Electro-optical device provides solution to faster computing memories and processors

Nov 29, 2019 (Nanowerk News) In collaboration with researchers at the universities of Münster and Exeter, scientists have created a first-of-a-kind electro-optical device which bridges the fields of optical and electronic computing. This provides an elegant solution to achieving faster and more energy efficient memories and processors. Computing at the...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Arrowhead Presents New Clinical Data on Cardiometabolic Candidates ARO-APOC3 and ARO-ANG3 at AHA Scientific Sessions 2019

Home > Press > Arrowhead Presents New Clinical Data on Cardiometabolic Candidates ARO-APOC3 and ARO-ANG3 at AHA Scientific Sessions 2019Abstract:Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today presented updated Phase 1 clinical data on its two RNAi-based cardiometabolic candidates, ARO-APOC3 targeting apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) being developed as a potential treatment for patients...

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes

Nov 22, 2019 (Nanowerk News) A research collaboration between Rice University and the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has found that old newspapers can be used as a low cost, eco-friendly material on which to grow single-walled carbon nanotubes on a large scale. Carbon nanotubes are tiny...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Better biosensor technology created for stem cells: Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases

Home > Press > Better biosensor technology created for stem cells: Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseasesThis unique biosensing platform consists of an array of ultrathin graphene layers and gold nanostructures. The platform, combined with high-tech imaging (Raman spectroscopy), detects genetic material (RNA) and characterizes different...

Nanotubes to equip ceramic coatings with heat radiation control

Nov 19, 2019 (Nanowerk News) The gas turbines powering aircraft engines rely on ceramic coatings that ensure structural stability at high temperatures. But these coatings don’t control heat radiation, limiting the performance of the engine. Researchers at Purdue University have engineered ceramic “nanotubes” that behave as thermal antennas, offering control...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Announces Planned Management Transition

Home > Press > Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Announces Planned Management TransitionAbstract:Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that Bruce Given, M.D., Arrowhead’s chief operating officer and head of R&D, plans to retire on May 1, 2020, after a more than 30 year career in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research, development, and sales...

A marvelous molecular machine

Nov 15, 2019 (Nanowerk News) Squids, octopuses and cuttlefish are undisputed masters of deception and camouflage. Their extraordinary ability to change color, texture and shape is unrivaled, even by modern technology. Researchers in the lab of UC Santa Barbara professor Daniel Morse have long been interested in the optical properties...

Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Moving diagnostics out of the lab and into your hand: Electrochemical sensor platform technology could enable portable, multiplexed, point-of-care diagnostics for a wide range of applications

Home > Press > Moving diagnostics out of the lab and into your hand: Electrochemical sensor platform technology could enable portable, multiplexed, point-of-care diagnostics for a wide range of applicationsCentral to eRapid’s success is an antifouling coating on top of the electrode that is permeated by conductive components. When a...