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NanoSmart and UCLA Partner to Develop Nanotechnology-Based Cancer Drugs

NanoSmart Pharmaceuticals, a private biotechnology company, has entered into a research collaboration agreement with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to continue the development of NanoSmart's novel drug d...

From University of California, Los Angeles 17 Jan 2013

DOC Places Order for SPTS Wafer Processing Solutions

SPTS Technologies, a leading supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced the receipt of a multi-system order from DigitalOptics Corporation (DOC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tessera, for Pegasus Rapier deep silicon etch and Primaxx HF Vapor release systems. These systems will be used to manufacture MEMS-based autofocus actuators for smart phone cameras.

17 Jan 2013

Nano Labs Reports Road Map and Business Plan for 2013

Nano Labs Corp. is an emerging research and development company that is focused on becoming one of the global market leaders in the field of nanotechnology.

17 Jan 2013

More Efficient Methods to Create Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

A Kansas State University researcher is developing more efficient ways to save costs, time and energy when creating nanomaterials and lithium-ion batteries.

17 Jan 2013

Nanoscale Coating Repels Broad Range of Liquids

A nanoscale coating that's at least 95 percent air repels the broadest range of liquids of any material in its class, causing them to bounce off the treated surface, according to the University of Michigan engineering researchers who developed it.

17 Jan 2013

Teeth of Marine Snail Inspires Efficient Nanoscale Materials for Solar Cells

An assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering is using the teeth of a marine snail found off the coast of California to create less costly and more efficient nanoscale materials to improve solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.

17 Jan 2013

New INRS Infrastructure Combines DTEM with Advanced Nanosecond Laser Technologies

Professor Federico Rosei, Director of the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications Research Centre, will soon have access to a Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscope (DTEM). Unique in the world for its configuration, this equipment will fill a gap in dynamic materials imaging by simultaneously providing very high spatial and temporal resolution, a first that could revolutionize materials research.

17 Jan 2013

New Fluorescent Probe Detects Radioactive Substance Using Supermolecular Interaction

The NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) developed a supermolecular material which makes it possible to visualize the distribution of cesium on the surface of solids and in living organisms by fluorescence.

From National Institute for Materials Science 16 Jan 2013

NanoViricides Provides Update on Influenza Program

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company") provides an update on its influenza program. The Company states that in a highly lethal animal model against an H3N2 Influenza virus strain, very similar to the current dominant influenza strain, the Company’s oral anti-influenza drug candidate has shown significantly superior efficacy to Tamiflu® (oseltamivir).

From NanoViricides, Inc 16 Jan 2013

Semiconductor Foundry, UMC Develops Thick Plated Copper Process for PMIC Applications

United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today introduced a Thick Plated Copper (TPC) process for power management IC (PMIC) applications.

From United Microelectronics Corporation 16 Jan 2013

Chemical Treatment Alleviates Toxicity Risks Associated with Carbon Nanotubes

Safety fears about carbon nanotubes, due to their structural similarity to asbestos, have been alleviated following research showing that reducing their length removes their toxic properties.

16 Jan 2013

IBM Scientists Win Feynman Prize for their Experimental Work Using Atomic Force Microscopy

IBM Researchers Gerhart Meyer, Leo Gross and Jascha Repp (now at Regensburg University) have won the prestigious Feynman prize given by the Foresight Group, an organization that seeks to advance the study of nanotechnology. The award was bestowed upon the group of researchers for their ground breaking work in producing detailed molecular images and deconstructing chemical bonds on individual atoms.

16 Jan 2013

Study Sheds New Light on Electronics Behavior of Graphene with Grain Boundaries

Using graphene – either as an alternative to, or most likely as a complementary material with – silicon, offers the promise of much faster future electronics, along with several other advantages over the commonly used semiconductor. However, creating the one-atom thick sheets of carbon known as graphene in a way that could be easily integrated into mass production methods has proven difficult.

16 Jan 2013

Carbon Nanofibers May Help Develop New Drug-Delivery Systems

Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible "bed of nails" on the nanoscale that opens the door to development of new drug-delivery systems.

From North Carolina State University 16 Jan 2013

Researchers Fabricate Nanoparticles of Pure, Crystalline Iron Oxide

There’s hardly a moment in modern life that doesn’t involve electronic devices, whether they’re guiding you to a destination by GPS or deciding which incoming messages merit a beep, ring or vibration. But our expectation that the next shopping season will inevitably offer an upgrade to more-powerful gadgets largely depends on size – namely, the ability of the industry to shrink transistors so that more can fit on ever-tinier chip surfaces.

16 Jan 2013