The change-over to lead-free products is in full progress. The problem is however that the environmentally friendly alternatives have to be as effi cient as the lead-containing variants. One example is the injection system of diesel engines. Lead-free functional materials can be found faster by means of computer simulation methods.
Nov 2nd, 2010
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Organic light-emitting diodes are seen as the basis for a new generation of lamps: Large-area lamps that can be randomly shaped and fl exibly integrated into interior design. But the 'illuminated glass' is still very expensive. Researchers want to optimize the lamps of the future and reduce the price by a new manufacturing process.
Nov 2nd, 2010
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Conductive plastic coatings could lead to new solar cells, windows, sensors.
Nov 2nd, 2010
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Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory lung diseases.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreNew method allows faster, more efficient screening for improved diagnostics.
Nov 1st, 2010
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Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a new method to speed the production rate of nanoparticles by 500 times, an advance that could play an important role in making nanotechnology products more commercially practical.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreBraided anyons could lead to more robust quantum computing.
Nov 1st, 2010
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The single layer material Graphene was the subject of a Nobel prize this year but research led by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick has found molecular hooks on the surface of its close chemical cousin, Graphene Oxide, that will potentially provide massive benefits to researchers using transmission electron microscopes. They could even be used in building molecular scale mechanisms.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe 1-year-old Institute for Intelligent Energy Systems at UT Dallas has received its first major research grant: a one-year, $1.25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore the use of nanotechnology in electrical energy storage.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe EU's SMARTHIEHS project will make the testing of MEMS structures one hundred times as fast as it is now, leading to cheaper and more reliable electronic equipment for everyone.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreSingapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced the funding of eight new projects under its Capabilities for Automotive Research (A*CAR) consortium, bringing the total value to S$17.5 million for the consortium's 10 research projects jointly selected with industry partners to tackle current challenges in the automotive industry.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe Nanotechnology Coalition, affiliated with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), is pleased to announce its support for the NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon (NCC) and the SOCMA Nanotechnology Coalition's new designation as a supporting institute/association under NCC's by-laws.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $16.5 million in grants to 43 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreRecognizing the innovative ideas of today's college and university students, the Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of Invent Now, announced that a way to implant human liver cells in mice to facilitate drug testing and a way to manufacture composite structural poles have won top honors in this year's competition.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreA team of professors at Arizona State University, including three faculty members of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, has received a quarter-million-dollar federal grant to pursue their research of nanotechnology regulation.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreA team from The Scripps Research Institute has revealed the first-ever pictures of the formation of cells' 'protein factories'. In addition to being a major technical feat on its own, the work could open new pathways for development of antibiotics and treatments for diseases tied to errors in ribosome formation.
Oct 29th, 2010
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