Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye to improve the optical absorption coefficient of the stained nanostructured electrodes, might color our dimming future energy security with a tint of rose, despite the looming depletion of fossil fuels.
Posted: Jul 24th, 2008
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New-media art installations that caution visitors about a future when books are relics of the past, and nanoparticles represent a pervasive threat to human health, will be on display starting August 4 on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
Posted: Jul 24th, 2008
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Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials scientists from Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond, Va.) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreScientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a technique to measure the formation of clumps of proteins in protein-based pharmaceuticals.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreThis achievement may pave the way for the application of graphene to VLSI.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including flexible displays and an electronic skin to cover an entire aircraft to monitor crack formation.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
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In einem Lasergitter mit quasikristalliner Struktur haben Physiker eine Monolage von Kolloidteilchen gefangen. Welches Muster die Teilchen dabei formten, hing von der Staerke des Lichtgitters ab.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
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Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreThe National Nanotoxicology Research Centre (NNRC) is being developed at the UK Health Protection Agency's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) at Chilton in Oxfordshire.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreNanoBioNet, the pre-eminent center of excellence for nanobiotechnology in Germany, is acting as representative of the leading German technology at Nano Korea 2008, the 6th International Nanotech Symposium and Exhibition in Korea.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
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Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research discovers defence strategies used by biofilm bacteria.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreOn March 4 - 6, 2009, international experts will gather in Berlin for the NanoMed 2009 conference to discuss the state of the art in medical applications of nanotechnology.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
Read moreFormer EPA official highlights shortcomings of current federal oversight.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2008
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of the membrane surrounding neurons in the brain to study how a protein long suspected of a role in early-stage Alzheimer?s disease actually impairs a neuron?s structure and function.
Posted: Jul 22nd, 2008
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Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and others with large cooling systems, suggest the latest results from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research that is pursuing promising formulations.
Posted: Jul 22nd, 2008
Read moreA Senate bill to reauthorize funding for nanotechnology research would mandate creating a publicly available database of the projects funded in several areas, including environmental, educational and nanomanufacturing.
Posted: Jul 22nd, 2008
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