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SolRayo Wins NSF Grant for Developing New Nanoparticle-Based Technology

SolRayo, a subsidiary company of Enable IPC, has successfully completed a project on the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant that is being funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTR program.

22 Jul 2011

Scientists Formulate Criteria to Assess Risk of Engineered Nanomaterials

Scientists have formulated risk evaluation criteria to enable specialists to make policy and innovation decisions for engineered nanomaterials. The Framework Programme 7 Nanohouse project, worth €2.4 million, known as the ‘Life cycle of nanoparticle-based products used in house coating’ has developed new ways to determine the risks offered by nanomaterials to the environment and human health.

21 Jul 2011

Industrial Nanotech’s Distributor Supplies Nansulate Coating to Unipro

A provider of nanoscience-based energy-saving solutions, Industrial Nanotech has declared that Kolorgen, its distributor in Turkey, has finalized a project with Unipro for insulating steam process equipment, valves, and steam lines with its patented energy-saving coating, Nansulate.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 21 Jul 2011

Particle + Surface Sciences Uses NanoSight’s NTA Methodology to Study Nanoparticles

Particle & Surface Sciences launches the NanoSight NTA device for characterizing nanoparticles with the LM-10. NanoSight explains that global research firms studies emerging processes to determine the performance of nanomaterials characterization quantitatively.

21 Jul 2011

Alnylam Utilizes Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation to Attain Synergistic Gene Silencing

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published new information explaining an innovative technique to deliver RNAi therapeutics systemically with the help of synergistic blends of innovative lipid-like substances known as “lipidoids.”

21 Jul 2011

MarketResearch Adds Report on Applications of Nanocarbons

MarketResearch.com has added a new report, Production and Application of Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, Fullerenes, Graphene and Nanodiamonds: A Global Technology Survey and Market Analysis, to its offering.

21 Jul 2011

Research Demonstrates Degradation of Quantum Dots Releases Toxic Materials

According to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo, it has been discovered that quantum dots manufactured from selenium and cadmium decompose in soil and release harmful selenium and cadmium ions into the environment.

20 Jul 2011

New Technique Determines Mechanical Properties of Near Nanoscale Films

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* a measurement technique that reliably determines three fundamental mechanical properties of near-nanoscale films.

19 Jul 2011

Researchers Observe Improved Therapeutic Results on Tumors Treated With Communicating Nanoparticles

Researchers of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and MIT have developed a new drug delivery system which can release a first batch of nanoparticles that selectively attaches on the tumor, and then emits a second batch of nanoparticles that gives out the cancer drug.

19 Jul 2011

Researchers Develop Technique to Dope Nanocrystals by Controlling Optical Properties

Tel Aviv University's School of Chemistry’s Professor Eran Rabani and Hebrew University Professors Oded Millo and Uri Banin have revealed how semiconductor nanocrystals can be made into conductors by doping them.

18 Jul 2011