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New Mechanism Utilizes Light to Activate Drug-Delivering Nanoparticles

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with materials scientists, engineers and neurobiologists, have discovered a new mechanism for using light to activate drug-delivering nanoparticles and other targeted therapeutic substances inside the body.

2 Apr 2014

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Nanocoatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Nanocoatings Market" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 2 Apr 2014

Novel Method to Prepare Germanium Sulfide Nanosheets and Nanowires

Researchers in China, [J. Appl. Cryst. (2014). 47, 527-531] have found a convenient way to selectively prepare germanium sulfide nanostructures, including nanosheets and nanowires, that are more active than their bulk counterparts and could open the way to lower cost and safer optoelectronics, solar energy conversion and faster computer circuitry.

2 Apr 2014

NanoViricides’ President Honored as ‘Researcher of the Year’

NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that Anil R. Diwan, Ph.D., President, Chairman, and co-Founder of the Company was recognized as the “2014 Researcher of the Year” by BusinessNewHaven, a business journal, and New Haven Magazine, publications that serve the state of Connecticut.

From NanoViricides, Inc 1 Apr 2014

Colloidal Crystals Trapped Acoustically can be Reconfigured in Real-Time

Using an acoustic metadevice that can influence the acoustic space and can control any of the ways in which waves travel, engineers have demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to dynamically alter the geometry of a three-dimensional colloidal crystal in real time.

1 Apr 2014

Early 28nm Silicon Testing Confirms Power Efficiency of SureCore’s Innovative SRAM Design

SureCore Ltd has today announced that early testing of its innovative low power SRAM design confirms its simulations that deliver in excess of 50% power savings over other SRAM technologies.

1 Apr 2014

Nanotransfer Printing Helps Develop Large Swath of Multilayer 3-D Metamaterial

Controlling and bending light around an object so it appears invisible to the naked eye is the theory behind fictional invisibility cloaks.

1 Apr 2014

Health and Environmental Concerns May Restrain Growth of Global Nanocoatings Market

According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research, "Nanocoatings Market (Anti-fingerprint, Anti-microbial, Anti-fouling & Easy-to-clean, Self-cleaning and Others) for Medical & Healthcare, Food Manufacturing, Packaging, Marine, Water Treatment, Electronics, Building & Construction, Automotive, Energy and Other End-user Industries: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019", the global demand for the nanocoatings was valued at USD 1.45 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 6.75 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 24.7% between 2013 and 2019.

1 Apr 2014

Enrollment Begins for MF 1001 NanoTherm Therapy Study for Glioblastoma Treatment

MagForce AG (Frankfurt, Xetra: MF6), a leading medical technology company in the area of nanotechnology which focuses on oncology, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in the MF 1001 clinical study. MF 1001 is an open-label, randomized, controlled clinical trial assessing the efficacy and safety of NanoTherm® therapy as monotherapy and in combination with radiotherapy compared to radiotherapy alone in glioblastoma patients at first relapse.

From MagForce Nanotechnologies AG 1 Apr 2014

Merrimack to Present Posters on Nanoliposomal Irinotecan at 2014 AACR Annual Meeting

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present at the 2014 AACR Annual Meeting. The conference will take place on April 5-9, 2014 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. Presentations will include a clinical pilot study evaluating the feasibility of using ferumoxytol* as an MRI imaging agent prior to MM-398 investigational treatment.

1 Apr 2014

Forecast Report on International Carbon Nanotubes Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Carbon Nanotubes Market - Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 1 Apr 2014

University of Washington in Seattle to Install Altatech’s Chemical Vapor Deposition System

Altatech, a subsidiary of Soitec, has received an order from the University of Washington in Seattle for an AltaCVD(TM) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system whose unique combination of capabilities allows users to develop new process materials with high added value.

1 Apr 2014

Paper Filter with High Purity Cellulose Nanofibers Removes Virus Particles

Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Uppsala University have developed a paper filter, which can remove virus particles with the efficiency matching that of the best industrial virus filters. The paper filter consists of 100 percent high purity cellulose nanofibers, directly derived from nature.

1 Apr 2014

Nanoparticles in Laser Traps Violate Second Law of Thermodynamics

Objects with sizes in the nanometer range, such as the molecular building blocks of living cells or nanotechnological devices, are continuously exposed to random collisions with surrounding molecules. In such fluctuating environments the fundamental laws of thermodynamics that govern our macroscopic world need to be rewritten.

1 Apr 2014

Fast, Simple, and Inexpensive Method for Hazard Assessment of Engineered Nanoparticles

Thousands of consumer products containing engineered nanoparticles — microscopic particles found in everyday items from cosmetics and clothing to building materials — enter the market every year. Concerns about possible environmental health and safety issues of these nano-enabled products continue to grow with scientists struggling to come up with fast, cheap, and easy-to-use cellular screening systems to determine possible hazards of vast libraries of engineered nanomaterials.

1 Apr 2014