Tomorrow's green nanofactories
...ure. In 2006 alone, governments, corporations, and venture capitalists spent $12 billion on nanotechnology research and development worldwide. Nanotechnology promises to change just about everythingour medical care, energy sources, communications and food. It is leading us to what many in government and indu...UN issues analysis of global investors' sustainable energy 'gold rush'
...o capital markets; Capital is coming from the venture investment community, the stock markets and intern...firms leapt 140% in 2006 compared with 2005, while venture capital and private equity investments jumped 163%. Financings of energy generation assets and capa...Brazil's first oncology biotech launches
...gy company was launched today by PR&D, a Brazilian venture capital company, and the international non-profit Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR). The company will explore the therapeutic potential of three antibodies discovered and characterized by LICR. One of the antibodies in Receptas portfolio ...Plants recognize their siblings, biologists discover
HAMILTON, ON. June 12, 2007 The next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant isnt as passive as widely assumed, at least not with strangers. Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely ...Cell Press announces new partnership with the American Society of Human Genetics
...ournal of Human Genetics (AJHG) is an exciting new venture for Cell Press as its first society-owned journal. The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and Cell Press anticipate tremendous synergies between AJHG content and that of the 12 Cell Press titles, including Cell, Molecular Cell, Current Biology...Lessons from the orangutans: Upright walking may have begun in the trees
... advantages that allowed our arboreal ancestors to venture onto thin branches. They could have gripped multiple branches with their toes and distributed their center of gravity more effectively, while keeping one or both of their long arms free to reach for fruits and other supports. Orangutans also keep ...$5M gift will attack Lou Gehrig's disease from all angles
...search. Mr. Taubmans generous funding allows us to venture into exciting new territory with stem cells. It gives our patients great hope that our new research with our California colleagues will translate the promise of stem cell technology into the reality of therapy for ALS patients. Dr. Marsala, who ho...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
... Chemical & Engineering News With traditional venture capital firms shying away from investments that tr... C&EN associate editor Lisa Jarvis describes how venture capital firms have shifted away from investment in early-stage drug development, which provides "see...Protein fragments sequenced in 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex
BOSTON -- In a venture once thought to lie outside the reach of science, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have captured and sequenced tiny pieces of collagen protein from a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. The protein f...Alternative-fuels pioneer receives first-ever $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
...00 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, renowned venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said he has become a big believer in the ability of ethanol to reduce Americas dependence on petroleum. While corn-based ethanol is a great start toward this goal, the ability to convert cellulosic feedstocks to ethanol is the...Liquidia Technologies announces $16M in Series B venture financing
... We welcome NEA to the team." In addition to the venture finance partnership, Liquidia has appointed NEA Partner Ravi Viswanathan and Venture Partner Dr. Ralph Snyderman to its board of directors. NEA Partner Mike Raab will join the board of directors as an observer. "North Carolina and NEA both bring to...New UA / private partnership appraises climate and environmental risks by address
...quity interest in the company. The four see the venture as a way to educate people about climate change and environmental issues, while simultaneously providing them with information they need to assess risks to individual pieces of property. Sea-level rise and shoreline reduction is only part of the c...NC research campus and UNC universities host major symposium on nutritional biotechnology
...e industry, just north of Charlotte. A cooperative venture between six North Carolina research universities and biotech industry, the "biopolis" is the brainchild of David H. Murdock, owner of Castle & Cooke, Inc. and Dole Food Company, Inc. The conference will include a tour of the NCRC site....AAAS Panel -- Sustainable aquaculture critical to feed the world
...es for shrimp can help make this a more profitable venture and draw more farmers to grow shrimp in the U.S., thereby increasing food security and growing the domestic economy." To ensure the health, productivity, and well-being of cultured aquatic stocks, it is occasionally necessary to use various therap...UF study: World shark attacks rise slightly but continue long-term dip
...ion, not all people are taking precautions as they venture into remote corners of the world that once were sleepy villages with strictly native populations, he said. Some of these tourists bring their aquatic recreation to places known to be sharky without asking the natives about good and bad places, Burg...Energy institute will put Illinois at forefront of farm bioenergy production
...hat he called a noble enterprise. "This exciting venture allows two of the country's greatest public universities to work together to develop renewable energy an initiative that will play a critical role in the success and security of our nation," Herman said. "Addressing the problems facing society is th...U of MN adult stem cell research shows promise for transplant therapies
...t give rise to the blood system). Success in this venture would mean increasing the supply of cells available for bone marrow transplant patients.The researchers used multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs), which can be isolated from bone marrow and have the ability in the laboratory to differentiate in...Nanotechnology: The story behind the headlines
...he human eye? With governments, corporations and venture capitalists spending $9.6 billion annually on nanotechnology research and development, and with an estimated $2.6 trillion in global manufactured goods incorporating nanotechnologyor about 15% of total outputexpected by 2014, there is a lot at stake ...Silver bullet: UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses
...able, they're developing a business model, seeking venture capital and exploring ways to mass produce the silver nanorods. Next year, they plan on moving their enterprise to the Georgia BioBusiness Center, an UGA incubator for startup bio-science companies. Presently, viruses are first diagnosed with metho......o can meet those needs. Nano Venture Showcase, a venture capital forum showcasing the most promising nanote... ideas with key corporate leaders, researchers and venture capitalists focused on making investments in nanotechnology. We expect to see early-stage technolo...