Investing in Nanotechnology

November 1, 2010

“Long-term, nanotech has the potential to be as significant as the steam engine, the transistor and the Internet.” (Tom Kalil, former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Technology and Economic Policy) Since its conceptual debut in 1959, nanotechnology has promised an staggering wealth of potential. The possibilities it suggests for uses as noble as space [...]

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Nanotechnology Companies Stock

November 1, 2010

The emergent industry of nanotechnology has grown exponentially in the past ten years, and the stock market has struggled to keep up. As nanotech companies proliferate, there is some confusion over what constitutes a nanotech stock. For example, the ISE-CCM Nanotechnology Index defines a nanotech stock like this: “Companies involved in the science and technology [...]

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Nanotechnology

November 1, 2010

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, or nanotech, are all used to describe the same dynamic new field of applied science. Simply put, nanotechnology is the study and development of components measuring 100 nanometers (one billionth of a meter) or less. At these dimensions, matter begins to exhibit different characteristics. Aluminum explodes on contact with the air. Carbon can [...]

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New Biotech Companies

November 1, 2010

One of the hard hits of the recent economic recession has been the slow-down of private funding for biotechnology research and development. With a general haze of uncertainty hovering in the economic climate, comes an apprehensive attitude toward emergent industry. As consumers tighten their hold on limited resources, they adopt a wary approach toward what [...]

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Nanotechnology in Medicine

November 1, 2010

Nanoscience has, since its conception, been intertwined with medical research. The science is based on the replication and substance manufacturing of cells. Nanotechnology began as an endeavor to mimic the cell’s amazing self-sufficiency, and has since become an industry that strives to improve existing products in every sector through the manipulation of matter on the [...]

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nanoscience and nanotechnology

November 1, 2010

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, or nanotech, are all used to describe the same dynamic new field of applied science. Simply put, nanotechnology is the study and development of components measuring 100 nanometers (one billionth of a meter) or less. At these dimensions, matter begins to exhibit different characteristics. Aluminum explodes on contact with the air. Carbon can [...]

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Biotech Companies

November 1, 2010

In the last twenty years, biotechnology has become one of the world’s most rapidly growing industries, as researchers dig out the ever unfolding capabilities of a single cell. The preponderance of biotechnology companies are focused on medical science. Corporations such as Amgen, Gilead Sciences, and Merck & Co. are the leaders in development of medicine [...]

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Biotechnology Companies

November 1, 2010

Biotechnology is a practice as simple, and as ancient, as brewing beer or making cheese. In a practical sense, biotechnology is nothing more than humans putting to use the natural activity of microorganisms. But in the last twenty years, biotechnology has become one of the world’s most rapidly growing industries, as researchers dig out the [...]

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Shrink Nanotechnologies Enters Into Agreement to Produce High Content Screening Software Called ‘Stemage’ for its StemDisc Stem Cell Culturing Products

October 22, 2010

Shrink announced today that it has entered into an agreement to produce a high content screening tool for its biotech R&D subsidiary, Shrink Chips LLC. Stemage™ software will launch with StemDisc products; however the long term goal of the project is to build the world’s first intuitive and integrated bio-informatics database to facilitate the acquisition [...]

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Shrink Nanotechnologies Signs Exclusive Worldwide Licensing Agreement with Corning for Modular Microfluidic System

October 8, 2010

Shrink announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW – News). In exchange for a commercial royalty, Shrink retains an exclusive right to use and sublicense Corning’s patent-pending modular microfluidic system for at least eight years. The patent-pending Corning modular microfluidic system has been widely published and has generated [...]

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