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U.S. Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Market Forecast to Grow at 84.79% CAGR through 2016

Research activities in healthcare have changed significantly in recent years. There has been a paradigm shift away from blockbusters drugs to a more personalized medicine approach. The focus is being placed increasingly on formulating drugs based on the individual's unique genome and immune response.

2 Apr 2013

Nanowires Naturally Draw Liquid Upward in a Thin Film

Imagine if you could drink a glass of water just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw. It turns out that if you were tiny enough, that method would work just fine — and wouldn’t even require the suction to start.

1 Apr 2013

Penn State Nanosatellite to Be Flown as Auxiliary Payload for NASA Launch

A Penn State project is one of 24 small satellites selected by NASA to fly as auxiliary payloads planned for launch between 2014 and 2016, the agency recently announced.

30 Mar 2013

GrafTech to Provide Thermal Management Solutions for Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System Program

GrafTech International today announced that its Engineered Solutions (ES) business segment has won another contract to provide thermal management solutions in support of space research and exploration.

30 Mar 2013

Quantum Dot Company, QD Vision, Closes $20 Million Round of Financing

QD Vision, Inc., manufacturer of Color IQ™ optical components for LCD applications, today announced it closed a $20 million round of financing that will be used to further expand high volume production capacity, and to fund long term company growth.

30 Mar 2013

Super-Resolution Cryogenic Light Microscope to Examine Proteins Structures in a Frozen Hydrated State

David DeRosier is championing a new scientific method. Call it the retired-biology-professor-goes-back-to-the-lab method.

30 Mar 2013

Nanoscale Heat Transfer Research Earns Air Force Grant

Promising research in areas that can be applied to national defense goals has earned two Arizona State University engineers grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

From Arizona State University 30 Mar 2013

Defects Affect Strength of Polycrystalline Forms of Graphene

Graphene, the single-atom-thick form of carbon, has become famous for its extraordinary strength. But less-than-perfect sheets of the material show unexpected weakness, according to researchers at Rice University in Houston and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

30 Mar 2013

Family Science Night at MSU as Part of Nationwide NanoDays Celebration

Montana State University will host a free family science night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Strand Union Ballrooms on the MSU campus.

30 Mar 2013

Altair Nanotechnologies’ Revenues Decrease in 2012

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. ("Altair") today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2012.

From Altair Nanotechnologies 29 Mar 2013

Nanoparticles Used as Tools to Study Basic Science of Autophagy

Some human cells forget to empty their trash bins, and when the garbage piles up, it can lead to Parkinson's disease and other genetic and age-related disorders. Scientists don't yet understand why this happens, and Rice University engineering researcher Laura Segatori is hoping to change that, thanks to a prestigious five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

29 Mar 2013

Nanometer-Scale Light Transmission Spectroscopy Helps Detect Dangerous Aquatic Invasive Species

A new research paper by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative (ECI) demonstrates how two cutting-edge technologies can provide a sensitive and real-time solution to screening real-world water samples for invasive species before they get into our country or before they cause significant damage.

29 Mar 2013

Postdoctoral Researcher Receives UB Entrepreneurship Award for Founding Nanobiotix

UB will honor some of Western New York’s most inventive minds and companies at the annual UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception, which will take place from 4-6 p.m. March 25 in UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center, 875 Ellicott St., Buffalo.

29 Mar 2013

Self-Assembling Nanoparticle Holds Promise against HIV

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and other fast-changing viruses.

From The Scripps Research Institute 29 Mar 2013

Light Can Reverse Oxidation in Cleverly Structured Copper Nanoparticles

Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it could lead to an environmentally friendly production process for an important industrial chemical, University of Michigan engineers have discovered.

29 Mar 2013