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OmniVision Partners with Wavelens to Provide MEMS-Based Autofocus Technology for Smartphones

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, that it has partnered with Wavelens to bring to market an innovative autofocus (AF) technology that utilizes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) instead of the dated voice coil motor (VCM) technology used in many consumer devices today.

12 Jan 2015

Nuclear Science and Engineering Professor at MIT Honored as APS Fellow

Ju Li, the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Nominated by the Division of Materials Physics, Li was cited “for seminal work on understanding the fundamental properties of ultra-strength materials and formulating the concept of elastic strain engineering.”

12 Jan 2015

Precision NanoSystems and Arcturus Therapeutics Enter Partnership to Produce RNA Medicines

Precision NanoSystems, a leader in the development and application of microfluidics for the manufacture of nanomedicines; and, Arcturus Therapeutics, a leading small interfering RNA (siRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) drug discovery and development company, today announced a partnership for the manufacture of RNA medicines.

12 Jan 2015

Tekmira and OnCore to Merge and Create New Global HBV Company

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, and OnCore Biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing an all-oral cure for patients suffering from chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, announced today that they have agreed to merge to create a new leading global HBV company focused on developing a curative regimen for hepatitis B patients by combining multiple therapeutic approaches.

12 Jan 2015

Global Nano-Enabled Packaging Market Forecast to Grow at 12.7% CAGR

Persistence Market Research has released a new report about the global nano-enabled packaging market. The report, titled ‘Global Market Study on Nano-Enabled Packaging For Food and Beverages: Intelligent Packaging to Witness Highest Growth by 2020’, predicts that the nano-enabled packaging market will enjoy a healthy CAGR of 12.7% during the report’s forecast period of 2014-2020, and will expand from its 2013 market value of US$6.5 billion to US$15 billion in 2020.

12 Jan 2015

Researchers Show Effect of Atomic-Level Forces on Mechanical Properties of Particulate Systems

Even when building big, every atom matters, according to new research on particle-based materials at Rice University.

9 Jan 2015

GraphExeter Material Withstands Prolonged Exposure to High Temperature and Humidity

A resilience to extreme conditions by the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material for conducting electricity could help revolutionise the electronic industry, according to a new study.

9 Jan 2015

BSI’s MIIPS Technology Plays Key Role in Investigation of Molecular Dynamics

Biophotonic Solutions Inc. (BSI), the world leader in automated laser pulse compression, announces that its "MIIPS" automated pulse compression and shaping technology is playing a key role in scientific experiments at Michigan State University (MSU), where researchers in the Dantus Research Group are using novel ultrafast laser-based spectroscopy techniques to investigate molecular dynamics.

9 Jan 2015

Visionary Outlook Report on Nanotechnology in Sustainable Energy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology in Sustainable Energy - Visionary Outlook" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 9 Jan 2015

Sangamo BioSciences In-Licenses Nanoparticle Technology for Systemic mRNA Delivery of ZFNs

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. announced that the company has in-licensed nanoparticle technology to enable systemic messenger RNA (mRNA) delivery of Sangamo's proprietary zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs). mRNA delivery of ZFNs is being used in the development of the next generation of Sangamo's ZFP Therapeutics®.

9 Jan 2015

Exposure to Nanoparticles May Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

Nanoparticles, extremely tiny particles measured in billionths of a meter, are increasingly everywhere, and especially in biomedical products. Their toxicity has been researched in general terms, but now a team of Israeli scientists has for the first time found that exposure nanoparticles (NPs) of silicon dioxide (SiO2) can play a major role in the development of cardiovascular diseases when the NP cross tissue and cellular barriers and also find their way into the circulatory system.

9 Jan 2015

Major Research Project Receives Grant to Develop Nanoparticle-Based Cancer Treatment

Traditional cancer treatments like radiotherapy and chemotherapy have significant side effects, as they not only affect the cancer tumours, but also the healthy parts of the body. A major new research project will work to develop a treatment that only affects the tumours locally.

8 Jan 2015

Carbon Sciences Enters JV to Launch Transphene

Carbon Sciences Inc., focused on the development of a breakthrough technology to mass-produce graphene, the new miracle material, today announced that the company and Dr. Kaustav Banerjee have jointly launched Transphene, Inc., a new graphene venture.

8 Jan 2015

Researchers Endeavor to Create Faster Computers Using “Spin” of Electrons on Nanomagnets

Computers are basically machines that process information in the form of electronic zeros and ones. But two MIT professors of materials science and engineering are trying to change that.

8 Jan 2015

NanoViricides Acquires cGMP-Compliant Manufacturing and R&D Facility from Inno-Haven

NanoViricides, Inc., has completed the purchase of the state of the art cGMP-compliant Manufacturing and R&D facility located in Shelton, Connecticut, from Inno-Haven, LLC.

From NanoViricides, Inc 8 Jan 2015

Nanotechnology News

OmniVision Partners with Wavelens to Provide MEMS-Based Autofocus Technology for Smartphones

Nuclear Science and Engineering Professor at MIT Honored as APS Fellow

Precision NanoSystems and Arcturus Therapeutics Enter Partnership to Produce RNA Medicines

Tekmira and OnCore to Merge and Create New Global HBV Company

Global Nano-Enabled Packaging Market Forecast to Grow at 12.7% CAGR

Researchers Show Effect of Atomic-Level Forces on Mechanical Properties of Particulate Systems

GraphExeter Material Withstands Prolonged Exposure to High Temperature and Humidity

BSI’s MIIPS Technology Plays Key Role in Investigation of Molecular Dynamics

Visionary Outlook Report on Nanotechnology in Sustainable Energy

Sangamo BioSciences In-Licenses Nanoparticle Technology for Systemic mRNA Delivery of ZFNs

Exposure to Nanoparticles May Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

Major Research Project Receives Grant to Develop Nanoparticle-Based Cancer Treatment

Carbon Sciences Enters JV to Launch Transphene

Researchers Endeavor to Create Faster Computers Using “Spin” of Electrons on Nanomagnets

NanoViricides Acquires cGMP-Compliant Manufacturing and R&D Facility from Inno-Haven

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