As part of a broad effort to achieve breakthrough innovations in energy production, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today announced an award of up to $122 million over five years to a multidisciplinary team of top scientists to establish an Energy Innovation Hub aimed at developing revolutionary methods to generate fuels directly from sunlight.
Jul 24th, 2010
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Winners include research proposals looking at development of longer life secondary cells for electric vehicles and nanodiamond coatings in engineering applications.
Jul 24th, 2010
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University of Queensland research has found the Nanopatch - a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery - is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick injury.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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A flexible, printable material 4-or-fewer-atoms-thick may be a high road to economical and convenient electrical power from the sun.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as 'buckyballs', in space for the first time. Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed in a laboratory 25 years ago.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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In co-operation with the German Asia-pacific Business Association, IVAM Microtechnology Network launches the third Japanese-German Micro/Nano forum within the framework of the Exhibition Micro Machine/MEMS in Tokyo.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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The Nanosustain FP7 project is funded for three years and has the objective of developing innovative solutions for the sustainable design, use, recycling, and final treatment of nanotechnology-based products.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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Researchers in Japan have developed photoluminescent glass capsules containing multiple CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots that retain their photoluminescence properties. With high emission brightness and the durability of glass, the capsule can be used as a fluorescent reagent in a wide variety of bio-applications, from basic research to clinical applications. Its brightness and durability could make it useful as a phosphor for electronics.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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A European project has developed a one-stop shop to support companies, especially SMEs, in the rapid design and manufacture of novel micro-devices for use in applications ranging from medical diagnosis to mobile phones.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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Preise fuer exzellente, anwendungsorientierte Diplom- und Doktorarbeiten.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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Unusual properties predicted in superconducting thin films could deliver perfect lenses and other novel applications.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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Surface-selective fluorescent labeling enables cell tracking in the body while preserving initial cell function.
Jul 23rd, 2010
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On July 12 and 13, 2010, experts from across the solar photovoltaics, infrared (IR) photovoltaics and light emitting diode (LED) disciplines met to review and discuss recent progress and future trends in the rapidly advancing fields of photonic materials and devices at the 2010 International Symposium on Optoelectronic Materials and Devices.
Jul 22nd, 2010
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Rice researchers show environmentally friendly ways to make it in bulk, break it down.
Jul 22nd, 2010
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A radical, new method developed at NIST that transforms the humble, ubiquitous and inexpensive optical microscope into a powerful three-dimensional nanoscale and microscale measurement device has won one of this year's prestigious R+D 100 Awards.
Jul 22nd, 2010
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Researchers have shown that an advanced cooling technology being developed for high-power electronics in military and automotive systems is capable of handling roughly 10 times the heat generated by conventional computer chips.
Jul 22nd, 2010
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