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Breakout Labs Awards Stealth Biosciences Funds to Develop Nanoscale Devices to Control Biological Processes

The Thiel Foundation announced today the first Breakout Labs awards of 2013 to two early-stage companies working to bridge the gap dividing human beings and technology in unique ways: SkyPhrase, Inc. and Stealth Biosciences.

18 Apr 2013

Polymeric Nanostructures Deliver Drugs to Specific Locations

A University of Alberta researcher is thinking small to find innovative ways to improve the delivery of drugs that can be more easily administered with fewer side-effects.

18 Apr 2013

Spray-On Mixture of Carbon Nanotubes and Ceramic Resists Damage While Absorbing Laser Light

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 18 Apr 2013

CIC nanoGUNE Introduces Nanometric-Scale Theoretical Simulations Service

CIC nanoGUNE launches a new service called Simune with the aim of supporting a large variety of companies and institutions in their R+D processes. This service will perform computer simulations in order to study the behavior of matter at the atomic scale. In this way, Simune will help to solve specific technological problems with a lower investment.

18 Apr 2013

Optomec to Highlight Aerosol Jet Printing for 3D Printed Electronics Applications at IDTechEx Conference

Optomec announced today that the company will feature Aerosol Jet printing for 3D Printed Electronics applications at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Conference. The conference will be held April 17-18 at the International Conference Centrum Berlin. Aerosol Jet Systems will be showcased in booth #D-6.

From Optomec 18 Apr 2013

Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Nanoporous Electrodes Help Build High Power Micro Batteries

Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery – and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 18 Apr 2013

Enhanced NanoRam Handheld Raman Spectrometer Launched by B&W Tek

B&W Tek, an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to announce major enhancements to their NanoRam handheld Raman spectrometer.

From Metrohm AG 17 Apr 2013

USPTO Issues Notice of Allowance to Veritas Bio’s RNA Delivery Patent

Veritas Bio, LLC, a privately held biotechnology company is pleased to announce that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for Patent Application No. 12/514,237, “In Vivo Delivery Of Double Stranded RNA To a Target Cell”.

17 Apr 2013

Remedium Technologies Receives Phase II NSF SBIR Grant to Evaluate Hemogrip Foam

Remedium Technologies Inc., a medical device company developing innovative products to control severe hemorrhaging, was awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundat...

17 Apr 2013

Innovative Nanotechnology-Inspired Bioprocess Can Convert Cellulose into Amylose Starch

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops.

17 Apr 2013

Grafoid, University of Waterloo to Develop Graphene-Based Composites for Electrochemical Energy Storage

Focus Graphite Inc. on behalf of Grafoid Inc. ("Grafoid") is pleased to announce the signing of a two-year R&D agreement between Grafoid Inc. and the University of Waterloo to investigate and develop a graphene-based composite for electrochemical energy storage for the automotive and/or portable electronics sectors.

17 Apr 2013

Interplay Between Statistical Variability and Reliability Could Affect 20nm CMOS SRAM Yield

Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) revealed today that the interplay between the effects of statistical reliability and variability could adversely affect 20nm CMOS SRAM yield. The study also defined a new reliability simulation framework to predict variability and reliability impact that enhances yield.

17 Apr 2013

Cancer Study Featuring Use of NaturalNano's Halloysite Published in Journal of Nanomaterials

NaturalNano, Inc. announced that Dr. Michael King, of Cornell University, published his most recent study featuring the use of NaturalNano's Halloysite Natural Tubes (HNT) in Journal of Nanomaterials (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/si/895020/).

17 Apr 2013

Scientists Create Composite Materials with Comparable Properties Using Nanotechnology

Plant components that bend, roll or twist in response to external stimuli such as temperature or moisture are fairly commonplace in nature and often play a role in the dispersal of seeds. Pine cones, for instance, close their scales when wet and open them again once they have dried out.

17 Apr 2013

Researchers Develop Innovative Drug Delivery Technique Using Magneto-Electric Nanoparticles

In a study published in today's issue of Nature Communications, researchers from Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a revolutionary technique they have developed that...

17 Apr 2013

Nanotechnology News

Breakout Labs Awards Stealth Biosciences Funds to Develop Nanoscale Devices to Control Biological Processes

Polymeric Nanostructures Deliver Drugs to Specific Locations

Spray-On Mixture of Carbon Nanotubes and Ceramic Resists Damage While Absorbing Laser Light

CIC nanoGUNE Introduces Nanometric-Scale Theoretical Simulations Service

Optomec to Highlight Aerosol Jet Printing for 3D Printed Electronics Applications at IDTechEx Conference

Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Nanoporous Electrodes Help Build High Power Micro Batteries

Enhanced NanoRam Handheld Raman Spectrometer Launched by B&W Tek

USPTO Issues Notice of Allowance to Veritas Bio’s RNA Delivery Patent

Remedium Technologies Receives Phase II NSF SBIR Grant to Evaluate Hemogrip Foam

Innovative Nanotechnology-Inspired Bioprocess Can Convert Cellulose into Amylose Starch

Grafoid, University of Waterloo to Develop Graphene-Based Composites for Electrochemical Energy Storage

Interplay Between Statistical Variability and Reliability Could Affect 20nm CMOS SRAM Yield

Cancer Study Featuring Use of NaturalNano's Halloysite Published in Journal of Nanomaterials

Scientists Create Composite Materials with Comparable Properties Using Nanotechnology

Researchers Develop Innovative Drug Delivery Technique Using Magneto-Electric Nanoparticles

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