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UMC Utilizes Cadence Tools to Produce Silicon-Ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-Based SoC

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry, used Cadence® implementation and signoff tools to produce a silicon-ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-based system on chip (SoC) targeting entry-level smartphones, tablets, high-end wearables and other advanced mobile devices.

21 Jan 2015

DLA's SigNature® DNA Marking Capability Receives Support from Applied DNA Sciences

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based product authentication solutions, supply chain security and anti-counterfeiting technology, announced today that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) DNA marking lab in Columbus, Ohio has now been open for over a month. On-site and on-time, the lab was fully operational on December 15, 2014 with microcircuits beginning to work their way through the administrative system and get to the Product Test Center (PTC).

21 Jan 2015

PEN CEO Shares Experiences on Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization

Scott Rickert, Chairman and CEO of PEN Inc., was recently asked to share his experience in nanotechnology commercialization in a webinar entitled "Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization -- What Keeps the Small and Medium Enterprise Community Up at Night?" The online event was sponsored by The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NTSC), under the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

21 Jan 2015

Non-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes May Not Be Blood-Compatible

Scientists in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin, have made an important discovery about the safety issues of using carbon nanotubes as biomaterials which come into contact with blood. The significance of their findings is reflected in their paper being published as the feature story and front page cover of the international, peer-reviewed journal Nanomedicine.

21 Jan 2015

MU Researcher Honored with Hevesy Medal for Contributions to Nanomedicine

Gold nanoparticles have been proven useful in a number of medical applications. Scientists are developing nanoparticles to produce pharmaceuticals used in the imaging and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer, arthritis, Parkinson's disease and eye degeneration.

21 Jan 2015

FDA Grants Fast Track Status for Celator’s CPX-351 to Treat Elderly Patients with Secondary AML

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is transforming the science of combination therapy and developing products to improve patient outcomes in cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track designation for CPX-351 (cytarabine:daunorubicin) for the treatment of elderly patients with secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

21 Jan 2015

Zyvex Introduces ZNT Polymer Modified Carbon Nanotube Additive

Zyvex Technologies today announces a new product family called ZNT (Zyvex Nanotube Technology). ZNT is a polymer modified carbon nanotube additive for a wide range of host matrices that include epoxies, elastomers, thermoplastics, and aqueous-based solutions.

21 Jan 2015

New 'Microcapsule' Treatment Delivery Method Could Reverse Tissue Damage Caused By Osteoarthritis

A new 'microcapsule' treatment delivery method developed by researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) could reduce inflammation in cartilage affected by osteoarthritis and reverse damage to tissue. The research was funded by Arthritis Research UK and the AO Foundation.

21 Jan 2015

New, Wearable Nanowire Sensor Monitors Electrophysiological Signals

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor electrophysiological signals, such as electrocardiography (EKG) or electromyography (EMG).

21 Jan 2015

NanoART Contest of Nanoscopic Images Receives Additional Support of OCSiAl

With the additional support of OCSiAl USA, the competition here to fore restricted to the European Union has expanded to a global level from January 2015. In 2014, OCSiAl accepted the invitation of nRai® to become a juror for NanoART – an international online competition of nanoscopic images organized with the Nanosciences Foundation, in Grenoble (France).

21 Jan 2015

Graphene Engineering & Innovation Centre Advisory Panel Visits Thomas Swan’s Facilities

In early January senior members from The University of Manchester’s GEIC advisory panel visited Thomas Swan in Consett, County Durham, to gain a better understanding of the process engineering, utilities, logistics, technology and safety requirements for a modern materials manufacturing facility.

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 21 Jan 2015

Newly Designed Nanoparticle Can Be Detected By Six Medical Imaging Techniques

It's technology so advanced that the machine capable of using it doesn't yet exist.

21 Jan 2015

MIT Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Nanoscale Resolution Microscopy of Large Biological Samples

Researchers from MIT have successfully discovered a technique to physically magnify tissue samples by implanting them in a polymer, which swells on addition with water to enable high-resolution images. Since the late 1500s when the first microscope was invented, scientists have been devising ways to study preserved tissues and cells in a better manner.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 Jan 2015

Scientists Identify Optical Phonon Mode Involved in Electron Transport Through Thin Insulating Films

Scientists from EPFL and Max Planck have discovered for the first time the phonon mode generated when electrons are transported by hopping through thin insulating films.

20 Jan 2015

INM to Present Gecomer® Technology at nano tech 2015

Components with highly sensitive surfaces are used in automotive, semiconductor and display technologies as well as for complex optical lens systems. During the production process, these parts are transferred in between many process steps.

20 Jan 2015

Nanotechnology News

UMC Utilizes Cadence Tools to Produce Silicon-Ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-Based SoC

DLA's SigNature® DNA Marking Capability Receives Support from Applied DNA Sciences

PEN CEO Shares Experiences on Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization

Non-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes May Not Be Blood-Compatible

MU Researcher Honored with Hevesy Medal for Contributions to Nanomedicine

FDA Grants Fast Track Status for Celator’s CPX-351 to Treat Elderly Patients with Secondary AML

Zyvex Introduces ZNT Polymer Modified Carbon Nanotube Additive

New 'Microcapsule' Treatment Delivery Method Could Reverse Tissue Damage Caused By Osteoarthritis

New, Wearable Nanowire Sensor Monitors Electrophysiological Signals

NanoART Contest of Nanoscopic Images Receives Additional Support of OCSiAl

Graphene Engineering & Innovation Centre Advisory Panel Visits Thomas Swan’s Facilities

Newly Designed Nanoparticle Can Be Detected By Six Medical Imaging Techniques

MIT Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Nanoscale Resolution Microscopy of Large Biological Samples

Scientists Identify Optical Phonon Mode Involved in Electron Transport Through Thin Insulating Films

INM to Present Gecomer® Technology at nano tech 2015

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