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Specialized Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Studies Electronic States of Lead Sulphide Nanocrystals

University of Oregon and Industry researchers have partnered to study the electronic states of lead sulphide nanocrystals in order to detect imperfections and enhance nanomaterial quality to be used in next-generation solar cells.

24 Nov 2014

Novavax' Nanoparticle Vaccine for Infant Protection via Maternal Immunization Granted FDA Fast Track Designation

Novavax, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to Novavax' RSV F-Protein nanoparticle vaccine candidate (RSV F vaccine) for protection of infants via maternal immunization.

From Novavax Inc. 24 Nov 2014

SiTime Acquired by MegaChips

SiTime Corporation, a MEMS and analog semiconductor company, today announced the completion of its acquisition by MegaChips Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6875), a top 25 fabless semiconductor company based in Japan. This closing follows the announcement on October 28, 2014, that SiTime had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by MegaChips for $200 million in cash.

24 Nov 2014

Nanophosphor Biomarker Lights Up On Detecting Tumour Cells

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has invented a unique biomarker with two exceptional functions.

24 Nov 2014

Confined Surface Phonon Polaritons Within Hexagonal Boron Nitride Exhibit Unique Metamaterial Properties

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Manchester, U.K.; Imperial College, London; University of California San Diego; and the National Institute of Material Science (NIMS), Japan, have demonstrated that confined surface phonon polaritons within hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit unique metamaterial properties that enable novel nanoscale optical devices for use in optical communications, super-resolution imaging and improved infrared cameras and detectors.

24 Nov 2014

Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles Can Successfully Detect Ovarian Tumors In Vivo

Google’s latest search initiative isn’t taking place online, but in the human body instead. On October 28, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Internet giant wants to design tiny magnetic particles to patrol the body for signs of cancer and other diseases. Google said its nanoparticles, less than one-thousandth the width of a red blood cell, would seek out and attach themselves to cells, proteins or other molecules inside the body.

From Manhattan Scientifics Inc. 24 Nov 2014

NanoViricides’ Injectable FluCide Drug among ‘Top Ten Infectious Diseases Projects to Watch’

NanoViricides, Inc., announced today that its “Injectable FluCide™” drug candidate for severe influenza has been chosen as one of the “Top Ten Infectious Diseases Projects to Watch” by a panel of industry experts assembled by Informa and the publishers of In Vivo, Startup and The Pink Sheet.

From NanoViricides, Inc 21 Nov 2014

Opportunity for New Photonics Entrepreneurs to Enter SPIE Startup Challenge 2015

New photonics entrepreneurs have through 1 December to enter the SPIE Startup Challenge 2015, an opportunity to pitch their light-based technology products to a team of business development experts and venture capitalists.

21 Nov 2014

X-FAB Honored with MEMS Foundry of the Year Award

X-FAB MEMS Foundry today announced it received the “MEMS Foundry of the Year” award at the Best in MEMS & Sensors Innovation Awards ceremony, as part of the MEMS Industry Group’s 10th annual MEMS Executive Congress® held in Scottsdale, Arizona last week.

21 Nov 2014

New 200mm Propel Power GaN Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition System from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. introduced today the Propel™ Power Gallium Nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer reactor technology for outstanding film uniformity, yield and device performance.

21 Nov 2014

Silicon Wafer Etched with Nanoscale Pillars and Holes to Create Better Polarizing Filter

University of Utah engineers have developed a polarizing filter that allows in more light, leading the way for mobile device displays that last much longer on a single battery charge and cameras that can shoot in dim light.

21 Nov 2014

University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute to Discuss Commercialisation of Graphene Applications

The University of Manchester’s £61m National Graphene Institute will open its doors to some of the world’s leading companies next year to discuss the commercialisation of graphene applications.

21 Nov 2014

TAQNIA International Invests $5.5 Million in Carbonics

Aspinoff from research centers at UCLA and USC has become a standalone company, thanks to a $5.5 million investment from TAQNIA International.

21 Nov 2014

Radboud University Biomolecular Systems Researcher wins Mildred Dresselhaus Award

Dr. Anouk Rijs, researcher at the Molecular and biophysics group at Radboud University, has been awarded a Mildred Dresselhaus Award which includes a guest professorship. These awards are given each year by the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI) to two internationally outstanding female scientists. Rijs is awarded the junior ‘young star’ award.

21 Nov 2014

Circularly Polarized Light Enables Chiral Templating of Self-Assembling Nanostructures

As hands come in left and right versions that are mirror images of each other, so do the amino acids and sugars within us. But unlike hands, only the left-oriented amino acids and the right-oriented sugars ever make into life as we know it.

21 Nov 2014

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Specialized Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Studies Electronic States of Lead Sulphide Nanocrystals

Novavax' Nanoparticle Vaccine for Infant Protection via Maternal Immunization Granted FDA Fast Track Designation

SiTime Acquired by MegaChips

Nanophosphor Biomarker Lights Up On Detecting Tumour Cells

Confined Surface Phonon Polaritons Within Hexagonal Boron Nitride Exhibit Unique Metamaterial Properties

Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles Can Successfully Detect Ovarian Tumors In Vivo

NanoViricides’ Injectable FluCide Drug among ‘Top Ten Infectious Diseases Projects to Watch’

Opportunity for New Photonics Entrepreneurs to Enter SPIE Startup Challenge 2015

X-FAB Honored with MEMS Foundry of the Year Award

New 200mm Propel Power GaN Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition System from Veeco

Silicon Wafer Etched with Nanoscale Pillars and Holes to Create Better Polarizing Filter

University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute to Discuss Commercialisation of Graphene Applications

TAQNIA International Invests $5.5 Million in Carbonics

Radboud University Biomolecular Systems Researcher wins Mildred Dresselhaus Award

Circularly Polarized Light Enables Chiral Templating of Self-Assembling Nanostructures

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