Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure
The Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine and the JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) have kicked off collaboration to support risk management and improve consumer protection through new approaches in the areas of nanotechnology and alternative methods to animal testing. On 6 June, the organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the occasion of the EU-China ... Read More »
Daily Archives: June 23, 2010
Investigating the microscopic world of food nanotechnology
Imagine “smart” food packaging that changes color to alert you when a food spoils, or “interactive” foods that are personalized to fit your needs. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but this kind of technology is real thanks to nanotechnology (or, nanotech), which has quietly moved to the forefront of innovation, poised to revolutionize the food industry. ... Read More »
Aphios Awarded United States Patent for Polymer Drug Delivery Nanotechnology Platform
Aphios Corporation today announced that it was awarded United States Patent No. 7,708,915 B2 for “Polymer Microspheres/Nanospheres and Encapsulating Therapeutic Proteins Therein,” granted May 04, 2010. This invention is an improved process to formulate polymeric microspheres and nanospheres, and encapsulate therapeutic proteins or other useful substances, and a polymer microspheres/nanospheres apparatus. This invention also entails methods of purifying protein-containing polymeric ... Read More »
Russia buiding its own 'Silicon Valley'
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev flew to California this week to drum up support for his country’s attempt to build an entrepreneurial enclave just outside Moscow. He met with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, and plans to meet with the founders of Twitter, as well as Google CEO Eric Schmidt, before meeting US President Barack Obama in Washington D.C. Over ... Read More »
THE CEA-LETI HAS INVESTED IN A SARFUS 3D SYSTEM
The LFCM – Le Laboratoire de Fonctionnalisation et Chimie pour les Micro-systèmes (Laboratory of Fonctionalisation and Chemistry for the Micro-systems, CEA – LETI, Grenoble), run by Dr Françoise Vinet, has recently acquired a SARFUS 3D system for their studies on grafting molecular probes and active molecules in microsystems. The mission of the LFCM laboratory, part of MINATEC, is to develop ... Read More »