New photovoltaic technologies, such as the recent introduction of thin-film cadmiumā??telluride materials, have nearly doubled the efficiency of solar cells within the past few years. But the methods of making the materials used for photovoltaic cells, whether from silicon, metal, or other material, have raised doubts about the environmental friendliness of these passive energy collectors.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreBacteria often get bad press, with those found in water often linked to illness and disease. But researchers at The University of Nottingham are using these tiny organisms alongside the very latest membrane filtration techniques to improve and refine water cleaning technology.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreThe University of Utah today announced a $1.25 million pledge from the Micron Technology Foundation to support the development of a nanofabrication teaching and research laboratory as a core facility in the new Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) building now under development on the university's campus.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
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Previous efforts at building with DNA in three dimensions have most often yielded amorphous aggregates. Two independent groups have systematically studied the requirements for the DNA strands, and successfully directed gold nanoparticles to form three-dimensional crystals.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreA research team from the department of condensed matter physics of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid working in collaboration with the research group lead by professor Christian Schoenenberger at the University of Basel in Switzerland, have discovered that just an electron sets the conductive properties of a carbon nanotube.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreThe Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry has chosen the Austrian chemist Thomas Lummerstorfer as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2007.
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreOn March 5, 2008 the European Parliament in Brussels will be the venue of a seminar titled 'Nanotechnology threat or opportunity? Who is really in charge of policy making in cutting edge technology?'
Posted: Feb 12th, 2008
Read moreImplantable film can deliver drugs.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
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A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has identified a potent new anti-cancer drug isolated from a toxic blue-green algae found in the South Pacific.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreSemiconductor insights gained by engineering physics researchers at McMaster University for the telecommunications industry have led to a research breakthrough in the future development of high-efficiency solar cells.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreThe Mapping Study of Research and Technology Development (RTD) Centres across Ireland and Northern Ireland, presents for the first time a picture of complementary research systems with highly developed RTD capacity in critical areas.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreThe European Commission has adopted a code of conduct for responsible research in the fields of nanosciences and nanotechnologies.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreIn December, Rep. Terese Berceau (D-Madison) began calling for a statewide registry to account for what nanoscale materials are being produced and in what amounts. Citing myriad unknowns about the toxicological properties of nanomaterials, Berceau says itā??s imperative for regulators to find ways to minimize any risks these suboptical particles might pose.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreTechnologists at SEMATECH have successfully demonstrated world-class results in low defect density for mask blanks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) - pushing the technology another significant step toward readiness for advanced manufacturing.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreThe European Commission has provided $1.5 million funding to University of Glasgow researchers for three projects which could revolutionize the electronics industry.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
Read moreThis year directly following on from the Nanofair on March 13, 2008 together with two other Fraunhofer Institutes in Dresden (Materials and Beam Technology; Ceramic Technologies and Systems) the Fraunhofer IPMS is inviting guests for a day of seminars combined with laboratory visits.
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008
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