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December 2010 Issue

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

  Event News

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  Innovation & Investment:

Businessman Mukesh Ambani to Start New Venture Capital Firm in India - Approximately $250 Million US will be provided by Mr. Ambani to invest in innovative ideas in the areas of biotech, healthcare, and energy.....Read more

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UK Government Launches Funding Competition for Micro Companies - Funding project is for companies with less than 50 employees; industrial areas of interest include advanced materials and nanotechnology...Read more

  Chemicals, Materials & Energy

Back in Black: NASA Developing New Nano-Based Black Material- Engineers are creating a blacker-than pitch material to help gather scientific measurements and observe currently unseen objects in the universe....Read more

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Iowa State and Ames Lab Discover Way to Develop More Efficient Polymer Solar Cells - Process involves producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer to increase light absorption...Read more

  Electronics & Microsystems

LG Display and QD Vision to Develop QLED-Based Displays- Korean electronics giant will join forces with US-based QD Vision to create next generation display technology...Read more

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UCLA Receives DARPA Grant for Non-Volatile Logic - Engineering researchers to receive $8.4 M to study novel non-volatile electronic technology..Read more

  Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma

Aphios Receives Federal Grant to Develop Alzheimer’s ‘Nanodrug’ - Company is receiving Fast Track SBIR Grant for Phase I of its R&D..Read more

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UK Sport to Use Hand-Held Device to Track Biomarkers in Elite Athletes - Argento Diagnostics created the portable device, which uses nanotechnology to analyze the sample....Read more

  Featured Organization

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