The Belgian research centre imec, together with Plextronics and Solvay, present this week at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in Hamburg an organic polymer-based single junction solar cell with 6.9% performance in an innovative inverted device stack.
Sep 5th, 2011
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The Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) puts Singapore into the Guinness Book of World Records with its controllable, molecule-sized gears, which are officially the world's smallest. The gears are up 100,000 times smaller than the width of a single strand of hair and can only be viewed using powerful microscopes.
Sep 5th, 2011
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Stretchable metamaterials fabricated on plastic substrates could provide dynamic photonic properties for applications from chemical sensing to invisibility cloaking.
Sep 5th, 2011
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Careful observation of individual layers provides clues about how light is emitted from organic semiconductors.
Sep 5th, 2011
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A dynamic spin exchange interaction provides highly efficient, electrically tunable injection of spin-polarized electrons into nonmagnetic semiconductors.
Sep 5th, 2011
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Berkeley Lab scientists demonstrate a tunable graphene device, the first tool in a kit for putting terahertz light to work.
Sep 4th, 2011
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Chemists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor, a development that may potentially create a new class of devices that could be used in applications ranging from medicine to engineering.
Sep 4th, 2011
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smart has always been a pioneer in matters of urban mobility and with the smart fortwo electric drive the company is showing the direction of development in cities around the world. Together with BASF, the largest automotive supplier in the chemical industry, smart is demonstrating its leading role in the use of forward-looking technologies above and beyond the drive system. The joint concept vehicle smart forvision presented at the 2011 International Motor Show in Frankfurt combines a futuristic design with technologies relating to energy efficiency, lightweight design and temperature management.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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If nanoparticles are incorporated into a material with the aim of imparting new functions, the properties of the single nanoparticles have to be precisely characterized. To date this information was only available for individual nanoparticles that are smaller than 500 nanometres. Now, the refinement of a procedure used in biology to study cell membranes has shed light onto even smaller 'dwarves'.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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Complex system transports essential cargoes such as proteins and membrane vesicles.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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The problems encountered by the traditional European dyes industry go from lack of innovation and weak market competitiveness to toxicity, environmental hazards and health risks for those working in it. To address them scientists have developed a new and environmentally friendly way to produce dyes.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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Members of the Nanodermatology Society (NDS), a physician-led organization dedicated to the scientific and medical aspects of nanotechnology and dermatology, recently published a pilot study evaluating knowledge, perceptions and attitudes regarding Nanotechnology amongst dermatologists in the United States.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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Though it seems like science fiction, microscopic "factories" in which nanomachines produce tiny structures for miniaturized components or nanorobots that destroy tumor cells within the body and scrape blockages from our arteries may become reality in the foreseeable future. Nanomotors could transport drugs to specific target organs more rapidly or pilot analytes through the tiny channels on microchip diagnostic systems.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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New technology enables hard drive to store 10 times more data.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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UCSB physicists have demonstrated a quantum integrated circuit that implements the quantum von Neumann architecture. In this architecture, a long-lived quantum random access memory can be programmed using a quantum central processing unit, all constructed on a single chip, providing the key components for a quantum version of a classical computer.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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The physicists of the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck have come considerably closer to their goal to investigate complex phenomena in a model system: They have realized a digital, and therefore, universal quantum simulator in their laboratory, which can, in principle, simulate any physical system efficiently.
Sep 2nd, 2011
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