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Market Opportunities Report on Poorly Soluble and Poorly Permeable Drugs

Poor bioavailability is a major reason for compounds to fail in preclinical development. Technology Catalysts International (TCI), a leading global pharmaceutical consulting firm, has compiled and analyzed technical and market information pertaining to the delivery of poorly water soluble or poorly permeable pharmaceutical compounds.

14 Jul 2014

Novel Nanotech Microchip for Diagnosis of Type-1 Diabetes

An inexpensive, portable, microchip-based test for diagnosing type-1 diabetes could improve patient care worldwide and help researchers better understand the disease, according to the device's inventors at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

14 Jul 2014

Researchers Observe Boron Cage Structure Similar to the Carbon Buckyball

The discovery 30 years ago of soccer-ball-shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research. Now, there appears to be a new ball on the pitch.

14 Jul 2014

New Report on Global and Chinese Nano Silver Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Nano Silver Industry Report 2014" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 14 Jul 2014

Challenges and Opportunities of Charge Transport in Polycrystalline Graphene

The graphene produced by chemical vapor deposition is typically polycrystalline. Authors from the ICN2 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group, led by ICREA Research professor Stephan Roche, together with from the group of Prof. Young-Hee Lee Sungkyunkwan University, review in Advanced Materials the challenges and opportunities of these structures.

14 Jul 2014

R&D Magazine Honors DOE’s Berkeley Lab with Three Awards

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has won three 2014 R&D 100 awards. This year’s winners include a fast way to analyze the chemical composition of cells, a suite of genetic tools to improve crops, and a bioinformatics platform for screening 3-D cell culture models.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 14 Jul 2014

Graphene/Silicon Heterojunction Schottky Diode can be used for Selective Vapors Sensing

The ICN2 Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group, led by ICREA Research Professor Arben Merkoçi, published in Small a work showing how to use a Graphene/Silicon Heterojunction Schottky Diode as a sensitive, selective and simple tool for vapors sensing.

14 Jul 2014

USPTO Awards Epigem Patent for Innovative Microfluidics Gasket Technology

Polymer micro engineering company Epigem has secured a US patent(no. 8,697,236B2 – “Fine line bonding and/or sealing system and method”) for its innovative microfluidics gasket technology, with two key applications: creating seals for sensors, and at the same time defining the fluidic geometry and environment; and precision optics in instrumentation sealing to a window or prism.

From Epigem Ltd. 11 Jul 2014

New Insights on Fundamental Limits of Ultrafast Nanoscale Spintronic Devices

A recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides new insights on the physical mechanisms governing the interplay of spin and heat at the nanoscale, and addresses the fundamental limits of ultrafast spintronic devices for data storage and information processing.

11 Jul 2014

Bruker’s Inspire SPM Infrared System Provides High Resolution Nanochemical and Nanomechanical Property Maps

Bruker today announced the release of Inspire™, the first integrated scanning probe microscopy (SPM) infrared system for 10-nanometer spatial resolution in chemical and materials property mapping.

From Bruker 11 Jul 2014

Rice Employs Nanoporous Silicon-Oxide Material in New RRAM Memory Devices

Rice University's breakthrough silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory is one step closer to mass production, thanks to a refinement that will allow manufacturers to fabricate devices at room temperature with conventional production methods.

11 Jul 2014

Photoacoustic Tomography Illuminates ‘Nanojuice’ in the Intestine

Located deep in the human gut, the small intestine is not easy to examine. X-rays, MRIs and ultrasound images provide snapshots, but each suffers limitations.

11 Jul 2014

Lincoln Electric Granted Exclusive Worldwide License to NanoSteel’s Coatings Technology

The NanoSteel® Company and Lincoln Electric announced today that NanoSteel has granted Lincoln Electric an exclusive worldwide license to the company's proprietary steel coatings technology for weld overlay and thermal spray applications. This agreement expands Lincoln Electric's range of wear resistant products, which complement the company's core arc welding, cutting and automation solutions.

11 Jul 2014

New Nanoengineering Undergraduate Certificate Program at Wayne State

Beginning in winter 2015, Wayne State University’s College of Engineering will offer a nanoengineering undergraduate certificate program that will provide students with in-depth training in the emerging area of nanotechnology. The program will offer new lecture, laboratory and seminar courses that cross traditional departmental and disciplinary boundaries.

11 Jul 2014

SUNY CNSE/SUNYIT and SEMATECH Create Chemical Mechanical Planarization Center

The newly merged SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) / SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) and SEMATECH today announced the creation of the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Center, based at the Albany Nanotech Complex.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 11 Jul 2014