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UT Dallas Licenses Patented Process to Transform Carbon Nanotube Materials to Lintec

A recent agreement between The University of Texas at Dallas and Lintec of America is expected to propel scientific discoveries from the University's laboratories into the global marketplace and create jobs in North Texas.

11 Feb 2015

Confocal Microscope Helps Predict Non-Linear Optical Properties of Metamaterials

Researchers at the University of California Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a new theory for non-linear light scattering to show that non-linear optical properties of metamaterials can be predicted easily. The study has been described in the journal Nature Materials.

By Stuart Milne 10 Feb 2015

Vaxxas Secures A$25 Million Equity Funding to Advance Clinical Programs Using Nanopatch Vaccine Platform

Vaxxas, a biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccination platform, today announced it has secured equity funding of A$25 million [US$20 million] from new and existing investors.

10 Feb 2015

New Asian Customer Places Large Order with Industrial Nanotech

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology-based, energy saving solutions, today announced that a new customer in Asia has purchased $117,000US worth of the Company's products for use in the railway industry and the oil and gas industry.

10 Feb 2015

DARPA Selects LLNL for Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently selected Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to join a collaborative research team that intends to build the world's first neural system to enable naturalistic feeling and movements in prosthetic hands.

10 Feb 2015

Cornell Receives NSF Grant to Acquire Cryogenic, Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

A first-of-its-kind electron microscope, which will allow materials to be studied in their natural environments using an electron beam focused down to a subatomic spot, is coming to Cornell.

10 Feb 2015

Study Demonstrates Superiority of Silicon Carbide as a Semiconductor for High Performance Sensors

The use of silicon carbide as a semiconductor for mechanical and electrical sensor devices is showing promise for improved operations and safety in harsh working environments, according to new research from Griffith University.

10 Feb 2015

Plasmon Energy Expansion Thermometry Enables Temperatures to be Mapped in Nanometer Units

Overheating is a major problem for the microprocessors that run our smartphones and computers. But a team of UCLA and USC scientists have made a breakthrough that should enable engineers to design microprocessors that minimize that problem: They have developed a thermal imaging technique that can "see" how the temperature changes from point to point inside the smallest electronic circuits.

10 Feb 2015

PEG-HCC Nanoparticle Can Catalyze Neutralization of Damaging Reactive Oxygen Species Molecules

Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress have proven to be astoundingly effective in tests to study their mechanism.

10 Feb 2015

New On-Site DNA Authentication Program for Cotton Textiles from Applied DNA Sciences

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology, supply chain and product authentication solutions, announced today the launch of an On-Site DNA Authentication Program (On-Site) in response to the market need to provide faster reporting of DNA authentication at every step of the cotton textile supply chain, with the goal of ensuring quality assurance, controls and sourcing of raw materials or greige goods, prior to conversion into finished goods.

10 Feb 2015

MEMS Executive Congress Europe: MIG Speakers to Explore Integral Nature of MEMS/Sensors to IoT/E

MEMS Industry Group (MIG) speakers will explore the integral nature of MEMS/sensors to the Internet of Things/Everything (IoT/E) during MEMS Executive Congress® Europe, 9-10 March, 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

10 Feb 2015

Exclusive License for Commercializing Novel Fabrication Methods for Carbon Nanotube Macrostructures

Lintec of America recently announced an exclusive license to commercialize novel fabrication methods for carbon nanotube (CNT) macrostructures, including sheets, yarns and ribbons, developed at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

10 Feb 2015

Spray-Drying Nanocrystal Encapsulation into Polystyrene Microspheres Helps Protect Against Liquid Water

Many Metal-Organic Frameworks are water labile, including the iconic Hong-Kong University of Science and Technology-1 (HKUST-1), which is very promising for many industrial applications.

9 Feb 2015

Biology Major Co-Authors Nature Nanotechnology Paper on siRNA Delivery Research

Since day one at MIT, senior Yiping Xing has been interested in exploring medicine from different perspectives. Already, the biology major has co-authored two scientific papers, including a Nature Nanotechnology paper on siRNA delivery research; co-led a project in Ghana to convert organic waste into animal feed; and participated in national health policy through an internship in the U.S. Surgeon General’s office.

9 Feb 2015

Carnival Cruise Lines to Restore Fleet of Lifeboats with Nano-Clear Coatings

Carnival Cruise Lines implementing Nano-Clear® Coatings to restore their entire fleet of lifeboats.

9 Feb 2015

Nanotechnology News

UT Dallas Licenses Patented Process to Transform Carbon Nanotube Materials to Lintec

Confocal Microscope Helps Predict Non-Linear Optical Properties of Metamaterials

Vaxxas Secures A$25 Million Equity Funding to Advance Clinical Programs Using Nanopatch Vaccine Platform

New Asian Customer Places Large Order with Industrial Nanotech

DARPA Selects LLNL for Hand Proprioception and Touch Interfaces Program

Cornell Receives NSF Grant to Acquire Cryogenic, Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

Study Demonstrates Superiority of Silicon Carbide as a Semiconductor for High Performance Sensors

Plasmon Energy Expansion Thermometry Enables Temperatures to be Mapped in Nanometer Units

PEG-HCC Nanoparticle Can Catalyze Neutralization of Damaging Reactive Oxygen Species Molecules

New On-Site DNA Authentication Program for Cotton Textiles from Applied DNA Sciences

MEMS Executive Congress Europe: MIG Speakers to Explore Integral Nature of MEMS/Sensors to IoT/E

Exclusive License for Commercializing Novel Fabrication Methods for Carbon Nanotube Macrostructures

Spray-Drying Nanocrystal Encapsulation into Polystyrene Microspheres Helps Protect Against Liquid Water

Biology Major Co-Authors Nature Nanotechnology Paper on siRNA Delivery Research

Carnival Cruise Lines to Restore Fleet of Lifeboats with Nano-Clear Coatings

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