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New Type of LED Using Ultra-Thin Amorphous Dielectric Layer

Dr. Yue Kuo, the Dow Chemical Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has fabricated a new type of LED capable of producing a wide spectrum light while operating for long periods of time at atmospheric conditions.

2 Feb 2013

Nano Labs Expands Market for its Nano Paint Through New Deal

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce today the Company has signed a Letter of Intent with Resinas BYR for the manufacturing and distribution of the Company's NC2012, a proprietary nano thermal insulation paint coating.

2 Feb 2013

Nano-Engineered Super Oils from N1 Technologies

N1 Technologies a national firm focused on manufacturing and marketing NanoTechnology just announced its latest innovation. NanoSave N1 is an innovative new series of motor oils and lubes that increase mileage, reduce friction heat and prevent wear by forming a super smooth protective shield around all moving engine parts with advanced Nano Technology, they call NanoShield.

2 Feb 2013

Unique Nanomechanical Signature Shows Promise to Improve Cancer Treatment

The texture of breast cancer tissue differs from that of healthy tissue. Using a cutting-edge tissue diagnostic device, a group of researchers in Basel, Switzerland, has determined one key difference: cancerous tissue is a mix of stiff and soft zones, whereas healthy tissue has uniform stiffness.

2 Feb 2013

New Approach Paves Way to Large-Scale Manufacturing of Graphene-Based Devices

A new way of growing graphene without the defects that weaken it and prevent electrons from flowing freely within it could open the way to large-scale manufacturing of graphene-based devices with applications in fields such as electronics, energy, and healthcare.

2 Feb 2013

New Approach to Nanodrug Delivery Helps Improve CNS Disorder Treatment

The treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases can be particularly challenging because many of the therapeutic agents such as recombinant proteins and gene medicines are not easily transported across the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

2 Feb 2013

New Technique Facilitates Rapid Scale-Up of Production and Testing of Biological Parts

The scientists, from Imperial College London, say their research brings them another step closer to a new kind of industrial revolution, where parts for these biological factories could be mass-produced. These factories have a wealth of applications including better drug delivery treatments for patients, enhancements in the way that minerals are mined from deep underground and advances in the production of biofuels.

2 Feb 2013

New Particle Assembly Technique Holds Potential to Improve Design of Industrial Products

New York University physicists have developed a method for moving microscopic particles with the flick of a light switch. Their work, reported in the journal Science, relies on a blue light to prompt colloids to move and then assemble—much like birds flock and move together in flight.

2 Feb 2013

Researchers Create Innovative Cardiac Tissue Patches Using Nanotechnology

On January 30, 2013 ACS Nano published a study by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, MASc, a researcher in the division of biomedical engineering at Brigham and Women's Hospital, detailing the creation of innovative cardiac patches that utilize nanotechnology to enhance the conductivity of materials to induce cardiac tissue formation.

2 Feb 2013

Contipro Biotech Presents Novel Device for Nanofiber Production at Nano Tech 2013

The gates of the exhibition Nano Tech 2013 in Tokyo are wide open. One of the exhibitors, representing nanotechnology innovations from the Czech Republic, is Contipro Biotech, which is presenting the world premiere of its new device for the production of nanofibers, called 4SPIN®. The device is intended for the production of nanofibers suitable for use both in industry and medicine.

From Contipro 1 Feb 2013

Optofluidics Pre-Launches Molecular NanoTweezer System at SPIE Photonics West 2013

Optofluidics announces the pre-release of its Molecular NanoTweezer system - the most powerful optical trapping technology in the world – at SPIE Photonics West, BiOS and Biophysical Society annual meetings in Feb. 2013. Many thousands of times more powerful than the current state-of-the-art technology, the Molecular NanoTweezer allows rapid and automated handling of the smallest of particles including proteins, viruses, cells as well as inorganic nanoparticles.

1 Feb 2013

Nanoscale Coating for Self-Cleaning Surfaces

A recent discovery funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) may very well lead to a process that not only benefits every uniformed service member of the Department of Defense, but everyone else as we...

1 Feb 2013

Drug Delivery Using Camouflaged Nanoparticles

By cloaking nanoparticles in the membranes of white blood cells, scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute may have found a way to prevent the body from recognizing and destroying them before they deliver their drug payloads. The group describes its "LeukoLike Vectors", or LLVs, in the January issue of Nature Nanotechnology.

1 Feb 2013

ALN-VSP Phase I Results Validate Efficacy of Tekmira's Lipid Nanoparticle Technology

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced today that complete study results have been published from a Phase I trial with ALN-VSP, a systemically delivered RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of advanced solid tumors with liver involvement, which utilizes Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology. ALN-VSP is being developed by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

1 Feb 2013

Texas A&M University Researchers Build Completely Organic Nanobrick Wall

Researchers at Texas A&M University have for the first time made a completely organic nanobrick wall that does not allow gas to pass through it.

1 Feb 2013

Nanotechnology News

New Type of LED Using Ultra-Thin Amorphous Dielectric Layer

Nano Labs Expands Market for its Nano Paint Through New Deal

Nano-Engineered Super Oils from N1 Technologies

Unique Nanomechanical Signature Shows Promise to Improve Cancer Treatment

New Approach Paves Way to Large-Scale Manufacturing of Graphene-Based Devices

New Approach to Nanodrug Delivery Helps Improve CNS Disorder Treatment

New Technique Facilitates Rapid Scale-Up of Production and Testing of Biological Parts

New Particle Assembly Technique Holds Potential to Improve Design of Industrial Products

Researchers Create Innovative Cardiac Tissue Patches Using Nanotechnology

Contipro Biotech Presents Novel Device for Nanofiber Production at Nano Tech 2013

Optofluidics Pre-Launches Molecular NanoTweezer System at SPIE Photonics West 2013

Nanoscale Coating for Self-Cleaning Surfaces

Drug Delivery Using Camouflaged Nanoparticles

ALN-VSP Phase I Results Validate Efficacy of Tekmira's Lipid Nanoparticle Technology

Texas A&M University Researchers Build Completely Organic Nanobrick Wall

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