Currently the world's fastest growing energy technology, photovoltaic production is increasing by roughly 50% each year. Find out more about current developments, network with other researchers and share research interests in a free online workshop on 'Nanotechnology and Photovoltaics' organized by the ICPC Nanonet project on Friday April 16 from 12.45-15.15 GMT (13.45-16.15 BST).
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreBilbao, Spain, will host one of the largest 2011 European Events in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from 11th until 14th of April at BEC (Bilbao Exhibition Centre).
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreHow severely do smog, diesel exhaust and secondhand smoke damage the lungs? What do pollen or nanoparticles trigger when they infiltrate the human body through inhaling? At this year's BIO Convention in Chicago from May 3 to 6, Fraunhofer researchers will present a new test system that can be used to investigate these questions.
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreIBM and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia's national research and development organization, today announced a research collaboration aimed at creating a water desalination plant powered by solar electricity, which could significantly reduce water and energy costs.
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreWake Forest University has received the first patent for a new solar cell technology that can double the energy production of today's flat cells at a fraction of the cost.
Apr 7th, 2010
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A research team led by Brown University engineers has discovered a new mechanism that governs the peak strength of nanostructured metals. The team found that the deformation of nanotwinned metals is characterized by the motion of highly ordered, necklace-like patterns of crystal defects called dislocations.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreForty-two teams selected from around the world to compete for more than $1 million in the world's richest and largest business plan competition.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.38 million to 34 small businesses to develop innovative, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment. These efforts will help improve air quality, protect our water, work to decrease the effects of climate change, and support green jobs.
Apr 7th, 2010
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Einem Forschungsteam der Universitaet Basel, der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen und des Max-Planck-Instituts fuer Quantenoptik in Garching sowie der Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris ist es erstmals gelungen, verschraenkte Zustaende von Atomen auf einem Mikrochip zu erzeugen.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreA newly released OECD document provides information on current/planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member and non-member countries that attended at the 6th meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreAn EU-funded study of carbon nanotubes by scientists in Ireland, Sweden and the US has shown that these extraordinarily strong molecules can be broken down into carbon and water by an enzyme found in white blood cells.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreResearchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Barcelona) and the Institute of Optics (IO, Palaiseau) describe in Nature Physics the new trends in research on disordered systems using ultracold gases that could have important consequences both for understanding complex physics processes and for building future quantum simulators and computers.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read morePhysiker haben Nanopartikel auf einen Film aus kugelfoermigen C60-Kohlenstoffmolekuelen aufgebracht und festgestellt, dass diese bei Raumtemperatur einen einlagigen Film durchdringen koennen, einen zweilagigen Film jedoch nicht.
Apr 7th, 2010
Read moreUnintended exposure to nano-sized zinc oxide from children accidentally eating sunscreen products is a typical public concern, motivating the study of the effects of nanomaterials in the colon.
Apr 7th, 2010
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An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, including two Department of Energy national laboratories and two universities, has discovered the newest superheavy element, element 117.
Apr 7th, 2010
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Institut fuer Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung untersucht mit Prof. Dr. Ajit Varma, wie Nanoteilchen das Wachstum von Mikroorganismen beeinflussen.
Apr 7th, 2010
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