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NanoViricides to Expand Production of Drug Candidates for Toxicological Studies

NanoViricides declared that it will lease a new area for producing nanoviricides drug candidates to fight several viral diseases. The company plans to lease the area presently and may purchase the same later from Inno-Haven if required.

From NanoViricides, Inc 21 Jun 2011

Pore Size Reduction Increases Energy Stored In Super Capacitors

Yury Gogotsi of Drexel University with his co-workers felt the necessity of studying a potential supercapacitor material at the atomic level to analyze certain experimental results.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 21 Jun 2011

Navran Advanced Nanoproducts Development Receives Funding from Khattar Holdings

Navran Advanced Nanoproducts Development International (NAND) has received financial aid from Khattar Holdings and the details of transaction remain undisclosed.

20 Jun 2011

Research and Markets Releases Report on Impact of Nanotechnology in Automotive Sector

Research and Markets has released a report titled "Nanotechnology in the Automotive and Transportation Industry: Applications and Markets to 2015" to their offering.

20 Jun 2011

Researchers Evaluate Risk Factors of Nano-Composites in Cement

A team of German researchers have reached certain positive conclusions on safety of nano-materials. The team studied nanoparticles or nanotubes of four different materials by subjecting them to gentle abrasion, high speed sanding and UV radiation, and discovered that the resulting dust was in no ways finer than traditional materials.

20 Jun 2011

Scientists Investigate the Presence of Engineered Nanoparticles in Wastewater

The Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, Huang, Donald C. Phillips, is detecting the presence of an engineered nanoparticle (ENP) in ground wastewater.

20 Jun 2011

UCLA Research Team Fabricates Graphene Transistors Using Nanowire as Self-Aligned Gate

Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon capable of making electronic devices quicker and tinier. But the distinct properties of graphene and the trend of shrinking electronics creates difficultly in fabricating graphene and producing it on a large scale.

18 Jun 2011

Research and Markets Releases Report on Commercialization of Nanoparticle-Based Titanium Dioxide

Research and Markets has added the "Commercial Applications for Photocatalytic Nanoparticle Titania" report to their catalogue. Commercializing nanocrystalline photocatalytic materials will lead to advancement and progress in the field of nanomaterials.

18 Jun 2011

3D Plasmon Rulers to Measure Nanoscale Distances and Directions in Biological Cells

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) worked together with the researchers at the University of Stuttgart, Germany to develop 3D plasmon rulers to measure spatial variations in macromolecular systems at the nanometer level.

18 Jun 2011

Cell Membrane Capsules Retain Nanoparticles and Drugs Effectively In Human Body

Scientists have developed natural capsules that were made from living human cells having channels to introduce drugs and diagnostic agents effectively in the human body.

From American Chemical Society 18 Jun 2011