Tag: nanotechnology
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Nanotech Window Coating Controls Building Light, Heat
Chemists and materials scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California created a window coating of nanocrystals that can dynamically control the sunlight passing through the window and thus improve a building’s energy efficiency. The team led by Berkeley Lab’s Delia Milliron published its findings yesterday in the journal Nature (paid subscription required). The Department…
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Genomics Therapy Company Secures $60M Venture Financing
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc., in Watertown, Massachusetts, closed its third round of venture financing after start-up with $60 million in additional capital from new and current investors. Dicerna is a six year-old biotechnology company developing therapies harnessing genomic material to silence genes causing diseases. Dicerna’s technology is based on ribonucleic acid or RNA interference (RNAi), a…
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Nanowire Coating Boosts Bone Bonding to Implant Material
Materials scientists and biomedical engineers at Ohio State University in Columbus designed a coating of nanowires that can help improve the bonding between human bone and implant materials. The team led by Ohio State materials scientist Sheikh Akbar published its results in this month’s issue of the journal Ceramics International (paid subscription required). The process…
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Gold Nanoparticles Configured into Stretchable Conductors
Engineers and physicists at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor devised a method for transforming gold nanoparticles into conductive chains that stretch to nearly six times their original length and still conduct a current. The team led by Michigan chemical engineering professor Nicholas Kotov, with participants from the Korea Basic Science Institute in Daejeon, published…
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Foundation Funds Study of Glass Formation Processes
A research team at University of Akron in Ohio is studying the formation of glass materials, processes that cover much more than materials found in windows. The team led by Akron polymer engineering professor David Simmons is funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Simmons is joined in the project by…
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Electronic Skin Material Devised to Detect Multiple Senses
Chemical engineers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology developed a flexible sensor that can simultaneously detect touch, humidity, and temperature. The team led by Technion’s Hossam Haick published its findings in the June issue of the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (paid subscription required). The Technion team aimed to develop a flexible electronic sensor that would…
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Research Funded for DNA Vaccine to Create Nicotine Immunity
Researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe are investigating the ability of human DNA, assembled into nanoscale particles, to help people develop an immunity to nicotine. The project is funded by a three-year $3.3 million grant from National Institute of Drug Abuse, part of National Institutes of Health, and led by Arizona State immunologist Yung…
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Light-Enabled Nanoparticles Detect Early Infection Signs
Biomedical and genomic researchers at Duke University in North Carolina developed a technique with light and silver nanoparticles to detect infections earlier than when patients may even report symptoms. The team led by biomedical engineering professor Tuan Vo-Dinh and genomic medicine professor Geoffrey Ginsburg published its findings online in a recent issue of the journal…
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Inkjet Print Process Devised for Quantum Dot Organic LEDs
Engineers at University of Louisville in Kentucky developed a process for making organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with quantum dots and applied with inkjet printing, a common manufacturing technology. The findings of the research team led by Louisville engineering professor Delaina Amos will be presented next week at the Optical Society’s Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics…
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Stable, Inexpensive Nanoparticle Biosensors in Development
A materials scientist at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a new class of low-cost biosensors with metal nanoparticles that can be used in point-of-care medical testing, chemical detectors, and environmental monitors. Srikanth Singamaneni, a Washington University materials science professor, received last month a five-year, $400,000 Faculty Early Career Development Award from National Science…