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Representative Lofgren sees the future at Nanosys, Inc.

November 23rd, 2009

Palo Alto, Calif., November 23, 2009 – Nanosys, Inc. today announced that it hosted US Representative Zoe Lofgren of the 16th California Congressional district, San Jose , for a tour [...]

Nanosys Honored as an OnDC Top 100 Winner by AlwaysOn

October 8th, 2009

Palo Alto, Calif., October 8, 2009 – Nanosys, Inc. today announced that it was chosen by AlwaysOn as a winner of the OnDC Top 100 Awards. The prestigious award honors [...]

Nanosys Stages Comeback With LED, Battery Parts

July 30th, 2009

Nanosys Reaches Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuite Against Nanoco Technologies for Quantum Dot Technology

July 23rd, 2009

Palo Alto, CA. July 23, 2009 – Nanosys, Inc. today announced it has agreed to settlement terms of a patent infringement lawsuit against Nanoco Technologies Ltd. The lawsuit claimed that [...]

QD Soleil™ Expands Leadership Team with World-Class Nanotechnology Leaders

June 24th, 2009

Palo Alto, CA. June 24, 2009 – QD Soleil™, the solar division of Nanosys, Inc., today announced the expansion of its leadership and advisory team including the addition of four [...]

QD Soleil™ Announces Allowance of Claims for Nano-enabled Solar Concentrators

June 23rd, 2009

Palo Alto, CA. June 23, 2009 – QD Soleil™, a division of Nanosys, Inc., announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed the company patent claims [...]

QD Soleil™ Acquires Critical Patents in Solar Energy

May 26th, 2009

Palo Alto, CA. May 26, 2009 – QD Soleil™, a division of Nanosys Inc., today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Starfire Electronic Development and Marketing Corporation [...]

Nanosys licenses nanowire technology to QuantuMDx Group for next generation diagnostic and sequencing technologies

May 11th, 2009

Palo Alto, CA and London, U.K. – May 11, 2009 — Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for [...]

Nanosys Launches New Solar Photovoltaic Division, QD Soleil™

May 8th, 2009

QD Soleil ™ Uniquely Poised to Exploit Nanotechnology in Grid Parity Solar Panel Applications Palo Alto, CA (May 8, 2009) – Nanosys today announced the creation of QD Soleil™, a [...]

Nanosys, Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit against Nanoco Technologies Ltd.

April 28th, 2009

Palo Alto, CA (April 28, 2009) – Nanosys, Inc. has filed a patent infringement suit against Nanoco Technologies Ltd. claiming that the United Kingdom firm’s quantum dot technology infringes five [...]

Nanosys signs two cooperation agreements with Harvard University to combine intellectual property assets covering fundamental nanowire technology to address non-volatile memory and biosensors

April 23rd, 2009

The Combined IP Portfolio Offers Attractive Opportunity for Companies Seeking to License Leading Nanowire Technologies Palo Alto, CA – (April 23, 2009). Nanosys Inc. today announced that it has signed [...]

Life Technologies and Nanosys Introduce Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

March 23rd, 2009

Unique, Fluorescent Nanocrystal Technology to Combat $1 Trillion in Annual Losses by Global Manufacturers Carlsbad and San Francisco, Calif., — March 23, 2009 — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), and [...]

Harvard university and Nanosys License nanowire biosensor systems to Vista Therapeutics

February 20th, 2009

Cambridge , MA , Palo Alto , CA , Santa Fe , NM and Louisville , KY , (February 20, 2009) — Harvard University ‘s Office of Technology Development (OTD), [...]

Nanosys announces promising results with its Gecko-Inspired Drug Delivery Device

February 12th, 2009

Palo Alto , CA – (February 12, 2009) – Nanosys, Inc. announced today the results of their initial studies using a novel silicon nanowire mucous membrane drug delivery device. These [...]