility have placed multi-million dollar orders totaling approximately $17 million for several NSX®Series and Wafer Scanner™ inspection systems.

2 Apr 2015

New Method for Embedding Scaffolding of Patterned Nanofibers within 3D Hydrogel Structures

Damage to neural tissue is typically permanent and causes lasting disability in patients, but a new approach has recently been discovered that holds incredible potential to reconstruct neural tissue at high resolution in three dimensions.

2 Apr 2015

Liposomes, Magnetic Nanoparticles and Photosensitizers Combined to Fight Cancer

By combining, in a liposome, magnetic nanoparticles and photosensitizers that are simultaneously and remotely activated by external physical stimuli (a magnetic field and light), scientists at the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) and the Laboratoire Physicochimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux (CNRS/UPMC), obtained total tumor regression in mice.

2 Apr 2015

CPPs Can Open Transient Nano-Tunnels across Cell Membranes and Inject Therapeutic Drugs into Cells

Chemists, biologists and pharmacologists deal with the question of how complex active substances can be introduced into cells such that they are rapidly and easily available. Building on earlier research, interdisciplinary teams of scientists, with biology Professor M. Cristina Cardoso (TU Darmstadt), physics Professors Henry D. Herce (RPI, NY, USA and TU Darmstadt) and Angel E. Garcia (RPI, NY, USA), and chemistry Professor Christian P. R. Hackenberger (FMP, Berlin), have made some important advancements.

2 Apr 2015

Managing Director of Thomas Swan Appointed to Governing Body of Innovate UK

Harry Swan, Managing Director of Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. based in Consett, County Durham has been appointed to the Governing Board of the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Innovate UK, formerly known as th...

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 2 Apr 2015

PI Announces the PIHera Family of Piezo Stage Scanners, with the Largest Travel Ranges of Any Flexure-Guided Stages

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., provides the PIHera family of compact X, XY and Z flexure-guided piezo nanopositioning stages, offering record travel ranges to 1.8 millimeters.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 1 Apr 2015

Diamond-Based Duralar Nanotechnology Coating Improves Firearm Performance

ProtoTactical, a Tucson-area manufacturer of firearms and firearm components has discovered a new way to significantly improve their firearm performance — by applying a special nanotechnology coating called Duralar™. Duralar is an advanced, diamond-based coating that is being used in a variety of industries to enhance metal hardness and durability — and to provide other qualities as well.

1 Apr 2015

N1 Technologies Initiates New Research into Nano-Organics

The directors and management of N1 Technologies Inc. have launched a new research initiative into Nano-Organics.

1 Apr 2015

McPherson’s CCD-UV Absorbance Spectrophotometer Features Fast Acquisition for Wider Spectral Range

McPherson's newest VUVAS spectrophotometer capitalizes on the speed and sensitivity of direct detection, ultraviolet sensitive CCD detectors. Faster data acquisition enables more complex data sets involving spectral response vs. temperature or time.

1 Apr 2015

Special Focus Issue on Combined Force of Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine

Nanomedicine has published a special focus issue on the combined force of nanomedicine and regenerative medicine; two fields that continue to develop at a dramatic pace.

1 Apr 2015

Scientists Develop Compact Nanomechanical Plasmonic Phase Modulators

A team that includes Rutgers University and National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists believes that a technology it is reporting this week in Nature Photonics could result in optical switches with sub-square-micron footprints, potentially allowing densely packed switching fabrics on a chip.

1 Apr 2015

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Nano-GaN Power Electronic Devices Project Secures €1 Million in Funding

Hitachi Chemical to Establish CMP Development Headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s Nanotech Complex

Kala Reports Top-Line Results from KPI-121 Nanoparticle Loteprednol Etabonate MPP Phase 3 Trial in Cataract Surgery

Nanoparticle Carrier Delivers Antibacterial Agent into Dental Plaque

Rudolph Receives Multi-Million Dollar Orders for NSX® Series and Wafer Scanner™ Inspection Systems

New Method for Embedding Scaffolding of Patterned Nanofibers within 3D Hydrogel Structures

Liposomes, Magnetic Nanoparticles and Photosensitizers Combined to Fight Cancer

CPPs Can Open Transient Nano-Tunnels across Cell Membranes and Inject Therapeutic Drugs into Cells

Managing Director of Thomas Swan Appointed to Governing Body of Innovate UK

PI Announces the PIHera Family of Piezo Stage Scanners, with the Largest Travel Ranges of Any Flexure-Guided Stages

Diamond-Based Duralar Nanotechnology Coating Improves Firearm Performance

N1 Technologies Initiates New Research into Nano-Organics

McPherson’s CCD-UV Absorbance Spectrophotometer Features Fast Acquisition for Wider Spectral Range

Special Focus Issue on Combined Force of Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine

Scientists Develop Compact Nanomechanical Plasmonic Phase Modulators

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