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Blending Gelatin from Fish Skins with Bioplastic

Natural gelatin, extracted from the shiny skin of a seagoing fish called Alaskan pollock, may someday be put to intriguing new biomedical uses. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Bor-Sen Chiou is developing stro...

8 Nov 2010

Review Analyzes Single-Layer and Few-Layered Graphene Flakes

A timely review analyzing the correlation of synthesis methods and physical properties of single-layer and few-layered graphene flakes.

8 Nov 2010

PharmaNova Receives Grants for Developing NovaSperse-Based Nanoparticulate Products

PharmaNova, Inc., of Victor, NY, announced today that the Company has been awarded multiple grants worth in excess of $500,000 under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP), which was created by Congress as p...

8 Nov 2010

Winners of Ann Arbor SPARK’s 2010 FastTrack Awards

Ann Arbor SPARK presented its annual FastTrack awards, sponsored by Yeo & Yeo, P.C., CPAs & Business Consultants and Arboretum Ventures, at AnnArbor.com's annual Deals of the Year celebration. FastTrack...

8 Nov 2010

TU Delft Professor Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Microscopic Technology Research

Professor Henny Zandbergen has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for his research into improved microscopic technologies. The technologies enable Professor Zandbergen to visualise extremely small st...

8 Nov 2010

NCI Awards $16 Million Funds to Texas Center for Cancer Nanomedicine

A $16-million, five-year grant by the National Cancer Institute’s nanomedicine initiative blends the expertise of five research institutions to focus an array of innovative nanotechnologies on improving the outcome of pa...

8 Nov 2010

Coating Drug Molecules with Nanoparticles Aid Colon Cancer Treatment

Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology. There are several drugs that would have more beneficial therapeutic effect...

8 Nov 2010

New Fabrication Process for Nanostructured Silicon and Polymeric Surfaces

The Microfabrication group of Aalto University which specializes in microfabrication and microfludics has developed a new and rapid method for fabrication of non-reflecting and self-cleaning surfaces. Surface properties are based on the nanostructured surface.

8 Nov 2010

Major Advance in 3D Holographic Imaging Technology

Remember the Star Wars scene in which R2D2 projects a three-dimensional image of a troubled Princess Leia delivering a call for help to Luke Skywalker and his allies? What used to be science fiction is now close to becoming reality thanks to a breakthrough in 3D holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.

8 Nov 2010