Emerging nanomedicine company Nanobiotix says that an independent preclinical study has validated the applicability of using its "nanoPDT" nanoparticles to treat glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most prevalent brain tumors. Nanobiotix expects to attract corporate partners for the development of nanoPDT as the company focuses development efforts on its nanoXray technology, the firm said in a news release.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently on a tour of the Magadan Region in Russia's Far East, criticized gold miner Polyus Gold on Wednesday, and told its management not to 'whimper".
In accordance with Presidential Decree 1400, as of 22.09.2008 Leonid Melamed is released from the post of Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies.
According to Presidential Decree 1401, Anatoly Chubais has been appointed the new Director General.
Russia's science and education minister said on Friday that plans to build a particle collider near Moscow were pointless, calling on Russian scientists to join in large-scale international projects.
As unemployment soared to a five-year high in August and the U.S. economy shed another 84,000 jobs, the small-business sector stayed more stable. Hiring at smaller companies is soft, but still inching along.
So far the semiconductor industry has held on tight despite the global economic storm, but as consumer spending continues to slow, dragging China down with it, chip demand will follow.