NanoViricides, Inc., a U.S. company researching and developing nanotechnology-enabled drugs, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) to develop treatments for dengue fever based NanoViricides' anti-viral nanotechnology platform.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) and Eureka Forbes, Ltd., also in India, have announced that they will soon be releasing a new water purification system that uses nanotechnology.

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati in the U.S. have developed a method for making glass by heating an emulsion of sugar, oil, and a surfactant to 121 degrees Celsius, a breakthrough they believe could be used to make nanomaterials.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research and the University of Stuttgart, both in Germany, report successfully making dumbbell-shaped nanostructures by binding gold nanoparticles to the ends of the tubular tobacco mosaic virus, a breakthrough that overcomes difficulties researchers have faced with modifying nanoscale structures in specific positions. Biological molecules such as DNA and viruses are used as templates for the synthesis and exact positioning of structured nanomaterials because they have highly symmetrical forms and uniform size distribution.

Researchers from India, South Africa, and Brazil met late last week to discuss potential areas for trilateral collaboration in the field of nanotechnology.

Leading U.K. nanotechnology company Oxonica has filed a patent protection suit against Neuftec, a company based in the Dominican Republic which claims that it invented the nanotechnology-based fuel additive sold by Oxonica under the name Envirox.