Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable medical devices and sensors that last far longer when running from a battery.
Feb 4th, 2008
Read moreThree female students from Pisa will present their project on nanotechnology's potential application in the biomedical field to the business community in Silicon Valley, California.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Read moreFrom the wine industry to the nuclear sector, India and France signed up a series of pacts to enhance ties in science and technology during the recent visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Feb 3rd, 2008
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Have you ever wanted to shoot up nanobots? MoreGames has the right game for you.
Feb 2nd, 2008
Read moreIt's not every day you get a call offering you $100,000 - much less a commitment for $9.1 million - but Munir Nayfeh got such a call in August. The University of Illinois physics professor had just published a paper in the journal Applied Physics Letters. The paper explained how an ultrathin layer of nanomaterials could improve the efficiency of solar cells.
Feb 2nd, 2008
Read moreAs Korea pushes into the so-called hydrogen economy, the nation as a whole could be likened to children in the back seat of the family car, asking their parents over and over as each landmark is passed 'are we there yet.' The answer is not yet - not even close, though milestones are flying by at a faster clip.
Feb 2nd, 2008
Read moreBeta-carotene, used in foods and beverages as colourants and health ingredient, can be stabilised by novel nano-scale carriers, suggests innovative research from Germany.
Feb 1st, 2008
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Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg is presenting avenues towards industrial mass production at the world's largest trade fair for nanotechnology, the nano tech 2008 from February 21 through 23 in Tokyo.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreNew book warns of threats posed by ambient intelligence, calls for safeguards.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreChemists unveil new process for capturing and storing gas; potential spin-offs include improvements to greenhouse gas management and fuel cell development.
Feb 1st, 2008
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Optical scientist says transformation of any metal to any color now possible.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreOver the next decade, TU Delft is set to invest 10 million Euro derived from strategic assets in the new Bionanoscience department, which will form part of the university�??s successful Kavli Institute of Nanoscience. Last week, the Kavli Foundation also agreed to help support the initiative financially by donating 5 million US$.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreProteins of photosynthetic bacteria can be used to generate a photocurrent.
Feb 1st, 2008
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Two different chemical compounds can be used to draw perpendicular molecular lines on the surface of silicon substrates.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreNew white paper offers analysis of public venture capital funding mechanisms.
Feb 1st, 2008
Read moreA University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
Feb 1st, 2008
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