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Alnylam Publishes In Vivo Research on Systemic Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced the publication of new data in the journal Molecular Therapy by Alnylam scientists and collaborators from the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

6 Mar 2009

Scientist-Entrepreneurs Honored at Inventors Reception

An antibody with the potential to stop breast cancer in its path. A nanoparticle that can address a side effect of the treatment that hemophiliacs cannot live without. A "quantum dot" with the potential to trea...

6 Mar 2009

Nanotubes Turning Carbon Dioxide into Methane

Dual catalysts may be the key to efficiently turning carbon dioxide and water vapor into methane and other hydrocarbons using titania nanotubes and solar power, according to Penn State researchers.

5 Mar 2009

Inorganic Nanoparticles With Layer of Hydrophilic Polymer Chains Aggregate into Complex Nanostructures

Researchers at the Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg (Germany) led by Horst Weller and Stephan Förster have now produced amphiphilic hybrid particles made of a water-insoluble inorganic nanoparticle at the core surrounded by a bristle-like layer of hydrophilic polymer chains.

5 Mar 2009

Veeco Receives Initial Multi-Million Dollar Order from Korean Company for CIGS Equipment

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Daiyang Metal Co., Ltd. of Korea, a leader in the production of cold rolled stainless steel, to be its supplier of equipment to manufacture CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) solar cells.

From Veeco 5 Mar 2009

Magnetic Nanoparticles Dramatically Increases Efficiency of Gene Transfer

Scientists of the national German metrology institute, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), have developed a highly sensitive measuring method with which the efficiency of gene transfer in cases if cardiovasc...

5 Mar 2009

Studying Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles

Studying potential health and environmental effects of tiny industrial building blocks, called nanoparticles, is the goal of a $389,303 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Vicki Grassian, directo...

5 Mar 2009

Buckyballs Keeping Water Pipes Clear

Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.

5 Mar 2009

New Theory Predicts Unusual Excitation Spectrum for Chain of Ultracold Gas Atoms

Theoretical physicists from Argonne National Laboratory, US, and RIKEN's Advanced Science Institute, Wako, have constructed a general theory for describing the characteristics of an unusual and newly discovered system of particles, a chain of "spin-1/2 bosons".

4 Mar 2009

New Method for Harnessing the Enormous Potential of Nanoparticles

A student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for harnessing the enormous potential of nanoparticles, which could lead to a new generation of medical devices, drug delivery technologies, and other applications.

4 Mar 2009