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Novel Curved Night-Vision Goggles Made Using Flexible Germanium Nanomembranes

Aiming to address the strategic military need for accurate, high-resolution imaging, a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical and computer engineer working with the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. Department of Defense has a simple goal: to make night vision more accurate and easier for soldiers and pilots to use.

29 Dec 2012

MU Nanomedicine Researcher Bestowed National Medal of Science

President Barack Obama named University of Missouri researcher M. Frederick Hawthorne as recipient of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the country to scientists. Hawthorne is the director of the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri, as well as Curators' Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Radiology.

29 Dec 2012

Novel Method for Fabricating Nanostructured Collagen Constructs

Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have developed a novel method for fabricating collagen structures that maintains the collagen's natural strength and fiber structure, making it useful for a number of biomedical applications.

28 Dec 2012

Leverhulme Awards Grant to Investigate Nanomaterials for Harnessing Solar Energy

A University of Ulster academic has been awarded a prestigious research grant to investigate how nanomaterials can be used to harness the sun’s energy.

28 Dec 2012

Scientists at Imperial Awarded Public Funds to Study Graphene

Scientists at Imperial College London are set to receive over £4.5 million of public funding to investigate how the 'super material' graphene can drive improvements in high-tech industries, such as aerospace design and medical technologies.

28 Dec 2012

Forbes Honors Nanomedicine Researcher on Top Rising Stars in Science and Health List

Pedro Valencia, who earned his PhD in chemical engineering at MIT in November, was named in Forbes magazine's 2012 list of the top 30 rising stars in science and health.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 Dec 2012

Portable Opaque Environment Monitoring Device with Nanoscale Radar Chips Wins Innovation Award

JSC Design Bureau of experimental work – KBOR, Moscow, Russia, became the laureate in Innovation product of the year for a device, created in JSC KBOR - PicoR series - a multifunctional portable device for opaque environment monitoring. This device can be used to measure ice and snow thickness in real time on lakes' ice roads and also to define the thickness of asphalt on roads.

27 Dec 2012

NanoViricides Receives Final Tranche of $2.5M Financing from Seaside

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company"), announced today that it has received the final tranche of $2.5M from Seaside 88, LP (“Seaside”), thereby completing the total of a $5M financing. This raise, and the receipt of the initial $2.5M tranche, was previously announced on June 29, 2012.

From NanoViricides, Inc 26 Dec 2012

Nanomedicine Company Blend Secures $16M Series B Financing

Blend Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company discovering new classes of medicines to treat debilitating diseases, announced today that it has secured a $16 million Series B financing. Blend is pioneering an integrative model for discovering novel molecular entities with new mechanisms of action purposely designed for Blend’s proprietary nanoparticles. By synergistically developing both the molecule and the nanoparticle together, Blend can make medicines more targeted, more effective and more tolerable.

26 Dec 2012

NCKU, ANL to Jointly Compete for I-RiCE Center on Nanocarbon Technology

Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and America’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), which have enjoyed close collaborative ties for years, are planning to jointly compete for an International Research-Intensive Centers for Excellence (I-RiCE) center on nanocarbon technology.

26 Dec 2012

Discovery of Molecular Levers Helps Develop More-Efficient Materials

In a forced game of molecular tug-of war, some strings of atoms can act like a lever, accelerating reactions 1000 times faster than other molecules. The discovery suggests that scientists could use these molecular levers to drive chemical and mechanical reactivity among atoms and ultimately engineer more efficient materials.

From Duke University - Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics 24 Dec 2012

Penn State Professor Receives Grant for Cancer Research

Siyang Zheng, assistant professor of bioengineering, has been awarded a $720,000 grant from the American Cancer Society.

24 Dec 2012

UK Metropolitan Police Service to Use Applied DNA Sciences’ DNANet Markers

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., (Twitter: @APDN), a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced today that the UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will be using its proprietary DNANet™ property marking kits as part of a major initiative to reduce crime in targeted London neighborhoods.

24 Dec 2012

Study Results Help Design Minimally Invasive Surface Probes

New models suggest devising means of probing a surface at a sub-micrometric level as this will help us understand how electrons' diffusion affects long-range attractive forces

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 24 Dec 2012

Flexible PV Cells Using Nanowire-Coated Graphene Sheets

MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires. The approach could lead to low-cost, transparent and flexible solar cells that could be deployed on windows, roofs or other surfaces.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 24 Dec 2012