Liquidia Technologies, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing particle-based vaccines and therapeutics, today announced it has completed a $20 million round of Series C financing.

AIXTRON AG today announced a new order for a Black Magic CNT (carbon nanotube) deposition system from Georgia Tech Research Institute.

The Supervisory Council of RUSNANO recently approved a project to modernize and broaden production of particularly pure quartz concentrate and quartz powder for the nanoelectronic, optical, lighting engineering, and chemical industries.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today the introduction of the TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for the production of high-brightness light-emitting diodes.

Energetiq Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of specialized light sources for advanced technology applications, has introduced new light sources to its Laser-Driven Light Source product family that will enable imaging and analytical spectroscopy in a variety of applications in the life sciences and materials sciences.

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, announces that Q-Technology Limited (Q Tech), manufacturer of compact camera modules for the global cell phone, notebook computer and security industry, has successfully installed a full SUSS equipment set at Q Tech's facility in Hi-Tech Industrial Park Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China.

Strasbaugh announced today that it received a $2M order in December 2009 for multiple machines from a leading US-based device manufacturer.

The new study employed a rational design approach for the discovery of novel lipids that can be incorporated into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics. This new research complements the combinatorial chemistry-based approach recently described by Alnylam scientists.

EcoloCap Solutions Inc. today announced that it has delivered its first Lithium X batteries to Halo Renewable Energy of Seattle, WA months ahead of the original schedule.

Scientists have found a process by which methane can be selectively converted into ethylene at low pressures and temperatures. Free gold dimers catalyze the reaction.

Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation will unveil a new class of materials called solder magnetic nanocomposites that could help streamline the process of computer electronic packaging.

RUSNANO will take an equity interest in the company to be established for an investment project that will produce nanostructured magnesium hydroxide with modified surface.

In the battle against bacteria, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a powerful new weapon - an enhanced photocatalytic disinfection process that uses visible light to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, even in the dark.

Researchers at University of Tabriz produced an electrode made of carbon nanotubes which is capable of removing colorants from industrial wastewaters.

A simple pair of contact lenses may soon alleviate the need for diabetics to regularly draw blood in order to test their glucose levels.

The remarkable feat of tying light in knots has been achieved by a team of physicists working at the universities of Bristol, Glasgow and Southampton.

Soon nanotechnology could be applied to the coating of optical glasses: Researchers of the University of Stuttgart's 1st Physical Institute have come to know that coating with metallic nano particles can suppress light reflection almost entirely.

Discovery uses nanowire arrays to image nanoscale objects beyond the diffraction limit.

Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research and the French National Research Agency - ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) announced the first bilateral Joint Call for Proposals (JCP) in the areas of Nanotechnology and Information Communication Science and Technologies.

In characterizing materials, especially live biological specimen such as cells, it is important not only to be able to explore the surface but also any subsurface structures and properties - without damaging or destroying the sample and for hard and soft materials alike. For example, many synthesized nanoparticles can readily get inside a cell. Therefore studying the cell surface, while useful, can provide little or no knowledge about the particles hidden in the interior of the cell. Another example is the detection of nanoscale defects in nanofabricated structures such as those made by electron beam lithography; or the detection of embedded cracks and voids in nanocomposite materials. Researchers have now shown that an atomic force microscope can obtain a range of surface and subsurface information by making use of the nonlinear nanomechanical coupling between the probe and the sample.