An inside look at the world’s newest quantum computing and nanotechnology center

“We are trying to be the first to build the quantum computer,” says Crow. "When we do it, and we will do it eventually, it’s going to be bigger than the moon landing.”

Nanosys raises $15M to use ‘quantum dots’ to make displays 50 percent brighter

Nanotechnology is starting to pay off in materials that enable colorful liquid crystal displays.

Touchscreen film maker Cambrios hires new CEO and raises $5M

Cambrios Technologies is announcing today that it has hired John LeMoncheck as its new chief executive and raised $5 million in a fourth round of funding from strategic investor Samsung Venture Investment.

The Sunnyvale, Calif.,-based company uses nanotechnology to create …

Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008

TODAY’S HEADLINES:

Gelesis draws in $16M for obesity treatments (release)
Tempo Pharma raises $8B for nanoparticle drugs (release)
Calistoga Pharma receives additional $5M for cancer and inflammation drugs (release)
Montreux Equity Partners closes $250M life-sciences fund (release)
MTS Health Partners

NanoBioDesign pulls in $1M for protein chips

NanoBioDesign, a London developer of systems that screen experimental drugs against key liver enzymes, raised $1 million (£500,000) to support manufacturing of its protein-chip devices. The funding was provided by the Imperial Innovations Group and the Capital Fund.

NanoBioDesign is …

Nanopharmaceutical maker Tempo Pharma picks up $12M

Tempo Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Mass., developer of new-drug formulations, raised $12.1 million in a first funding round. The company, which touts itself as a “nanopharmaceutical” maker, aims to improve the safety and effectiveness of existing drugs using engineered nanoparticles designed …