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BASF Joins BMBF-Initiated NanoGEM Research Project

BASF is a participant in a research project called NanoGEM (Nanostructured materials – Health, Exposure and Material Properties). The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) initiated project is taking...

From BASF 1 Oct 2010

Access Pharmaceuticals Files Patent for CobaCyte Nanoparticle Technology

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary drug-delivery platforms to develop treatments in areas of oncology, cancer supportive care and diabetes, ann...

1 Oct 2010

Advanced Nanomaterials Developer Announces $4.75 Million Investment

Adama Materials, Inc., a developer of nanotechnology-based advanced materials, announced today that it has completed a $4.75 million Series A equity financing led by Artiman Ventures, along with Startup Capital Ventures, the company's founders and a group of Hawaii-based angel investors including Cellular Bioengineering Inc.

1 Oct 2010

NanoH20 and Active Water Sciences Honored for Scientific Innovation

A company founded by Sam Houston State University to manufacture, distribute and license its patented wastewater-treatment technology has been recognized for scientific innovation by the Wall Street Journal. Active Wa...

1 Oct 2010

Researchers Develop Porous Material Decorated with a Highly Reactive ‘Species’ of Molecules

A team of researchers in Japan has developed a porous material, decorated with a highly reactive ‘species’ of molecules that can be activated remotely using a technique called photoactiviation1. Since porous ...

30 Sep 2010

Fundamental Effect Associated With Electrons Also Occurs In Non-charged Particles

Just as electronics revolutionized computing and communications technology, spintronics is touted to follow suit. This relatively new field involves manipulating the flow of a magnetism-related property called ‘spi...

30 Sep 2010

New Spherical Nano-Spheres Offer Innumerable Potential Uses

A revolutionary new spherical nanostructure, fully derived from very simple organic elements, yet strong as steel, has been developed and characterized at the laboratories of Ehud Gazit of Tel Aviv University and Itay Rousso of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

30 Sep 2010

ADA Wins U.S. Navy Contract to Enhance Interlaminar Properties of FRP Materials

ADA Technologies, Inc. received an $80,000 contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research into the development of high performance fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for use in the design and manufacture of robust and reliable submarine and submersible hatches.

From ADA Technologies 30 Sep 2010

Scientists Create Nanoparticles to Deliver Drugs to Specific Tumors

An $18 million research program headed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will research therapies and diagnostic tools for heart and lung diseases that use nanotechnology. The award, from the Nat...

30 Sep 2010

Scientists to Develop Nanotechnology for Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

A team of UNC scientists has received a five-year $2,308,800 grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships to address the critical need for early diagnosis of and more effec...

30 Sep 2010