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Potential New Applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering Platform

BIND Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage nanomedicine platform company developing targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, announced today that the company’s co-founders have published data demonstrating the successful engineering of targeted nanoparticles to cross biological barriers, such as the intestinal barrier, and enter the bloodstream, potentially broadening future therapeutic applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering platform.

28 Nov 2013

BWH and MIT Researchers Develop Method to Administer Nanoparticle Therapeutics Orally

Pop a pill or be poked by a needle? Being able to orally deliver microscopic particles—know as nanoparticles—loaded with medicine is a simple, convenient way to treat patients for various diseases, such as cancer or diabetes.

28 Nov 2013

A*STAR IME, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and MI Partner to Advance MEMS Technologies

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI) have entered into a collaboration to develop and advance micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technologies for automotive, aerospace, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and mobility applications.

27 Nov 2013

Study Results Hold Potential for Development of New Generation of Antibacterial Nanomaterials

Learning from nature, researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have revealed the bacterial killing potential of black silicon, leading the way for the development of a new generation of nanostructured antibacterial materials.

27 Nov 2013

Merrimack to Develop Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Actavis Using its Nanotechnology Platform

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company discovering, developing and preparing to commercialize innovative medicines paired with companion diagnostics for the treatment of cancer, and Actavis plc, a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the companies have entered into a collaboration agreement.

27 Nov 2013

Clarkson University Team Receives NSF Grant to Explore Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are used to produce sunscreens, scratch-resistant coatings, deodorants and other products, but researching their health effects began only recently.

27 Nov 2013

New Microsystem to Test Drugs for Cystic Fibrosis and Epilepsy Treatment

Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Quebec at Montreal, have developed a new microsystem for more efficient testing of pharmaceutical drugs to treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis, MG (myasthenia gravis) and epilepsy.

27 Nov 2013

FSU Receives NSF Grant to Develop Mass Production Method for Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper

Florida State researchers have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system that will produce large amounts of a state-of-the-art material made from carbon nanotubes that researchers believe could transform everything from the way airplanes are built to how prosthetic limbs fit the human body.

27 Nov 2013

3-D Nano-Camera Operates at Speed of Light

A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab.

27 Nov 2013

Grand Challenges Explorations Awards BUSM/BMC Grant to Develop Nanotech Condom

The department of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

27 Nov 2013

Nanorods Regenerate Severed Polymer Gels

When a chair leg breaks or a cell phone shatters, either must be repaired or replaced. But what if these materials could be programmed to regenerate-themselves, replenishing the damaged or missing components, and thereby extend their lifetime and reduce the need for costly repairs?

27 Nov 2013

imec Develop Large Area Silicon Solar Cell with 20.2% Conversion Efficiency

Nanoelectronics research centre imec announced today that they have developed large area (156x156mm2) i-PERC-type silicon solar cells using a new processing sequence based on laser doping from a thin atomic layer deposit...

From IMEC 27 Nov 2013

NPL Use Analytik's CPS Disc Centrifuge for Nanoparticle Size and Density Measurements

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on use of the CPS Disc Centrifuge for ultra-high resolution nanoparticle size analysis by the Nanoanalysis Group of the National Physical Laboratory.

From Analytik Ltd 26 Nov 2013

Imec to Showcase High-Performance, Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) Image Sensor at CMOS Image Sensors Workshop

Imec, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center, will present at this week’s ‘CMOS Image Sensors for High Performance Applications’ workshop in Toulouse (France) a prototype of a high-performance, time-delay-integration (TDI) image sensor. The image sensor is based on imec’s proprietary embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) in CMOS technology. Imec developed and fabricated the sensor for the French Space Agency, CNES, which plans to utilize the technology for space-based earth observation.

From IMEC 26 Nov 2013

Researchers Develop Nano-Soldering Process Using Carbon Nanotube Array

University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world's tiniest soldering iron.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 26 Nov 2013

Nanotechnology News

Potential New Applications for BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering Platform

BWH and MIT Researchers Develop Method to Administer Nanoparticle Therapeutics Orally

A*STAR IME, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and MI Partner to Advance MEMS Technologies

Study Results Hold Potential for Development of New Generation of Antibacterial Nanomaterials

Merrimack to Develop Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Actavis Using its Nanotechnology Platform

Clarkson University Team Receives NSF Grant to Explore Health Effects of Nanoparticles

New Microsystem to Test Drugs for Cystic Fibrosis and Epilepsy Treatment

FSU Receives NSF Grant to Develop Mass Production Method for Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper

3-D Nano-Camera Operates at Speed of Light

Grand Challenges Explorations Awards BUSM/BMC Grant to Develop Nanotech Condom

Nanorods Regenerate Severed Polymer Gels

imec Develop Large Area Silicon Solar Cell with 20.2% Conversion Efficiency

NPL Use Analytik's CPS Disc Centrifuge for Nanoparticle Size and Density Measurements

Imec to Showcase High-Performance, Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) Image Sensor at CMOS Image Sensors Workshop

Researchers Develop Nano-Soldering Process Using Carbon Nanotube Array

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