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Blend Therapeutics

Blend Therapeutics Scientific Co-Founder Professor Robert Langer Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation Blend Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company discovering novel medicines by integrating its novel drug discovery and nanotechnology, announced today that its scientific co-founder, Robert S. Langer, ScD, David H Koch Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at ... Read More »

Nanotechnology Can Boost Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a nanocrystal material that could add a critical energy-saving dimension to “smart window” coatings. “We’re really excited about our technology using a solution-based process because that has the potential to really bring the costs down to the point where it can be deployed broadly in the market,” said Delia Milliron, researcher ... Read More »

The key to carbon capture?

  Could the humble sea urchin and nanotechnology hold the key to carbon capture? (Nanowerk News) A chance discovery that sea urchins use Nickel ions to harness carbon dioxide from the sea to grow their exoskeleton could be the key to capturing tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. Experts at Newcastle University, UK, have discovered that in the presence of ... Read More »

ScatterX78 for nanomaterials analysis – a new SAXS/WAXS attachment to Empyrean

On the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (SAS-2012) that took place in Sydney (Australia) during Nov. 18-23 2012, PANalytical launched ScatterX78, the latest add-on to its Empyrean multi-purpose XRD platform. ScatterX78 is a compact and ergonomic SAXS/WAXS attachment based on patented technology. It consists of a chamber that houses advanced modules for the conditioning of the X-ray beam and a ... Read More »

Researchers plan to create nanostructures with embedded living cells

   Using Laser Technology, Aleksandr Ovsianikov from the Vienna University of Technology wants to create microstructures with embedded living cells. This project will be funded by an ERC Starting Grant. The behavior of cells strongly depends on their environment. If they are to be researched and manipulated, it is crucial to embed them in suitable surroundings. Aleksandr Ovsianikov is developing ... Read More »

Tiny Motor Powered by Single Molecule

A molecule-sized motor that can spin clockwise and counterclockwise could one day power tiny machines. CREDIT: CEMES-CNRS and Univ. P. Sabatier (Toulouse) View full size image Engineers dream of motors made out of single molecules that could jump-start the production of machines on the molecular level. However, simply modeling them after larger motors has been extremely difficult. Now, researchers from ... Read More »

Austria: Summer Fellowships

  Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria Funding is available for PhD students interested in three months of collaborative research during June-August 2013 on Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in ... Read More »