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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

New Powerful, Experimental Tools Being Installed at National Synchrotron Light Source II Facility

Much of our understanding of how living things function comes from knowledge of structures—atomic details of enzymes that catalyze the processes of life, the receptors that are docking stations for viruses and messenger chemicals, and the nucleic acids DNA and RNA that carry genetic blueprints for building cellular machinery, to name a few.

24 Sep 2014

Cancer-Immune Cyberwar Nanocarriers

Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.

24 Sep 2014

IMT’s Curled Micro Electro Mechanical Switch Wins 2014 R&D 100 Award

Innovative Micro Technology, the largest pure-play Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) foundry in the US, announced that R&D Magazine has selected Curled Micro Electro Mechanical Switch (CMEMS) as a winner of 2014 R&D 100 Awards.

From Atomica Corp. 24 Sep 2014

Novavax Reports Positive Data from Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of H7N9 VLP with Matrix-M

Novavax, Inc. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today announced positive top-line data from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its H7N9 Avian Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate (H7N9 VLP) with proprietary adjuvant Matrix-M™.

From Novavax Inc. 24 Sep 2014

Tekmira to Provide RNAi Based Investigational Therapeutic for Clinical Studies in West Africa

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported that it is collaborating with an international consortium to provide an RNAi based investigational therapeutic for expedited clinical studies in West Africa.

24 Sep 2014

Nano Manufacturing 2014 Conference: Liquidia to Present Particle Replication in Non-Wetting Templates Technology

Liquidia Technologies today announced it will present an overview of the unique capabilities of its PRINT® (Particle Replication In Non-Wetting Templates) technology at the Nano Manufacturing 2014 Conference being held September 24 at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in Greensboro, NC. The inaugural Nano Manufacturing Conference was held in 2013 and brought together a broad representation of businesses, academia and government.

24 Sep 2014

Nanotechnology News

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

New Powerful, Experimental Tools Being Installed at National Synchrotron Light Source II Facility

Cancer-Immune Cyberwar Nanocarriers

IMT’s Curled Micro Electro Mechanical Switch Wins 2014 R&D 100 Award

Novavax Reports Positive Data from Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of H7N9 VLP with Matrix-M

Tekmira to Provide RNAi Based Investigational Therapeutic for Clinical Studies in West Africa

Nano Manufacturing 2014 Conference: Liquidia to Present Particle Replication in Non-Wetting Templates Technology

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