Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher Dr. Taleb Mokari, a member of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, has been awarded a prestigious Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research. Dr. Mokari received the Prize for his work on developing novel nanostructures for renewable energy applications.
Feb 4th, 2011
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The Micro- and Nanotechnology Research Group of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya has produced silicon photovoltaic cells with a conversion efficiency of 20.5%, the highest level achieved in Spain using this material.
Feb 4th, 2011
Read moreThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has published the minutes of the Nanotechnologies and Food Discussion Group meeting held on 13 January 2011.
Feb 4th, 2011
Read moreThe human olfactory system possesses a special electric amplification mechanism that enables olfactory cells to respond even to extremely weak stimuli. Scientists at Heidelberg University have now established how this mechanism works.
Feb 4th, 2011
Read moreDas Landesanstalt fuer Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Wuerttemberg hat eine neue Broschuere herausgegeben mit dem Titel "Nanomaterialien: Anwendungen im Umweltbereich". Diese Broschuere stellt Beispiele fuer den Einsatz von Nanomaterialien vor, die zu deutlichen Umweltentlastungen fuehren koennen.
Feb 4th, 2011
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On Feb. 17, Penn President Amy Gutmann will join University Trustees and the deans of the Schools of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and Engineering and Applied Science at the 3200 block of Walnut Street for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
Feb 4th, 2011
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An interdisciplinary team of UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz researchers is taking a novel approach to solar power, one that promises to lead to a technological breakthrough. By using nanoparticles of germanium, silicon and other materials, the researchers hope to produce solar cells far more efficient than the current state of the art.
Feb 4th, 2011
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers -- that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel.
Feb 3rd, 2011
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In a paradox typical of the quantum world, JILA scientists have eliminated collisions between atoms in an atomic clock by packing the atoms closer together. The surprising discovery can boost the performance of experimental atomic clocks made of thousands or tens of thousands of neutral atoms trapped by intersecting laser beams.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreForums target emerging technologies and opportunities in growing renewable energy market.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreIn typical plasmonic devices, electromagnetic waves crowd into tiny metal structures, concentrating energy into nanoscale dimensions. Due to coupling of electronics and photonics in these metal nanostructures, plasmonic devices could be harnessed for high-speed data transmission or ultrafast detector arrays. However, studying plasmonic fields in nanoscale devices presents a real roadblock for scientists, as examining these structures inherently alters their behavior.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreA new way of splitting layered materials to give atom thin "nanosheets" has been discovered. This has led to a range of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials with chemical and electronic properties that have the potential to enable new electronic and energy storage technologies.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreAn international interdisciplinary consortium of more than 20 laboratories has achieved an extraordinary feat: producing an ultra powerful X-ray laser beam to visualize a single viral particle in a single flash lasting several femtoseconds.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreBundesumweltministers Norbert Roettgen hat angekuendigt, sich fuer die Einfuehrung eines Produktregisters fuer Nanomaterialien auf europaeischer Ebene stark zu machen.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreThe recent EUREKA programme CATRENE (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics) will effect Technological Leadership for a competitive European ICT industry. The Participation in Project Outline (PO) phase of CATRENE 4th call is now open and closes on March 3, 2011.
Feb 3rd, 2011
Read moreResearch in DNA computing and molecular programming draws together mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology to address the analysis, design, and synthesis of information-based molecular systems. This annual meeting is the premier forum where scientists with diverse backgrounds come together with the common purpose of advancing the engineering and science of biology and chemistry from the point of view of computer science, physics, and mathematics.
Feb 3rd, 2011
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