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Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectics

Employing some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development of high performance thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectrics hold enormous potential for green energy production because of their ability to convert heat into electricity.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Surprising discovery: X-rays drive formation of new crystals

Crystals resemble some biological structures; finding opens door to new technologies.

January 25, 2010 Read more

SIGMA forum roundtable and keynote examines new technologies and the future at WBT2010

WBTshowcase announced today that sci-fi think tank founder Arlan Andrews, Sr. P.E. will join seven fellow members of SIGMA on a panel session titled 'The World's Best Technologies - 2010 and Beyond' on Wednesday, March 17th at WBT2010.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Saudia Arabian KACST launches nanotechnology solar energy initiative to produce desalinated water

The new nanotechnology for using solar energy to operate desalination plants was developed by KACST in association with IBM.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Survey shows concerns over copper usage in semiconductor packaging

The results of a new survey shows the semiconductor industry has serious reservations about the reliability and yield of copper bonding wire.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Weisses LED Licht aus Nanopfeilern

Forscher des Paul-Drude-Instituts fuer Festkoerperelektronik entwickeln gemeinsam mit der Industrie und anderen Forschungsinstituten im Rahmen eines EU-Projektes weisse Leuchtdioden (LEDs), die auf Nanosaeulen basieren. Dadurch koennte die Produktion von energiesparenden weissen LEDs deutlich billiger werden.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Sustainable use of nanomaterials for novel engineering solutions

At the fifth DFG-NSF Research Conference approximately 70 high-ranking German and American physics and chemistry researchers discussed important issues of nanotechnology with colleagues from the fields of materials science, materials engineering and life sciences.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Major step towards low-power all-optical switching for optical communications

The January issue of the premier scientific magazine Nature Photonics publishes an ultra-small and fast, electrically pumped all-optical memory on a silicon chip with record low power consumption.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Functional printing enables next wave of mass produced electronic goods

Large-area, organic and printed electronics - complementing traditional silicon-based microelectronics - is at the threshold of mass production, promising a host of thin and lightweight, flexible and robust products.

January 25, 2010 Read more

Fellowship honors NanoTech Institute co-founder

Lauded for his landmark advancements in nanotechnology, optics and the science of physics as a whole, Dr. Anvar Zakhidov has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

January 24, 2010 Read more

Thin film photovoltaic experts gathering in Berlin to discuss efficiency enhancement and cost reduction

Efficiency enhancements, cost reduction and finance sourcing to be addressed by experts at the 2nd Thin Film Solar Summit EU. Leading companies will gather in Berlin on March 17-18, 2010.

January 23, 2010 Read more

Feynman anniversary event to be held at University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina will host a 50th Anniversary reflection on Richard P. Feynman's influential talk 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'.

January 23, 2010 Read more

Argonne scientist awarded $2.5 million for Early Career Research Program

Physicist Antonio Miceli of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded $2.5 million over the next five years as part of DOE's Early Career Research Program.

January 23, 2010 Read more

Students are using nanotechnology to pursue advances in clean energy and health care technologies

A trio of high school seniors conducting hands-on nanotechnology research through internships at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany have been selected as semifinalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Fabricating 100 mm diameter graphene wafers - a key milestone in the development of graphene nanoelectronics

Researchers in the Electro-Optics Center (EOC) Materials Division at Penn State have produced 100 mm diameter graphene wafers, a key milestone in the development of graphene for next generation high-power, high-frequency electronic devices.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Dry printing of nanotube patterns to any surface could revolutionize micro- and nanoelectronics

Rice graduate student Cary Pint has come up with a way to transfer patterns of strongly aligned, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from a substrate to another surface - any surface - in a matter of minutes.

January 22, 2010 Read more