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Risoe DTU is going to put new test method for solar cells into production

Risoe DTU is going to put a newly developed test platform for polymer solar cells into production. The test platform will be transformed from a prototype into production ready 0-Series in collaboration with the Zealandic company 'LS Control'.

November 22, 2010 Read more

CNT Annual Conference on Carbon Nanomaterials

The German Innovation Alliance for Carbon Nanotubes will hold its annual conference in Ettlingen (near Karlsruhe, Germany) on 25th-27th January. This year the conference will be open to national and international visitors from research and industry. It offers a platform for the international CNT community to exchange results and ideas.

November 22, 2010 Read more

Oxygen rich graphene support could lead to durable fuel cell catalysts

In the search for efficient, durable and commercially viable fuel cells, scientists at the University of Ulster's Nanotechnology Institute and collaborators from Peking University and University of Oxford have discovered a new catalyst-support combination that could make fuel cells more efficient and more resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning.

November 22, 2010 Read more

Gruene im Bundestag wollen sorglosen Einsatz von Nanosilber stoppen

In einem Antrag fordern die Abgeordneten die Bundesregierung auf, das 'Inverkehrbringen von verbrauchernahen Produkten mit Nanosilber' zu verbieten und eine Liste aller auf dem Markt erhaeltlichen Erzeugnisse zu erstellen und der Oeffentlichkeit zugaenglich zu machen.

November 22, 2010 Read more

Success in developing groundbreaking electrolyte materials for solid oxide fuel cells

The Fuel Cell Nano-Materials Group at International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics has successfully developed two types of novel proton conducting oxide electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). By applying these electrolytes, the commercialization of SOFCs operating in the intermediate temperature range, 500C to 650C, has come into sight.

November 22, 2010 Read more

Purdue gets $1.5 million for quantum information center

Purdue University has been awarded $1.5 million to study quantum information science, a new field paving the way for quantum computing - a novel method to process information that is faster, more powerful and more efficient than classical computing.

November 21, 2010 Read more

Emerging applications of carbon nanotubes

Jan M. Schnorr and Timothy M. Swager from the Department of Chemistry and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT have published an overview of a variety of applications that are based on the unique properties of pristine as well as functionalized carbon nanotubes.

November 21, 2010 Read more

Researchers insert identification codes into mouse embryos

Researchers from the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have developed an identification system for oocytes and embryos in which each can be individually tagged using silicon barcodes.

November 19, 2010 Read more

Early phase of atherosclerosis imaged at the nanoscale

Atherosclerosis is characterized by hardening and thickening of artery walls, with serious health consequences. Researchers at TU/e have imaged the stages in the calcification at a nanometer scale. The growth of hardening follows almost the same process as bone or tooth formation.

November 19, 2010 Read more

University of Dayton hires researchers with goals of creating new technologies, jobs

The University of Dayton School of Engineering has hired two faculty members with a combined nine inventions for the region's Wright Brothers Institute and the state's Ohio Research Scholars program to help create technologies that could lead to jobs.

November 19, 2010 Read more

Detecting cancer with the prick of a finger

Researchers at BYU have created a micro device that could both decrease the amount of blood and time needed to test for cancer-markers in a patient's blood.

November 19, 2010 Read more

Polymer scientists unpeel secrets of nanohair adhesion

Not long after Dr. Ali Dhinojwala, chairman of The University of Akron Department of Polymer Science, unpeeled the secret (fine, clingy hairs) behind the remarkable adhesion of gecko feet, he and fellow researchers came up with a synthetic replica: carbon nanotubes. Now, five years after that initial discovery, they have published the basis of the success of these nanotubes.

November 19, 2010 Read more

NanoMission Japan 2011 - UK SMEs invited to apply for grants

Applications are now invited from UK companies to participate in NanoMission Japan 2011 which will allow companies the opportunity to participate in the major international event Nano Tech Japan 2011 held annually in Tokyo. The Exhibition will run from 16th-18th February 2011.

November 19, 2010 Read more

Neues Nanotomographie Mikroskop beleuchtet Ultrastruktur von Zellen

HZB-Forscher koennen kleinste Zellbestandteile in ihrer natuerlichen Umgebung sichtbar machen - die Zelle bleibt intakt.

November 19, 2010 Read more

What changes will nanoelectronics bring?

We are surrounded by nanoelectronics through products such as computers, mobile phones, sensors and electric cars. Nanoelectronics may also grow much stronger in the energy efficiency area in the near future. However, the sustainable growth faces several challenges.

November 19, 2010 Read more

Groundbreaking European Union project to create a processor that is the size of a molecule

A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) partners 10 EU research organisations to work on the groundbreaking EUR10 million ATMOL project that lays the foundation for creating and testing a molecular-sized processor chip.

November 19, 2010 Read more