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DALLAS — According to an SEC filing, nanotechnology company Anterios has launched a $2.5 million equity offering by raising $750,000. In February 2010 the company completed a $1.5 million raise, and in October of 2009, raised $5.17 million of a targeted $10 million. Named in the filings were directors and investors Dr. Jonathan Edelson and Geoffrey W. Smith, New York-based ... Read More »

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the end of a joint press conference in Doha presented a home-made Iranian nanoscope to Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. “This is a gift from the Iranian technology to Qatar. You can use it in educational and research centers,” Ahmadinejad said, addressing the Qatari Emir. During the press conference, Ahmadinejad ... Read More »

Faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have received a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. The new Johns Hopkins center brings together a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and physicians to develop nanotechnology-based diagnostic platforms and therapeutic strategies for comprehensive cancer care. Seventeen faculty members ... Read More »

HAVANA TIMES, Sept. 7 — More than 70 specialists from several countries will attend starting today the 3rd International Seminar on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, to be held in the Cuban capital’s International Convention Center, sources from the Organizing Committee announced. The event, sponsored by the Office of the Scientific Advisor and the Center for Advanced Studies of Cuba, will dedicate ... Read More »

New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance. Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process. This ... Read More »

PITTSBURGH—Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Howard University in Washington, D.C., have received a five-year, $3.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new interdisciplinary program in the environmental affects and policy implications of nanotechnology. Funding comes from a new NSF program called the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), which enables the creation of ... Read More »

Researchers in Sweden believe nanotechnology could be used in computer servers to reduce their carbon footprint. According to CNN, experts at the country’s Institute of Technology have discovered a way to improve cooling efficiency among server racks using nanoparticles. When added to water, they create a fluid that is able to conduct heat 60 per cent more effectively than normal ... Read More »