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Solar power, with a side of hot running water

New system for flat-panel solar power could be combined with hot water systems for greater efficiency.

May 3, 2011 Read more

Kick-off of EU-Project NanoOnSpect: Cost reduction by online characterisation of nanocomposites

Using various sensor-based measurement and characterisation methods, an online measurement unit will be developed for compounding processes. The data obtained will be integrated into the database of an expert system and further processed in an artificial neural network. Information from this network will be fed back into the processing equipment, and the manufacturing process will be adapted as necessary.

May 3, 2011 Read more

Hydrogen fuel technology gets boost from low-cost, efficient catalyst

Scientists have engineered a cheap, abundant alternative to the expensive platinum catalyst and coupled it with a light-absorbing electrode to make hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Single atom stores quantum information

A data memory can hardly be any smaller: researchers working with Gerhard Rempe at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching have stored quantum information in a single atom. The researchers wrote the quantum state of single photons, i.e. particles of light, into a rubidium atom and read it out again after a certain storage time.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Improved electrical conductivity in polymeric composites

The researchers in Luxembourg, in cooperation with scientists from the Netherlands, have studied the electrical percolation of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix and shown the percolation threshold - the point at which the polymer composite becomes conductive - can be considerably lowered if small quantities of a conductive polymer latex are added.

May 2, 2011 Read more

CEA-Leti to present invited papers at May 23-26 Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

CEA-Leti researchers will present two invited papers at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics 2011 (IC-FCMN 2011), May 23-26 in Grenoble.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Removable 'cloak' for nanoparticles helps them target tumors

New MIT particles could be used to deliver cancer drugs to nearly any type of tumor.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Einzelnes Atom speichert Quanteninformation

Mit einem denkbar winzigen Speicher koennte sich ein leistungsfaehiger Quantencomputer konstruieren lassen.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Chemists monitor single-molecule switching in action

An international team under the leadership of chemists from Innsbruck succeeded in monitoring the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) II-riboswitch in action. SAM is a cofactor which is involved in many metabolism processes by transferring methyl groups to other molecules.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Bottom-up control of nanotubes

Polymerization of a metal-organic complex with a square framework gives a nanotube structure with controllable electronic and sorption properties.

May 2, 2011 Read more

Physicists create quantum twin atoms

Objects that are well separated in space but still cannot be understood separately belong to the profoundest mysteries of quantum physics. Pairs of photons are prominent examples of such systems. They allow the teleportation of quantum states or tap-proof data transfer using quantum cryptography. In future, such experiments will not be restricted simply to photons: at the Vienna University of Technology, a method has been developed to create correlated pairs of atoms using ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates.

May 1, 2011 Read more

Several baffling puzzles in protein molecular structure solved with new method

Determining the molecular configuration of proteins is important in nanotechology, drug design, disease research and many other fields.

May 1, 2011 Read more

Nanotechnology engineering leads to highly efficient solar-thermal flat-panels that generate electric power

High-performance nanotech materials arrayed on a flat panel platform demonstrated seven to eight times higher efficiency than previous solar thermoelectric generators, opening up solar-thermal electric power conversion to a broad range of residential and industrial uses.

May 1, 2011 Read more

Cell signals via membrane nanotubes

Most of the body's cells communicate with each other by sending electrical signals through nano-thin membrane tubes. A sensational Norwegian research discovery may help to explain how cells cooperate to develop tissue in the embryo and how wounds heal.

May 1, 2011 Read more

Nanomaterial could improve safety for first responders to chemical hazards

Carbon nanofibers assembled into photonic crystals change color as activated charcoal filters become saturated with dangerous vapors.

May 1, 2011 Read more

UAlbany NanoCollege announce winners of New York State Business Plan Competition

Syracuse company tops more than 20 student-led teams from colleges and universities across the state to win contest featuring over $100,000 in prizes.

April 29, 2011 Read more