Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Common Stock (Narrative) (Details)

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Common Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 01, 2014
Apr. 14, 2014
Feb. 10, 2014
Jan. 21, 2014
Oct. 16, 2013
Oct. 10, 2013
Aug. 01, 2013
Jul. 26, 2013
Jun. 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Aug. 01, 2014
Oct. 16, 2013
Oct. 10, 2013
Aug. 01, 2013
Jul. 26, 2013
Jun. 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
Class of Stock [Line Items]                                      
Common stock issued for services 100,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices   300,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices     200,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices 120,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices   200,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices 120,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesIssuedForServices                  
Shares issued       19,047,620us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 10,192,309us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues     11,400,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues       375,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues              
Share Price $ 0.73us-gaap_SharePrice   $ 1.12us-gaap_SharePrice $ 1.05us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.52us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.53us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.53us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.50us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.50us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.31us-gaap_SharePrice     $ 0.73us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.52us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.53us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.53us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.50us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.50us-gaap_SharePrice $ 0.31us-gaap_SharePrice
Value of shares issued $ 73,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash   $ 336,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash     $ 106,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash $ 63,600us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash   $ 100,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash $ 37,200us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForCash                  
Value of exercised of stock options                     358,955us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised 90,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised              
Shares paid for stock options exercised   99,010rnn_SharesPaidForStockOptionExercises                                  
Shares issued for options exercised   25,990rnn_SharesIssuedForOptionsExercised                 323,693rnn_SharesIssuedForOptionsExercised                
Cash paid in exchange for legal services       1,365,754rnn_CashPaidInExchangeForLegalServices 432,000rnn_CashPaidInExchangeForLegalServices     526,845rnn_CashPaidInExchangeForLegalServices                      
Proceeds from issuance       20,000,001us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 5,300,001us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock     5,700,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock                      
Public offering closing costs         519,368rnn_PuplicOfferingClosingCosts     637,334rnn_PuplicOfferingClosingCosts                      
Number of warrants, Issued       4,761,905rnn_InvestmentWarrantsIssuedNumber 3,567,309rnn_InvestmentWarrantsIssuedNumber     3,990,000rnn_InvestmentWarrantsIssuedNumber     4,761,905rnn_InvestmentWarrantsIssuedNumber 8,421,001rnn_InvestmentWarrantsIssuedNumber              
Proceeds allocated to financing expense       206,172rnn_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockAllocatedToExpense 91,653rnn_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockAllocatedToExpense     112,559rnn_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockAllocatedToExpense                      
Issuance cost incurred       1,159,582rnn_CommonStockIssuanceCostIncurred 427,715rnn_CommonStockIssuanceCostIncurred     524,775rnn_CommonStockIssuanceCostIncurred                      
Fair value         87,368rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue     110,489rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue     3,768,351rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue 5,034,058rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue   87,368rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue     110,489rnn_InvestmentWarrantsFairValue    
Cash paid for warrants exercised                     5,947,268rnn_CashPaidForWarrantsExercised 2,209,667rnn_CashPaidForWarrantsExercised              
Shares issued for warrants exercised                     11,738,220rnn_SharesIssuedForWarrantsExercised 4,681,497rnn_SharesIssuedForWarrantsExercised              
Warrants issued per share of stock issued in unit offering       0.25rnn_WarrantsIssuedPerShareOfStockIssuedInUnitOffering 0.35rnn_WarrantsIssuedPerShareOfStockIssuedInUnitOffering     0.35rnn_WarrantsIssuedPerShareOfStockIssuedInUnitOffering                      
Warrants issued included in closing costs         407,692rnn_WarrantsIssuedIncludedInClosingCosts     456,000rnn_WarrantsIssuedIncludedInClosingCosts                      
Stock Warrants, Exercise Price       $ 1.28rnn_StockWarrantsExercisePrice $ 0.575rnn_StockWarrantsExercisePrice     $ 0.59rnn_StockWarrantsExercisePrice           $ 0.575rnn_StockWarrantsExercisePrice     $ 0.59rnn_StockWarrantsExercisePrice    
Number of options exercised   125,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised                 448,693us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised 375,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised              
Employee Stock Option [Member]                                      
Class of Stock [Line Items]                                      
Value of exercised of stock options                     $ 258,955us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised
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