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RUSNANO co-invests in the development of electronic components for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for use in sensors, computing and telecommunications equipment. American company SiTime Corporation, an industry leader in development of MEMS-based high-performance oscillators and silicon timing solutions, is its partner in the endeavor. The project has a total budget of $22 million of which RUSNANO finances up to $15 million. ... Read More »

According to a study, reported at the American Headache Society’s annual meet, a unique formulation of indomethacin shows a faster absorption rate than a normal formulation. The new formulation reaches maximum concentrations even when indomethacin is being administered at low dosages in blood. The study presented data from a broader research project to reformulate a wide range of marketed analgesics ... Read More »

ScienceDaily (June 3, 2011) — Three molecules thick, or two, or one: how does an extremely thin layer of trapped liquid behave when we make it even thinner? Measurements made using the Atomic Force Microscope show that the forces of friction increase with each step. Liquids begin to behave more like a gel. This is the conclusion presented by Sissi ... Read More »

University of Texas at San Antonio professors Anand Ramasubramanian and Jose Lopez-Ribot have developed a prototype nanochip that can be used to accelerate testing in drug delivery and diagnostics. The chip uses high-throughput screening technology that allows researchers to test hundreds of thousands of small molecules simultaneously for specific characteristics. Now that the prototype has been created, Ramasubramanian and Lopez-Ribot ... Read More »

Will the future bring us the teleportation devices of “Star Trek” or the sinister machines of “The Matrix”? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku of the City College of New York says that many of the things that were once the domain of science fiction — cars that navigate rush-hour traffic on their own, wallpaper that can switch colors when you remodel, ... Read More »

While attending the EuroNanoForum 2011 conference this week in Budapest, Hungary, I was confronted with at least once considering how nanotechnology could be used in water purification and desalination. You really can’t get through one of these things without hearing how nanotechnology could save the world. But the water issue is one that over the years I have taken some interest ... Read More »

Project uses nanotechnology in ag Jozef Kokini’s description of the ways nanotechnology can be utilized in food science and agriculture is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage” in which a specially designed nuclear submarine and a team of researchers are miniaturized and injected into a patient’s bloodstream. But Kokini is talking about real science, not fiction. “Nanotechnology ... Read More »