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European Commission opens public consultation on the draft definition of the term 'nanomaterial'

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are particularly sought from market participants, consumer and non-governmental organisations, academia, national governments and national competent authorities.

October 22, 2010 Read more

Multimillion project for optical chips to open door to multibillion market

Last week Eindhoven saw the kick-off of the international R+D project PARADIGM. This project, which is led by Eindhoven University of Technology, is intended to standardize the development and production of optical chips, making them much cheaper and bringing all kinds of new products within arm's reach.

October 22, 2010 Read more

Going nature one better

MIT researchers aim to learn biology's secrets for making tough, resilient materials out of simple components, and then improve on them.

October 22, 2010 Read more

Emerging industries will be the highlights of China Hi-Tech Fair 2010

CHTF 2010 will focus on emerging industries, such as new energy, energy saving and environmental protection, new generation of information technology, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials and new energy automobiles.

October 22, 2010 Read more

Guided by the groove

Cells can be cultured and sorted on specifically patterned surfaces of biomaterials.

October 22, 2010 Read more

Electron billiards in nanoscale circuits

In solar cells, solar radiation boosts electrons to higher energy states, thereby releasing them from their atomic bonds as electricity begins to flow. Scientists led by Professor Alexander Holleitner, physicist at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, have developed a novel method to analyze the way photogenerated electrons move in the smallest photodetectors.

October 22, 2010 Read more

IDGA's 10th Lightweight Materials for Defense Summit

The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is pleased to announce the 10th Lightweight Materials for Defense Summit, scheduled for December 6-8, 2010 in the Washington, DC Metro Area.

October 21, 2010 Read more

The electronics for smart brain implants

Imagine that, one day, we would be able to implant electronics in the brain. Electronics that restore damaged regions of the brain. Or impaired functions, such as speech, hearing, vision, movement control, or even memory.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Imec coordinates R+D for the integrated production of photovoltaic modules based on ultra-thin crystalline Si

Imec has started work, together with its project partners, on SUGAR, a project under the EU's 7th framework program for ICT. The project's goal is to develop a process for the integrated production of photovoltaic modules based on ultra-thin crystalline Si.

October 21, 2010 Read more

European project SmartFiber to develop a fully embeddable system for continuous health monitoring of composite structures

The European FP7 funded project SmartFiber, a consortium led by imec and including partners Ghent University, Airborne, FBGS Technologies, Xenics, Fraunhofer and Optocap, will develop a smart miniaturized system for continuous health monitoring of composites that integrates optical fiber sensor technology, nanophotonic chip technology and low-power wireless technology.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Au-free Si-processing compatible GaN power devices on 6 inch Si wafers

Imec and its partners have successfully fabricated Au-free, Si-processing compatible GaN power devices on a 6 inch Si wafer. This result is a milestone in imec's industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on GaN power and light-emitting (LED) devices that targets cost reduction as one of the main objectives.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Clean Energy Alliance and DOE launch partnership to support commercialization of clean energy technologies

Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (CEA), the national association of clean energy business incubators, announced today, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's 23rd Industry Growth Forum, the formation of the Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business and Clean Energy Alliance Partnership.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Value-added sulfur scrubbing

Converting acid rain chemicals into useful products.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Smaller is better in the viscous zone

Being the right size and existing in the limbo between a solid and a liquid state appear to be the secrets to improving the efficiency of chemical catalysts that can create better nanoparticles or more efficient energy sources.

October 21, 2010 Read more

Light on silicon better than copper?

As good as the metal has been in zipping information from one circuit to another on silicon inside computers and other electronic devices, optical signals can carry much more, according to Duke University electrical engineers. So the engineers have designed and demonstrated microscopically small lasers integrated with thin film-light guides on silicon that could replace the copper in a host of electronic products.

October 21, 2010 Read more

16 Top US federal agencies and nation's nanotechnology leaders converge at National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit Showcase

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) will celebrate its tenth anniversary with the National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit, December 8-10 at the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor Maryland.

October 21, 2010 Read more