Dignitaries including Gov. Mike Beebe, Sen. Mark Pryor, Rep. Tim Griffin, and UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson will be on hand at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, for the opening and dedication of UALR’s newest building – the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences.
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A new online portal for the UALR Center for Innovation and Commercialization is expected to draw investors seeking to license university research.
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Poly Adaptive, LLC, an Arkansas nanotechnology development company, has received a $100,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to use new nanoscale materials to drastically reduce dust on spacecraft surfaces.
A delegation of university professors and scientists from UALR’s sister institution in Sichuan Province in China will visit Little Rock Wednesday, April 20, for what may be a prelude to more faculty exchanges.
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Janet Jones, founder and president of the The Janet Jones Company, has created a $25,000 mentorship program honoring Dr. Alex Biris, chief scientist of UALR’s Nanotechnology Center.
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The prestigious academic journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Science” (PNAS) has published an article by UALR scientists Mariya Khodakovskaya and Alex Biris, UAMS professor Dr. Vladimir Zharov; and their respective teams, detailing a novel progress for studying the interaction of plants and nanoparticles. Continue reading “UALR Details Nanoparticle-Plant Interactions”
The Nanotechnology Center at UALR invites business leaders and manufacturers to an open house from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at the Bailey Alumni Center to provide businesses with an overview of nanotechnology, its market trends and applications in biotechnology, manufacturing, and energy.
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Three teams of UALR scientists and engineers, working with colleagues across the state are collaborating — with the help of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation — to turn knowledge from their laboratories into the industries and jobs for Arkansas.
Play Audio: Gov. Mike Beebe discusses the $20 million investment the National Science Foundation is making in Arkansas research and development, including work being done by three teams of UALR scientists and engineers.
The grant awarded to the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority will advance research at three research centers as part of phase II of the Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering, and Technology — ASSET — Initiative.
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Scheduling problems have forced a postponement of UALR’s planned event for business executives, scientists, and marketing experts at UALR’s Nanotechnology Center Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Two new Arkansas start-up companies have announced exclusive license agreements with UALR to bring to market patent-pending technology developed by the University’s Nanotechnology Center to provide anti-counterfeiting solutions for manufacturers.
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