New efficiency benchmark for dye-sensitized solar cells
Researchers have achieved a record light conversion efficiency of 8.2% in solvent-free dye-sensitized solar cells.
Jun 29th, 2008
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Co-discoverer of buckyballs retiring
Robert Curl never had a 20-year plan, but his natural curiosity led the way to a Nobel Prize.
Jun 29th, 2008
Read moreUsing a grating with a grade, engineers trap a rainbow
Lehigh University researchers work at nanoscale to facilitate the integration of optical structures with electrical devices.
Jun 27th, 2008
Read moreIST research in Europe: good, but could do better
EU funding for information society technologies (IST) research under the Sixth Framework Programme has helped make Europe a world leader in a number of key areas, including high-speed networking and nano-electronics. Nevertheless, systemic changes are urgently needed to remove the remaining barriers to innovation which are preventing the full exploitation of research results.
Jun 27th, 2008
Read moreResearchers create mercury-absorbent container linings for broken compact fluorescent lamps
Sales of the curlicue, energy-sipping bulbs, which previously had languished since they were introduced in the United States in 1979, reached nearly 300 million last year. There is just one catch to this energy conservation story: Each CFL contains a small amount (3 to 5 milligrams) of mercury, a neurotoxin that can be released as vapor when a bulb is broken.
Jun 27th, 2008
Read moreInstalling 'traffic lights' inside living cells
A new technique installs fluorescent 'traffic lights' in living cells, enabling researchers to tell whether or not they are actively dividing.
Jun 27th, 2008
Read moreIn 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures
Cornell researchers have developed a method to self-assemble metals into complex nanostructures. Applications include making more efficient and cheaper catalysts for fuel cells and industrial processes and creating microstructured surfaces to make new types of conductors that would carry more information across microchips than conventional wires do.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreQuantum computing breakthrough arises from unknown molecule
The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreResearchers develop new technique for fabricating nanowire circuits
Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreOn the boil: New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency
Hyper-efficient boiling could lead to smaller computer chips, lower energy costs.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreMIT Energy Initiative and Bosch announce energy collaboration
As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, are forming an energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient energy-conversion and energy-storage systems.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreNovel ferroelectric NAND flash memory cell demonstrates 10000 times more program and erase cycles than conventional memory cells
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated that the use of ferroelectric gate field-effect transistors (FeFETs) as memory cells dramatically improves the performance of NAND flash memory.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreGiant memory thanks to tiny capacitors
German-Korean research team produces a permanent memory using a new procedure and thereby sets a memory density record.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreNanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells
Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells - a fact that may explain why vaccines fare poorly against some invaders.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreAutomakers turn to nanotechnology as precious metal prices soar
Reeling from a relentless rise in precious metal prices, Japanese automakers are banking on new know-how, including nanotechnology, to clean up car exhausts in place of platinum and related metals.
Jun 26th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology risks: the unclear fate of nanosilver
Tiny particles of silver designed to kill germs are being put into socks to control odor. But as a recent story on ScienCentral explains, what happens to that nanosilver later is concerning some scientists.
Jun 25th, 2008
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