Keyword: Nanotechnology

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AkzoNobel Science Award Honors Two Swedish Professors

02.10.2013 - Lars Hultman, of Linköping University, and Per Claesson, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), will receive their awards at a special event in Stockholm as well as a...

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Big Drugmakers Think Small with Nanomedicine Deals

03.05.2013 - Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billionths of a...

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AstraZeneca Bets on Nanotech with Bind Therapeutics Deal

22.04.2013 - AstraZeneca is to pay privately held Bind Therapeutics as much as $200 million to develop a cancer medicine using the U.S. biotech company's nanotechnology drug delivery system...

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GSK Plans $1 Million Prize to Jump-start "Electroceuticals"

10.04.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's biggest drugmaker, is placing a small but important bet on a new way of treating diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body. The company said...

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Twaron Spinning Process for Carbon Nanotube Fibers

13.01.2013 - Researchers at Teijin Aramid, based in the Netherlands, and Rice University in the USA published their research findings on a new generation of super fibers in the leading...

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Queen's Develops Environmentally Friendly MOF Production Method

17.10.2012 - Chemists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique, which allows the rapid production of Metal-Organic Frameworks porous materials...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Communicating Nanomaterials

09.11.2011 - Polarizing Debate - From lighter materials for cars, stronger wind turbine blades to better insulation for homes, nanomaterials help create innovative products and improve...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Steptoe & Johnson: Nanomaterials Need Effective Risk Governance

15.12.2010 - Responsibility - The benefits to humankind from the application of nanotechnologies are as varied as the different questions that need to be addressed to establish a reliable risk...