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Austin-based Savara Pharmaceuticals Inc. won $1.9 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to develop drug-delivery systems using nanotechnology. The company — which raised $1.4 million in venture backing last year — researches and develops ways of turning drugs into dry powders that can be inhaled to treat diseases such as asthma and lung cancer. Savara licensed the technology from ... Read More »

WATERLOO – The University of Waterloo will graduate its first class of nanotechnology engineering students next week, as well as award thousands of other degrees and diplomas, including 16 honorary doctorates during spring convocation. A total of 3,641 undergraduate and 710 graduate students will graduate at ceremonies to be held Wednesday through Saturday (June 16-19) in the physical activities complex. ... Read More »

Copper nanotechnology might be used in future iPads, flexible displays and solar cells. Scientists at Duke University have figured out how to make large quantities of copper nanowires that can be used to make computers and maybe even bendable, foldable tablet computers someday. Copper nanowires, which are so tiny that they are transparent to the naked eye, could replace indium ... Read More »

POST LOCATION DUTIES ESA/VN-ESTEC(2009)178, REV. 1 Paris, 22 October 2009 Reissued : 14 June 2010 (Original: English) EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY Vacancy in the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women Senior Micro and Nanotechnology Component Engineer in the Components Technology Section of the Materials and Components Technology ... Read More »

Iran’s Nanotechnology Initiative Council is due to hold the first national competition of ‘Art and Nanotechnology’ in order to introduce to the public the capabilities and achievements in the field of nanotechnology. The competition is expected to enable the public to take part in creating knowledge-based ideas, guide them to employ nanotechnology applications in all aspects of their life and ... Read More »

uk: PhD Studentship [3 y; first class or upper second class degree (or its equivalent) in relevant disciplines; £13,290 p.a.; "Production of a NEMS sensor for the early detection of osteoarthritis in human joints"] / University of Southampton / Candidates must be UK or EU based. A PhD studentship is available in the nCATS (national Centre for Advanced Tribology at ... Read More »

New method produced up to ten fold increase in power CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the battery’s electrodes produced a significant increase — up to tenfold — in the amount of power it could ... Read More »