As Medicon Valley‘s visitors introduced themselves to their Research Triangle Park, North Carolina hosts, members of the Scandinavian delegation took care to note whether they speak Danish, Swedish or both.Medicon Valley is the life sciences cluster in Northern Europe that encompasses eastern Denmark and southwest Sweden. The cluster, spanning the Oresund Strait, includes 4 million [...]

The big future of life sciences innovation means thinking small. Forbes magazine now has a list of the 30 “disruptors” under 30 in 12 different fields. In the sciences category, individuals whose work touches on DNA or genetics research dominate the field.Forbes selected as its featured science innovator Daniela Witten, 27, a University of Washington [...]

Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority has allocated $3.15 million in grants for colleges and universities along with their nonprofit partners to support nanotechnology research and development activities.The funding is designed to support early stage and established technology firms to encourage innovation and the creation of high-paying jobs throughout the state, according to a statement from [...]

Agriculture is North Carolina’s oldest and still its largest industry, and it could get even bigger with the help of one of the state’s newer industries — biotechnology.The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is spearheading an effort to grow the state’s agricultural industry from about $70 billion now to $100 billion by 2020 by linking traditional [...]

Nanotechnology company Novan has raised $6 million in financing as the startup continues development of its nitric oxide technology into a bacteria-fighting tool.Securities filings show that Durham, North Carolina-based Novan’s latest round was a mix of equity and options. Investors include Neal Hunter, co-founder of Durham LED lighting technology company Cree (NASDAQ:CREE). Cree executive John [...]

Nanoparticle exposure research is getting a boost from a North Carolina Biotechnology Center grant.The Biotech Center has awarded East Carolina University toxicologist Jared Brown $143,308 to study the hazards from inhaling nanomaterials during their manufacture or use.var page_count = “off”; if (typeof OAS_rdl == “undefined”) [...]

Nanotechnology might not be immediately evident in a small, isolated village in India, but Steve Walsh says such a place offers an important example of what drives nanobiomedical innovation.Residents there don’t have access to major testing labs, nor do they have the financial means for expensive care. But they can now take advantage of the [...]

The nanotechnology industry mapped out across the United States is full of bubbles — the good kind.“Nano-metros” identified and mapped by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, or PEN, depicts the nation’s nanotechnology hubs as bubbles. The larger the industry in a given region, the larger the bubble on the map.var page_count = “off”; [...]

The Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology, the nonprofit North Carolina nanobiotechnology group better known as COIN, has named a nanotechnology industry veteran as its new executive director.Griffith Kundahl comes to Durham, North Carolina-based COIN from the University of Denver School of Engineering and Computer Science where he worked as director of global programs. His experience [...]

North Carolina State University is providing up to $300,000 in seed money to four emerging technologies from the university that are now steering toward commercialization.Two of the projects receiving up to $75,000 each from the university’s Innovation Fund have healthcare applications. One focuses on a new vaccine to prevent Salmonella and the other is employing [...]