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CNSE and Nuclea Partner to Develop Nanochips for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Underscoring the strategic blueprint of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in fueling New York’s growing reputation as a hub for nanotechnology-enabled innovation, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and Pittsfield, Massachusetts-based Nuclea Biotechnologies, Inc. (Nuclea) today announced the launch of a $1 million research partnership to enable the development and commercialization of a high-throughput nanochip to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of breast, colon, prostate and other cancers.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 21 Jun 2013

Researchers Precisely Place Nanowires in Repeatable Patterns Using Sound Waves

The smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowir...

20 Jun 2013

New Discovery Paves Way to Integrate Plasmonic Nanostructures into Conventional Electronic Circuits

EPFL scientists have discovered how optical signal transmission can be controlled, paving the way for the integration of plasmonics with conventional electronic circuits.

20 Jun 2013

TowerJazz to be Wafer Manufacturer for Infrared Sensing and Camera Devices

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it will be the wafer manufacturer for infrared sensing and camera devices using its proven specialty process technologies. In addition to traditional infrared applications, TowerJazz will facilitate expansion into other consumer markets such as gaming, personal security, and application driven platforms, market segments which are already well served by the company.

20 Jun 2013

ZEISS’ New Photomask Repair Tool Offers High Level of Automation and Flexibility

The new generation system MeRiT® HR II from ZEISS offers a significantly higher degree of automation and increased flexibility in the repair of transparent and opaque defects. Any defect geometry on all known as well as new mask types and materials can be processed: Binary, OMOG, HD MoSi and EUV.

20 Jun 2013

Intezyne Technologies Acquires Niiki Pharma

Intezyne Technologies, a privately held drug development company dedicated to improving the treatment of cancer, announced it has acquired Niiki Pharma, of Hoboken, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA. Through the acquisition, Intezyne becomes a development-stage company with two compounds in early and mid-stage clinical development.

20 Jun 2013

Thin, Flexible Carbon Nanotube Probes to Study Individual Brain Cells

Neuroscientists may soon be modern-day harpooners, snaring individual brain-cell signals instead of whales with tiny spears made of carbon nanotubes.

20 Jun 2013

Engineered Microscopic Probes Light Up Synapses in Living Neuron in Real Time

Oscar Wilde called memory “the diary that we all carry about with us.” Now a team of scientists has developed a way to see where and how that diary is written.

20 Jun 2013

Breakthrough Technique Enables 3D Optical Beam Lithography at Nine Nanometers

A research team at Swinburne University of Technology has overcome a fundamental law of optical science that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient optical computing.

20 Jun 2013

Study Results Provide New Insights into Industrial Palladium-Copper Catalysts

Industrial palladium-copper catalysts change their structures before they get to work, already during the activation process. As a result, the reaction is catalysed by a catalyst that is different from the one originally prepared for it. This surprising discovery was made by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

20 Jun 2013

InvenSense Features in Forbes’ Annual List of America’s Fastest Growing Tech Companies

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MotionTracking™ devices, was recently named on Forbes’ annual list of America’s 25 Fastest Growing Tech Companies in 2013. InvenSense secured the #8 ranking, and is the #1 Semiconductor company.

20 Jun 2013

BD Biosciences Introduces New High-Performance Research Flow Cytometer

BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of the BD LSRFortessa™ X-20 Cell Analyzer, the latest in its line of high-performance research flow cytometers.

20 Jun 2013

Biozoom Willing to Discuss IP Licensing and Other Models of Partnership

Biozoom, developer of the world's first portable, handheld device for real-time spectroscopic analysis of biomarkers in the human body, is willing to discuss intellectual property (IP) licensing and other models of partnership. "We believe in innovation and would like to help foster it in companies that share our values," said Hardy Hoheisel, Biozoom's CEO.

20 Jun 2013

CEA-Leti to Host Workshop on Future Technology Developments at SEMICON West 2013

CEA-Leti will host a workshop at SEMICON West 2013 on major technology developments in the next 10 years.

From CEA-Leti 20 Jun 2013

Nanotechnology-Inspired Research Shows Promise for Low-Cost Fuel Cell Development

A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the United States Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Waterloo.

19 Jun 2013