The Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium (BAPVC) - an industry-supported program led by Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley - has announced its first research grants aimed at making utility-scale solar power cost-competitive by the end of the decade.
May 17th, 2012
Read moreTo treat cancer, scientists and clinicians have to kill cancer cells while minimally harming the healthy tissues surrounding them. However, because cancer cells are derived from healthy cells, targeting only the cancer cells is exceedingly difficult.
May 17th, 2012
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Momentum builds behind upper-limb prosthetic technology as researchers demonstrate direct neural control of an advanced prosthetic arm.
May 17th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at AIST have developed a very high-performance multilayered photoelectrode for hydrogen production by water electrolysis using an oxide semiconductor photoelectrode. In the reaction to convert solar energy into hydrogen energy, a solar energy conversion efficiency of 1.35 % has been achieved in a carbonate electrolyte by stacking two photoelectrodes.
May 17th, 2012
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Um eine exemplarische Risikoabschaetzung textiler Nano-Produkte durchfuehren zu koennen, wurde das Forschungsprojekt "TechnoTox" gestartet.
May 17th, 2012
Read moreThe Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI) will host a session at the 6th SETAC World Congress 2012.
May 17th, 2012
Read moreThe growing concerns on environmental damage and health impact from volatile organic compound (VOC) have initiated Thai researchers to look at ways to treating air pollutant such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) under visible light.
May 17th, 2012
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This signature initiative, "Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure: Enabling National Leadership in Sustainable Design", will provide a community-based, solutions-oriented knowledge infrastructure to accelerate nanotechnology discovery and innovation.
May 16th, 2012
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For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds.
May 16th, 2012
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An international team of researchers has used SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) to discover never-before-seen behavior by electrons in complex materials with extraordinary properties.
May 16th, 2012
Read moreElectricity and some gases and liquids can be a dangerous - even explosive - combination. But sensors are still needed in harsh gaseous and liquid environments, whether to check for leaking hydrogen fuel cells or to measure the composition or acidity of industrial chemicals. EU-funded researchers have developed an optical solution that is safer, easier to install and, unexpectedly, much more sensitive than most existing chemical sensors.
May 16th, 2012
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Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, and the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new method to visualize cell structures of an eighth of a micrometer in size in living fish larvae.
May 16th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin, and which partners with University College Cork, have conducted research to develop materials that could in time revolutionise the manufacture of silicon chips and lead to a new wave of next generation computers and real time 3D video processing.
May 16th, 2012
Read moreResearchers describe how transistors made of plastic can be controlled with great precision.
May 16th, 2012
Read moreThe American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) reiterated the safety and effectiveness of sunscreens, including those with nanoparticles, to protect against the damaging effects from exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
May 16th, 2012
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ETH-Zurich researchers have devised a method to detect mutations in tumour cells that are only present in a proportion of the cancer's cells. The analysis reveals that cells of individual tumours are more variable than first thought - and differ from patient to patient.
May 16th, 2012
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