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Daily Archives: March 6, 2011

Professor uses nanotechnology to prolong machine and engine life

Guojun Liu has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines. “The technology should be useful in a wide range of machineries other than automobile engines,” says Dr. Liu, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and an expert in polymer synthesis. “If implemented industrially, this nanotechnology should help prolong machine life and improve ... Read More »

NanoManufacturing Conference & Exhibits

5 – 6 Apr, 2011 Drury Conference Center Street: 100 Drury Lane City: Oakbrooke Terrace , Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60181 Country: United States Looking to understand what nanotechnology means for you? Need to understand how and why nanotechnology can improve your products, process and may even cut costs? Interested in learning about the latest applications and trends in top-down ... Read More »

Innovations in Oral Solid Drug Delivery:

Dallas, TX — (SBWIRE) — 03/04/2011 — This report concentrates on innovations in oral solid dose delivery systems (OSDDS) with an emphasis on the links between start up companies and academic collaborations. It deals with the impact of the difficult economic climate with the restriction on funding and opportunities for partnering projects. Developments are assessed in relation to understanding the ... Read More »

Gates Foundation pumps $10M into NC nanotech company Liquidia

Nanotechnology company Liquidia Technologies has received a $10 million equity investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support vaccine development and commercialization. The financing follows the announcement last month of a collaborative agreement with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, which is working with Liquidia to develop next-generation malaria vaccines using the Morrisville, North Carolina-based company’s nanotechnology methods. Liquidia’s ... Read More »

Nanotechnology may hold key to averting impending computer bottlenecks

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Hewlett-Packard researchers have proposed a fundamental rethinking of the modern computer for the coming era of nanoelectronics — a marriage of memory and computing power that could drastically limit the energy used by computers. Today, the microprocessor is in the centre of the computing universe, and information is moved, at heavy energy cost, first to be ... Read More »

Edmonton nano-centre expanding with $1.9 million in grants

EDMONTON — Small and medium-sized companies will be able to use equipment at the Alberta Centre for Advanced Microsystems and Nanotechnology Products (ACAMP) thanks to $1.9 million in federal and provincial funding announced Friday. The move is expected to aid in the design, testing and manufacturing of products for key sectors such as health and medical, conventional energy, clean technology, ... Read More »