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Harvard is licensing more than 50 patents to a nanotechnology start-up
Today, Harvard and Nano-Terra Inc., a company co-founded by Professor Whitesides, plan to announce the exclusive licensing for more than 50 current and pending Harvard patents to Nano-Terra.
June 4, 2007 Read more
Long-distance record: 'quantum keys' sent 200 kilometers
Particles of light serving as "quantum keys" - the latest in encryption technology - have been sent over a record-setting 200-kilometer fiber-optic link
June 3, 2007 Read more
Atomic spectroscopy on a chip
Researchers have performed atomic spectroscopy with integrated optics on a chip for the first time, guiding a beam of light through a rubidium vapor cell integrated into a semiconductor chip.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Nanoparticle delivery method of insulin gene to combat juvenile diabetes
A safer method to deliver the insulin gene to diabetes patients using nanoparticles, was presented today at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) in Seattle.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology gains ground in Czech Republic
The emerging nanotechnology field is gaining ground in the Czech Republic with successes reported by local researchers and the commercial sector.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology investing - who do you trust?
If you are looking to balance all the good news and the hype about nanotechnology stocks with a real sober and negative take then you should read last Sunday's Berko column in The Oklahoman.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology is one way to combat the counterfeit supply chain
Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and, in some cases, compromising safety. Accordingly, manufacturers and brand owners are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains.
June 1, 2007 Read more
France to study effects of nanoparticles and nanomaterials on health and the environment
The Observatory for Micro and Nano Technologies (OMNT) has announced the setting up of a multidisciplinary working group responsible for providing a scientific watch on the effects of nanoparticles and nanomaterials on health and the environment.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology tapped to boost hybrid car efficiency
Nissan opened a facility to explore cutting-edge science like nanotechnology in its quest for environmentally friendly vehicles.
June 1, 2007 Read more
Single spinning nuclei in diamond offer a stable quantum computing building block
Surmounting several distinct hurdles to quantum computing, physicists have found that individual carbon-13 atoms in a diamond lattice can be manipulated with extraordinary precision to create stable quantum mechanical memory and a small quantum processor.
May 31, 2007 Read more
Practical protein nanotubes
Chemists in Japan have used a widely available protein and a straightforward technique to make nanotubes that can bind reversibly to oxygen, just like haemoglobin.
May 31, 2007 Read more
Golden glue
A single gold atom might be able to serve as a versatile glue to bind together different kinds of monomers into completely unknown structures.
May 31, 2007 Read more
Switchable two-color light source on a silicon chip
Physicists have managed to make silicon shine red and blue in an alternating fashion.
May 30, 2007 Read more
Regulated drug release thanks to nano bubbles
A new method for making the surface of metal stents highly nano porous by producing millions of nano bubbles underneath.
May 30, 2007 Read more
Canadian nanotechnology policy framework
CIELAP, the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy, held a one-day workshop in Toronto to explore policy considerations for nanotechnology.
May 30, 2007 Read more
New designer lipid-like peptide with lipid nanostructures for drug delivery systems
New findings not only help us to understand the basic science of how lipid-like peptides interact with lipid molecules, but also may provide new strategies for the encapsulation and the delivery of biological active materials.
May 30, 2007 Read more
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