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Flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could improve performance, cost of energy storage.
Oct 12th, 2010
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Breakthrough carbon nanotube technology produces up to tenfold increase in lithium-ion battery power
Contour Energy Systems, Inc. an innovative portable power company commercializing next-generation battery systems, today announced the acquisition of a breakthrough carbon nanotube technology that can dramatically improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Oct 12th, 2010
Read moreMicrochip technology rapidly identifies compounds for regrowing nerves in live animals
A faster way to look for drugs that regenerate nerve cells.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreMicrobial hair: It's electric
Specialized bacterial filaments shown to conduct electricity.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreBerkeley Lab technology spawns successful start-up companies
What do a smart window company, a microbial analysis start-up and waste-heat recovery start-up have in common? They're all located in the San Francisco Bay Area and they're all based on technology developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreNanoscopic particles resist full encapsulation, simulations show
Sandia researchers use molecular dynamics simulations at the New Mexico Computational Center supercomputer to show that simple coatings are actually incapable of fully covering each spherical nanoparticle in a set.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreErgebnisse des BMBF-Branchendialoges 'NanoCleanTech' jetzt online abrufbar
Beim Branchendialog NanoCleanTech des Bundesministeriums fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) diskutierten Experten aus der Material- und Nanotechnologieforschung mit Fachleuten der Umweltbranche ueber Chancen und Herausforderungen.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreNatural nanoparticles en route to 'sick cells'
At the exclusive invitation of Nature Physics, Wouter Roos and Gijs Wuite, respectively FOM researcher and FOM workgroup leader at VU University Amsterdam, discuss recent developments in the area of 'physical virology' in this month's issue.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreSmaller and cheaper but 300 times more intense
More brilliant X-rays, more cost-effective methods for developing new energy sources and advanced manufacturing processes are just some of the benefits which may come from a novel technology, proven at the theoretical level by a consortium of British and European laser scientists.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreRiso Energy Day 2010: Non-fossil energy technologies in 2050 and beyond
Don't miss out on Riso Energy Day 2010 on 10 November 2010 in the Niels Bohr Auditorium at Riso National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Roskilde, Denmark.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreCeNTech Ausbau erweitert Nanotechnologieforschung in Nordrhein-Westfalen
In Muenster entsteht ein neues Gebaeude fuer Nanotechnologieforschung.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreIT industry - half the productivity, twice the carbon
Green technologies key for IT industry profitability in 2020.
Oct 11th, 2010
Read moreResearchers develop oral nanoparticle delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.
Oct 10th, 2010
Read moreDiscovery paves way for development of efficient, inexpensive plastic solar cells
The discovery reveals that energy-carrying particles generated by packets of light can travel on the order of a thousand times farther in organic (carbon-based) semiconductors than scientists previously observed.
Oct 10th, 2010
Read moreBuilding a smaller, lighter future: Understanding polymer behaviors below one nanometer
New research sheds light on key behaviors of polymers in specially engineered confined spaces, opening the door to a level of control that has previously been impossible.
Oct 10th, 2010
Read moreCalifornia NanoSystems Institute opens 9,700-square-foot cleanroom facility
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has opened its new Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC), more than doubling the amount of cleanroom space available on the Westwood campus and extending research capabilities to researchers in biology and medicine.
Oct 10th, 2010
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