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State-of-the-Art Nano Facility Will Help MIT Researchers Solve Big Problems

A search to understand how materials behave at the nanoscale — a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter — has been under way for decades. Researchers now have the ability to manipulate and construct materials at the scale of individual atoms or molecules.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 30 Apr 2014

U.S. DoD Awards $7.5 Million Grant for Study to Upgrade Security Protections for Nanoscale Computer Devices

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $7.5 million grant to the University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, and Rice University to support research that will analyze and upgrade security protections for nanoscale computer hardware.

30 Apr 2014

New Building for Nanoscale Research to be Constructed at MIT’s Cambridge Campus

Starting in 2018, researchers from across MIT will be able to take advantage of comprehensive facilities for nanoscale research in a new building to be constructed at the very heart of the Cambridge campus.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 30 Apr 2014

Senesco to Present on Cancer-Targeted Gene Therapy and Cell Therapy

Senesco Technologies, Inc. (“Senesco” or the “Company”), announced today that an oral presentation will be delivered on its potential approach to treating hepatocellular carcinoma at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy during the session entitled “Cancer-Targeted Gene & Cell Therapy II”.

29 Apr 2014

National Physical Laboratory Conducted Range of Measurements for Haydale Graphene Industries

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) recently carried out a range of measurements for Haydale Graphene Industries plc. (Haydale), a UK company specialising in the functionalisation of graphene and other nanoparticles that floated on the London Stock Exchange on Monday 14 April 2014.

29 Apr 2014

Researchers Report Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles to Cause Negative Environmental Impacts

In a first-of-its-kind study of how a material some think could transform the electronics industry moves in water, researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering found graphene oxide nanoparticles are very mobile in lakes or streams and therefore likely to cause negative environmental impacts if released.

29 Apr 2014

CHOP Researchers Offer New Technique to Characterize Nanoparticle Disassembly

Nanoparticles have been heralded as a potential “disruptive technology” in biomedicine, a versatile platform that could supplant conventional technologies, both as drug delivery vehicles and diagnostic tools.

29 Apr 2014

Novavax Unveiled Evaluation Data of RSV-F Protein Nanoparticle Vaccine in Clinical Trial

Novavax, Inc. today announced positive top-line safety and immunogenicity data from its RSV-F protein nanoparticle vaccine candidate in a Phase 2 clinical trial in women of childbearing age. The randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of multiple formulations of Novavax' RSV-F protein nanoparticle vaccine adjuvanted with aluminum phosphate.

From Novavax Inc. 29 Apr 2014

Tekmira Presents New Clinical data for Patisiran for Treating ATTR

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented new clinical data for patisiran (ALN-TTR02), an RNAi therapeutic targeting transthyretin (TTR) in development for the treatment of TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR), which is enabled by Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology. The program represents the most clinically advanced application of Tekmira's proprietary LNP delivery technology.

29 Apr 2014

CROCUS NANO ELECTRONICS (CNE) Announces Raises USD60 Million from its Historical Investors in Additional Capital

CROCUS NANO ELECTRONICS (CNE), the joint venture founded in 2011 by Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies, and RUSNANO, today announces that it has raised USD 60 million from its historical investors in additional capital.

29 Apr 2014

Research and Markets Adds the Dielectric Etching Equipment Market Report to its Offering

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Semiconductor Dielectric Etching Equipment Market 2014-2018 with Applied Materials, Hitachi High-Technologies , Lam Research & Tokyo Electron Dominating" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 29 Apr 2014

Research Team Reconstruct the Crystal Structure of Graphene

The isolation of graphene at the University in 2004 led to the discovery of many other 2D crystals. While graphene has an unrivalled set of superlatives, these crystals cover a large range of properties: from the most conductive to isolating, from transparent to optically active.

29 Apr 2014

Researchers Use Finely Focused Electron Beams to Create 3-Atom Wide Nanowires

Junhao Lin, a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student and visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has found a way to use a finely focused beam of electrons to create some of the smallest wires ever made. The flexible metallic wires are only three atoms wide: One thousandth the width of the microscopic wires used to connect the transistors in today's integrated circuits.

29 Apr 2014

Researchers Track Dynamic Movement of Ripples in Freestanding Graphene at Atomic Level

An international team of scientists, led by physicists at the University of Arkansas, has tracked the dynamic movement of ripples in freestanding graphene at the atomic level.

29 Apr 2014

JPK's Quantitative Imaging Mode Used by Niigata University for Tissue Engineering Studies

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of the Quantitative Imaging mode for tissue engineering studies at Niigata University.

From Bruker BioAFM 29 Apr 2014

Nanotechnology News

State-of-the-Art Nano Facility Will Help MIT Researchers Solve Big Problems

U.S. DoD Awards $7.5 Million Grant for Study to Upgrade Security Protections for Nanoscale Computer Devices

New Building for Nanoscale Research to be Constructed at MIT’s Cambridge Campus

Senesco to Present on Cancer-Targeted Gene Therapy and Cell Therapy

National Physical Laboratory Conducted Range of Measurements for Haydale Graphene Industries

Researchers Report Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles to Cause Negative Environmental Impacts

CHOP Researchers Offer New Technique to Characterize Nanoparticle Disassembly

Novavax Unveiled Evaluation Data of RSV-F Protein Nanoparticle Vaccine in Clinical Trial

Tekmira Presents New Clinical data for Patisiran for Treating ATTR

CROCUS NANO ELECTRONICS (CNE) Announces Raises USD60 Million from its Historical Investors in Additional Capital

Research and Markets Adds the Dielectric Etching Equipment Market Report to its Offering

Research Team Reconstruct the Crystal Structure of Graphene

Researchers Use Finely Focused Electron Beams to Create 3-Atom Wide Nanowires

Researchers Track Dynamic Movement of Ripples in Freestanding Graphene at Atomic Level

JPK's Quantitative Imaging Mode Used by Niigata University for Tissue Engineering Studies

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