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New Method to Monitor Properties of Microscopic Particles During a Chemical Reaction

A team of NYU physicists has developed a method to monitor the properties of microscopic particles as they grow within a chemical reaction vessel, creating new opportunities to improve the quality and consistency of a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Their work, which appears as a cover story in the journal Soft Matter, offers benefits for commodities ranging from food and pharmaceuticals to perfumes and cosmetics.

3 Feb 2015

Lowly Roundworm Helps Measure Toxicity of Nanoparticles

The lowly roundworm is the star of an ambitious Rice University project to measure the toxicity of nanoparticles.

3 Feb 2015

Multi-Organ Chip Could Render Use of Animal-Based Experiments Superfluous

In medical research, animal-based experiments have thus far been a necessary evil. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a highly promising alternative, however: They are developing a mini-organism inside a chip. This way, complex metabolic processes within the human body can be analyzed realistically.

2 Feb 2015

Lomiko Raises Alarm Regarding Canada's Efforts to Capitalize on New Nanotechnology Opportunities

Lomiko is raising the alarm regarding Canada's lacklustre efforts to capitalize on new manufacturing and nanotechnology opportunities while concentrating on the oil industry.

2 Feb 2015

Applied DNA Sciences’ Genetic Assay to Identify Extra Long Staple Pima Cotton Cultivars Awarded US Patent

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office issued the "Methods for Genotyping Mature Cotton Fibers and Textiles" patent #8,940,485 on January 27, 2015 for the company's pimaTyping® authentication of extra long staple or pima cotton-based products.

2 Feb 2015

EaglePicher Inks License Agreement for OneD Material's Silicon-Nanowire-Based Anode Material, SiNANOde

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC announced that it has entered into a License Agreement and an Engineering Services Agreement with OneD Material, to set up a new EaglePicher production facility in Joplin to produce SiNANOde™, a silicon-nanowire-based anode material for building lithium ion cells and batteries providing higher energy densities.

31 Jan 2015

Matinas BioPharma Announces Aquarius BioTechnologies Acquisition

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. ("Matinas BioPharma" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of lipid-based prescription therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular conditions and the treatment of infectious diseases, announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Aquarius BioTechnologies Inc. (Aquarius), an innovative bio-delivery drug discovery company with a novel and proprietary lipid-crystal nano-particle cochleate formulation technology platform.

31 Jan 2015

Engineers Leading Advanced Computer Chip R&D at SUNY Poly to Become Part of IBM Research

IBM and SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) today announced that more than 220 engineers and scientists who lead IBM’s advanced chip research and development efforts at SUNY Poly’s Albany Nanotech campus will become part of IBM Research, the technology industry’s largest and most influential research organization.   

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 31 Jan 2015

EPFL Scientists Create Blue Laser Using Photonic Crystal Nanocavities

Scientists of EPFL have developed blue laser that could be used in nano-scale spaces. The laser, which operates at room temperature, could be used to modify brain functions or even the interior of cells.

31 Jan 2015

Novel Way to Control Electronic Band Gap in Complex Oxide Materials

If you can't find the ideal material, then design a new one.
Northwestern University's James Rondinelli uses quantum mechanical calculations to predict and design the properties of new materials by working at the atom-level. His group's latest achievement is the discovery of a novel way to control the electronic band gap in complex oxide materials without changing the material's overall composition. The finding could potentially lead to better electro-optical devices, such as lasers, and new energy-generation and conversion materials, including more absorbent solar cells and the improved conversion of sunlight into chemical fuels through photoelectrocatalysis.

31 Jan 2015

UT Arlington Professor Develops Innovative Sensors to Monitor Conditions of Coal-Fired Boilers

A University of Texas at Arlington engineering professor is developing a distributed wireless antenna sensor system to monitor conditions of coal-fired boilers that will lead to making the units safer, more efficient and eventually producing better designed units.

31 Jan 2015

Researchers Create Nanoscale Tool from DNA Strands to Examine Bio-Molecular Behavior

A complex interplay of molecular components governs almost all aspects of biological sciences - healthy organism development, disease progression, and drug efficacy are all dependent on the way life's molecules interact in the body. Understanding these bio-molecular interactions is critical for the discovery of new, more effective therapeutics and diagnostics to treat cancer and other diseases, but currently requires scientists to have access to expensive and elaborate laboratory equipment.

31 Jan 2015

PNNL Honored with Two 2015 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards

Developing renewable fuel from wet algae and enabling analysis of complex liquids are two of the latest innovations Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has successfully driven to the market with the help of commercial partners.

31 Jan 2015

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations Help Study Fundamental Chemical Processes on Sub-Picosecond Timescales

Chemists at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with colleagues at the Central Laser Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and Heriot-Watt University (HWU), can now follow chemical reactions in liquids with unprecedented, atomically resolved detail on sub-picosecond timescales (1 picosecond = 10-12s) – matching the time intervals between molecular collisions.

31 Jan 2015

Novel Best Practice Guide for Safe Use of Nanoparticles in Packaging Industries

A novel “Best Practice Guide for the Safe Handling and Use of Nanoparticles in Packaging Industries” is now available to support those working with nanomaterials at all stages in the development of packaging products.

31 Jan 2015

Nanotechnology News

New Method to Monitor Properties of Microscopic Particles During a Chemical Reaction

Lowly Roundworm Helps Measure Toxicity of Nanoparticles

Multi-Organ Chip Could Render Use of Animal-Based Experiments Superfluous

Lomiko Raises Alarm Regarding Canada's Efforts to Capitalize on New Nanotechnology Opportunities

Applied DNA Sciences’ Genetic Assay to Identify Extra Long Staple Pima Cotton Cultivars Awarded US Patent

EaglePicher Inks License Agreement for OneD Material's Silicon-Nanowire-Based Anode Material, SiNANOde

Matinas BioPharma Announces Aquarius BioTechnologies Acquisition

Engineers Leading Advanced Computer Chip R&D at SUNY Poly to Become Part of IBM Research

EPFL Scientists Create Blue Laser Using Photonic Crystal Nanocavities

Novel Way to Control Electronic Band Gap in Complex Oxide Materials

UT Arlington Professor Develops Innovative Sensors to Monitor Conditions of Coal-Fired Boilers

Researchers Create Nanoscale Tool from DNA Strands to Examine Bio-Molecular Behavior

PNNL Honored with Two 2015 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations Help Study Fundamental Chemical Processes on Sub-Picosecond Timescales

Novel Best Practice Guide for Safe Use of Nanoparticles in Packaging Industries

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