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March 2011 Issue

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In This Issue: Event News | Innovation & Investment |Chemicals & Materials | Electronics & Microsystems | Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma | Energy & Cleantech | Featured Organization

  Event News
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  Innovation & Investment:

UK’s Growth & Innovation Fund Focuses on Advancing Skills of Workforce - £50 million fund available to existing companies for workforce development to help spur innovation and new ideas...Read more

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Venture Capital Investments Experience Increases in Dollars Invested and Number of Deals in 2010 Innovation - PwC Money Tree Survey notes this is first year that venture capital investment levels went up since 2007...Read more

  Chemicals & Materials

University Researchers Identify Nanostructured Metal Alloys for Electrical and Magnetic Energy Conversion - Rutgers researchers believe this class of very strong metal alloys could make sensors and switches smaller and more nimble.....Read more

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UK Researchers Developing Nano-Spray with Advanced Anti-Microbial Properties - The anti-microbial spray would be used for coating food surface materials to kill pathogens, including E. coli and salmonella...Read more

  Electronics & Microsystems

Physicists measure current-induced torque in nonvolatile magnetic memory devices - Cornell University researchers have discovered a new way of measuring and optimizing their performance. ...Read more

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Nanorods Developed in UC Riverside Lab Could Greatly Improve Visual Display of Information - Technology has potential applications in a wide variety of color displays....Read more

  Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma

University of Manchester (UK) Scientists Believe Sea Creatures Could Hold Key to Growing Human Muscle Tissue - Nano-size whiskers taken from sea creatures contain cellulose that are thousands of times smaller than muscle cells and are able to cause cell alignment

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UCLA Researchers Develop Nano Device That Can ‘Grab’ Free-Floating Cancer Cells in Bloodstream - Acting like Velcro, the tumor cells are grabbed by the nanopillars on the device....Read more

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Liquidia Technologies Receives $10 Million from Gates Foundation to Develop Advanced Vaccines - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s investment to be used to support Liquidia’s PRINT® technology that improves vaccine delivery and efficacy..Read more

  Energy & Cleantech

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Designs New Composite Material for Advanced Hydrogen Storage - Material was constructed using nanoparticles of magnesium metal scattered through a matrix of polymethyl methacrylate....Read more

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Tantaline Unveils New Heat Exchanger Product - Company describes their product as industry’s most corrosion-resistant heat exchanger...Read more

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