(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Liquidia Technologies today announced it will receive approximately $3 million in funding from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to further develop and scale-up the company’s PRINT manufacturing process. As part of its Technology Innovation Program (TIP), NIST announced it will fund new cost-sharing projects to support innovative technologies that address critical national needs. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) The Triangle was recently ranked as the No. 4 “Nano Metro” in the United States by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, trailing only Boston, San Francisco and San Jose. The Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative (The Collaborative) will gather 150 experts from around the nation at its second annual environmental health summit on October 8-9, 2009. The summit will be held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park and focus on Environmentally Responsible Development of Nanotechnology. (more…)

(Apex, N.C.) NCTechNews, North Carolina’s technology news source, is accepting submissions from business and organizations to be listed in the publication’s North Carolina Technology Resources Guide. (more…)

(Apex, N.C.) Strategic messaging and online publishing firm Menzies Consulting, Inc. is providing free advice to early stage drug developers looking to grow their market share. The June 2009 issue of the company’s News You Can Use newsletter features an article with details on low-cost, high-return methods of getting in front of the biotechnology marketplace in a down economy. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.)  The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has approved a four-year, $2.5 million grant for the Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology (COIN) to develop the commercial potential of nanobiotechnology research from universities across the state. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes, Inc. pointed toward advances in software and nanotechnology as examples of innovations which could help kick-start the domestic economy. Forbes made the comments in front of 300 attendees of the recent NC CEO Forum 2009 held at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary during a keynote address centered on the causes and cures of the current economic crisis. (more…)