Nano News & Events
Arrowhead Data Demonstrates RNAi Candidate ARC-520 Silences Hepatitis B Virus
-Single injection induces multi-log repression of viral RNA, proteins, and viral DNA
-Long duration of effect lasting over 30 days
-Regulatory submissions planned for Q2 2013
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SEMATECHs Strategic Director Bryan Rice Named 2013 SPIE Fellow
SEMATECH announced today that Dr. Bryan J. Rice, on assignment from Intel Corporation as SEMATECH's director of Strategic Initiatives, was inducted as a 2013 Fellow by SPIE, the international society...
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Method development to estimate the purity of vesicle preparations using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis at the Cardiff University School of Medicine
NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used in the development of a method to estimate the purity of vesicle preparations by comparing the ratio of nano-vesicle counts...
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English Nanomedicine Journal Published in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences published Nanomedicine Journal in English on the applications of nanotechnology in medicine, pharmaceutics, and basic medical sciences.
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Home-Made Traffic Nanopaints Used in Longest Iranian Tunnel
The municipality of Tehran used traffic nanopaints produced by Pishgaman Fanavari Asia Company on the surface of the passages in Niyayesh Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Iran.
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Publication of Over 3,500 Nano-Related Articles in 2012 by Iranian Researchers
Iranian researchers ranked 8th in the world by publishing 3,512 nanotechnology-related ISI indexed articles in 2012, the latest statistics in StatNano database said.
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Connecting the (quantum) dots: New spin technique moves researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology closer to creating the first viable high-speed quantum computer
Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics. Literally.
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The cradle of the nanoparticle: A new model facilitates predictions about how nanoparticles form and gives clues about how the process can be controlled
Nanoparticles are versatile harbingers of hope: They can serve as active medical agents or contrast media just as well as electronic storage media or reinforcement for structural materials. Researcher...
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Laser Mastery Narrows Down Sources of Superconductivity: MIT and Brookhaven Lab physicists measured fleeting electron waves to uncover the elusive mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity
Identifying the mysterious mechanism underlying high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) remains one of the most important and tantalizing puzzles in physics. This remarkable phenomenon allows electri...
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$175K Technology Grant Offered through April 20, 2013 for Startups
The $175K, 2013 Sustainable Valley iGrant is a grant designed to bring new technology or new technology-based businesses to life by providing funding, business support, equipment, facilities, and expe...
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Samsung backs UPC-led project to develop graphene-based micro-antennas
Anticipated applications include communication between processors on a single chip and the creation of networks of wireless nanosensors. This is one of the innovations that the UPC will be showcasing...
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Light from Silicon Nanocrystal LEDs
Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based lig...
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Formation of nanoparticles can now be studied molecule-by-molecule
Atmospheric aerosol particles affect our climate by slowing down the global warming. After years of studying the international research group led by Academy Professor Markku Kulmala from the Universit...
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UCLA researchers further refine 'NanoVelcro' device to grab single cancer cells from blood: Improvement enables 'liquid biopsies' for metastatic melanoma
Researchers at UCLA report that they have refined a method they previously developed for capturing and analyzing cancer cells that break away from patients' tumors and circulate in the blood. With the...
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UCLA researchers develop new method of powering tiny devices
FINDINGS:
Electromagnetic devices, from power drills to smart-phones, require an electric current to create the magnetic fields that allow them to function. But with smaller devices, efficiently deli...
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Zimbabwe minister tours ILPB and COE in preparation for next steps in UB-Zimbabwe partnership
The Hon. Professor Heneri Dzinotyiweyi, Zimbabwe minister of science and technology development, visited Buffalo on Tuesday, Feb. 19, to tour two University at Buffalo research facilities and discuss...
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Future Materials Natural Biopolymers Can Be Turned Into Nanofibers With New Device
Hyaluronic acid is a common ingredient in cosmetic creams, eye drops or injections improving the functioning of joints with damaged cartilage. Now, not only are scientists able to produce nanofibers f...
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Imec Presents Low-Power Chip for Intra-Cardiac Ventricular Fibrillation Detection
Imec demonstrated a low-power (20µW), intra-cardiac signal processing chip for the detection of ventricular fibrillation at this week's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2013) in Sa...
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Radioluminescent nanocages image and treat
Cerenkov-light-emitting radioactive gold shows promise for cancer therapy.
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View the Malvern Instruments toolkit for polyolefin characterization at SPE 2013
Viscotek multi-detector gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems for highly productive, information rich, polymer characterization will take center stage on the Malvern Instruments booth at the 201...
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