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Exosomes Play an Important Role in Functioning of Neurons

Tiny vesicles containing protective substances which they transmit to nerve cells apparently play an important role in the functioning of neurons. As cell biologists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have discovered, nerve cells can enlist the aid of mini-vesicles of neighboring glial cells to defend themselves against stress and other potentially detrimental factors.

7 Oct 2014

Microfluidic Stimulations Help Control Growth of Neurons

A University of Texas at Arlington team exploring how neuron growth can be controlled in the lab and, possibly, in the human body has published a new paper in Nature Scientific Reports on how fluid flow could play a significant role.

7 Oct 2014

DOE Awards Abakan Subsidiary $1 Million to Develop a Process to Join Dissimilar Metal Alloys

Abakan Inc. (“Abakan”), an emerging leader in the advanced coatings and metal formulations markets, today announced that its subsidiary, MesoCoat, Inc. (“MesoCoat”), along with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), have been awarded $1 Million by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) to develop a process to join dissimilar metal alloys.

7 Oct 2014

Cambrios Launches Next Generation ClearOhm Material for Touch Sensor Applications

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, the leader in silver nanowire-based solutions for the transparent conductor markets, today announced the launch of its next generation ClearOhm® material that has been designed into touch sensors for various applications. In addition, the company’s high volume manufacturing line commissioned earlier in the year is in full mass production and is shipping products to major customers worldwide.

7 Oct 2014

Grafoid to Acquire ALCERECO

Grafoid Inc. is pleased to announce it has reached final agreement and closed its acquisition of ALCERECO Inc., a technology leader in advanced composite materials, alloys and coatings and a company focused on the development, testing and production of advanced materials.

6 Oct 2014

New Report on Graphene for Supercapacitors

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Graphene for Supercapacitors: Applications and Markets" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 6 Oct 2014

Liquidia to Showcase PRINT Technology at Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium

Liquidia Technologies today announced that it will highlight the transformative attributes of the company’s PRINT® (Particle Replication In Non-Wetting Templates) technology at the 12th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium (NanoDDS) in Chapel Hill, NC at the Carolina Club from October 6 – 8, 2014. NanoDDS is a key annual event for researchers developing next-generation delivery vehicles that can make diagnostics more sensitive and drugs more effective.

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 6 Oct 2014

Microscopic Cones Hold Promise for Etching Features onto Nanoscale Mechanical Devices

Luis Fernando Velásquez-García’s group at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) develops dense arrays of microscopic cones that harness electrostatic forces to eject streams of ions.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6 Oct 2014

Nanosheets Hold Promise for Nanomedicine

Nanoparticles have the potential to revolutionize the medical industry, but they must possess a few critical properties. First, they need to target a specific region, so that they do not scatter throughout the body. They also require some sort of sensing method, so that doctors and researchers can track the particles. Finally, they need to perform their function at the right moment, ideally in response to a stimulus.

6 Oct 2014

New Report on Global Biochips and Nanobiotechnology-Based Nano-Arrays Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Biochips and Microarrays - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 6 Oct 2014

Electrical Motor Created Using Carbon Nanotube Yarn

LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology, in Finland) has constructed the world’s first prototype electrical motor using carbon nanotube yarn in the motor windings. The new technology may significantly enhance the performance.

6 Oct 2014

NPL to Partner with Coventry University for Smart Textiles

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has won a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award from Innovate UK and will be partnering with Coventry University to work in the area of smart textiles.

6 Oct 2014

Heat-Resistant Dyes Created Using Nanotechnology Process

You may have heard about the hazards posed by pranksters who shine laser pointers at airplanes during takeoff or landing. One way to keep those beams of concentrated light from blinding pilots is to incorporate a special dye in the cockpit windows, one that blocks the wavelengths of laser light while letting other wavelengths through.

6 Oct 2014

ARMv8-A Processor IP to be Optimized for TSMC 10FinFET Process Technology

ARM® and TSMC today announced a new multi-year agreement that will deliver ARMv8-A processor IP optimized for TSMC 10FinFET process technology. Because of the success in scaling from 20SoC to 16FinFET, ARM and TSMC have decided to collaborate again for 10FinFET. This early pathfinding work will provide valuable learning to enable physical design IP and methodologies in support of customers to tape-out 10FinFET designs as early as Q4 2015.

6 Oct 2014

Researchers Analyze Nanoscale Thermal Transport

Thermal considerations are rapidly becoming one of the most serious design constraints in microelectronics, especially on submicron scale lengths. A study by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown that standard thermal models will lead to the wrong answer in a three-dimensional heat-transfer problem if the dimensions of the heating element are on the order of one micron or smaller.

6 Oct 2014