http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:52:59 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/weekly21-MHT-All-Star-Peter-Antoinette-Nanotech-explorer.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Peter Antoinette, president and CEO of Nanocomp Technologies Inc., won a Mass High Tech All-Star award for 2009 in the field of nanotechnology. Find out how he got involved with nanotechnology. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily22-MassTLC-merges-MassNetComms-into-the-fold.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Mass Technology Leadership Council Inc. reports it is merging with the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, making a super-group of tech boosterism that now combines consumer and enterprise software, hardware, robotics, Internet commerce, network devices, network management and security software, and mobile software and hardware. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily16-Nanocomp-award-extends-bullet-proof-armor-contract.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Nanocomp Technologues Inc. reports it has been awarded an extension to a deal with the U.S. Army to develop lightweight body armor from carbon nanotubes. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily2-Nano-concrete-idea-cements-win-in-MIT-pitch-contest.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology A materials sciences startup named Nanoengineered Concrete, an entry in the energy category, won MIT’s 2009 Elevator Pitch Contest, besting 354 competitors in a contest that lasted three days. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/12/daily48-Yales-Hong-Tang-lands-photonics-research-grant.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Yale University photonics researcher Hong Tang has won an $875,000 grant from the Packard Foundation. Tang’s photonics research focuses on using optical forces to activate motion in nanoscale systems. He is trying to use the weak force exerted by ordinary light to manipulate components of silicon chips. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/14/daily39-UMass-Lowell-targeted-to-receive-4M-towards-nanomanufacturing-RD-.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The U.S. Senate defense appropriations committee has approved $4 million to develop the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s nanomanufacturing research project. The project, backed by Sen. John Kerry, has $2 million earmarked from the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/24/daily17-NSF-grants-123M-to-joint-nanoscale-engineering-center.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-Rate Manufacturing , a joint venture among the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, has landed $12.3 million from the National Science Foundation, according to UNH officials. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/17/daily39-NanoSteel-nabs-8M-in-new-funding.html Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Nanotech-based coatings company NanoSteel Co. Inc. of Providence, R.I. has taken on $8 million of a planned $11 million funding round. The company has now taken approximately $20 million in venture funding since its founding in 2002. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/03/daily7-Canaan-backs-nanomedicine-firm-Liquidia.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Canaan Partners has co-led a $7 million, Series C round of venture capital in Liquidia Technologies Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based company that uses nanotechnology to improve drug design and delivery. Joining Westport, Conn.-based Canaan to lead the new round was Pappas Ventures of Durham, N.C. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/07/27/daily12-Cerulean-socks-away-10M-names-Ryan-as-new-CMO.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Nanotech-focused Cerulean Pharma Inc. has closed a $10 million Series B-1 funding round, featuring participation from existing investors Polaris Venture Partners of Waltham, Bessemer Venture Partners of Wellesley, and Venrock and Lux Capital, both of New York.