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Nanotechnology Makes Chef Jackets Water Repellent and Stain-Proof

An Australian startup is using a patented nanotechnology to create 'hydrophobic' chef jackets and aprons. Fabricor says this means uniforms that stay clean for longer, and saving time and money.

25 Sep 2014

NIH Awards $5.8 Million for Development of Microfluidic, 3D Human Liver Model

With a new $5.8 million, three-year award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will further develop a state-of-the-art, microfluidic 3D model system that mimics structure and function of the liver to better predict organ physiology, assess drug toxicity and build disease models.

25 Sep 2014

Swissmedic Approves Celgene’s ABRAXANE for Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic and Breast Cancers

Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation, today announced that Swissmedic, the regulatory authority for Switzerland, has granted approval for ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel formulated as albumin bound nanoparticles, or nab-paclitaxel) as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer (in combination with gemcitabine), and as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer.

25 Sep 2014

Forecast & Opportunities Report on United States Photomask Market

Growth in Semiconductor, Display and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Markets to Drive Overall Demand for Photomasks in the Country

25 Sep 2014

Mechanics with Biology Helps Discover Communication between Cells

When the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this communication happened primarily through chemical signaling. Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that another dimension – mechanical communication – is equally if not more crucial.

25 Sep 2014

Intrinsic Electric Fields Can Drive Oxygen Diffusion at Interfaces in Engineered Complex Oxide Thin Films

Complex oxides have long tantalized the materials science community for their promise in next-generation energy and information technologies. Complex oxide crystals combine oxygen atoms with assorted metals to produce unusual and very desirable properties. Because their electrons interact strongly with their environments, complex oxides are versatile, existing as insulators, metals, magnets, and superconductors. They can tightly couple diverse physical properties, such as stress and strain, magnetism and magnetic order, electric field and polarization.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 25 Sep 2014

Novel Devices Capable of Redirecting Electromagnetic Waves with Close to 100% Efficiency

The Journal of Optics has devoted the front page of its special edition on Mid-infrared and THz Photonics to the work produced by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre researchers Víctor Pacheco-Peña, Víctor Torres, Miguel Beruete and Miguel Navarro-Cía (former student currently working at Imperial College London), together with Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania), one of the world's leading experts in metamaterials. In their research they have proposed various devices capable of redirecting electromagnetic waves with efficiency levels close to 100%.

25 Sep 2014

New Method to Fabricate Potential Challenger to Graphene

A team of researchers from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has developed a new way to fabricate a potential challenger to graphene.

25 Sep 2014

Gallium Nitride Micro-Rods Grown on Graphene Substrates to Create ‘Bendy’ LEDs

"Bendy" light-emitting diode (LED) displays and solar cells crafted with inorganic compound semiconductor micro-rods are moving one step closer to reality, thanks to graphene and the work of a team of researchers in Korea.

25 Sep 2014

U.S. DOE Approves Start of Routine Operations at Brookhaven Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the start of routine operations at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, beginning a period of significant transition in project activities from construction and commissioning to operations. Passing this milestone comes after many years of diligent planning, design, and construction by staff within the Lab's Photon Sciences Directorate along with staff from many other Brookhaven Lab organizations, and will lead to an exciting new chapter of synchrotron science.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 25 Sep 2014

STMicroelectronics to Commercialize Innovative Piezoelectric MEMS Technology

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and mobile applications, today announced that it is commercializing its innovative piezoelectric MEMS technology.

From STMicroelectronics 25 Sep 2014

Canatu Partners with Display Solution to Deliver Innovative Touch Display Solutions with Enhanced Outdoor Readability and New Design Forms

Canatu, a leading manufacturer of zero reflectance and flexible transparent conductive films and touch sensors, partners with Display Solution, a leading developer and marketer of customized industrial and digital signag...

From Canatu 24 Sep 2014

Human Airway Muscle-on-a-Chip May Help Test Drugs to Treat Asthma

The majority of drugs used to treat asthma today are the same ones that were used 50 years ago. New drugs are urgently needed to treat this chronic respiratory disease, which causes nearly 25 million people in the United States alone to wheeze, cough, and find it difficult at best to take a deep breath.

24 Sep 2014

Liquidia to Present Unique Nanofabrication of Vaccine Formulations

Liquidia Technologies today announced it will highlight the rapid antigen and adjuvant formulation capabilities of its PRINT®(Particle Replication In Non-Wetting Templates) technology for the development of novel vaccines at the 4th International Conference on Vaccines and Vaccination, being held September 24-26, in Valencia, Spain.

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 24 Sep 2014

Pediatric Heart-Defect Patches Infused with Conductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes serve as bridges that allow electrical signals to pass unhindered through new pediatric heart-defect patches invented at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital.

24 Sep 2014

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Nanotechnology Makes Chef Jackets Water Repellent and Stain-Proof

NIH Awards $5.8 Million for Development of Microfluidic, 3D Human Liver Model

Swissmedic Approves Celgene’s ABRAXANE for Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic and Breast Cancers

Forecast & Opportunities Report on United States Photomask Market

Mechanics with Biology Helps Discover Communication between Cells

Intrinsic Electric Fields Can Drive Oxygen Diffusion at Interfaces in Engineered Complex Oxide Thin Films

Novel Devices Capable of Redirecting Electromagnetic Waves with Close to 100% Efficiency

New Method to Fabricate Potential Challenger to Graphene

Gallium Nitride Micro-Rods Grown on Graphene Substrates to Create ‘Bendy’ LEDs

U.S. DOE Approves Start of Routine Operations at Brookhaven Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II

STMicroelectronics to Commercialize Innovative Piezoelectric MEMS Technology

Canatu Partners with Display Solution to Deliver Innovative Touch Display Solutions with Enhanced Outdoor Readability and New Design Forms

Human Airway Muscle-on-a-Chip May Help Test Drugs to Treat Asthma

Liquidia to Present Unique Nanofabrication of Vaccine Formulations

Pediatric Heart-Defect Patches Infused with Conductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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New Research Reveals Nanoplastics’ Damaging Effect on Brain Cells

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Covalent Organic Nanosheets Boost Sodium-Ion Battery Life

New 3D-Printable Bioactive Glass for Bone Repair

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

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