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Black solar cells for a greener future
Solar cells of the future may look totally black to the human eye because they absorb light so efficiently.
August 5, 2008 Read more
Australia's first nanotechnology dialogue criticized as industry-biased
Australia's first ever attempt to involve members of the public in development of nanotechnology policy is hopelessly compromised, Friends of the Earth said today.
August 5, 2008 Read more
Open forum to discuss clean nanotechnologies
UC Santa Barbara?s Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) invite the community to attend a casual public forum called 'Nano-Meeter' to discuss the use and implications of 'green nanotechnologies' on Thursday, August 28.
August 4, 2008 Read more
A first in integrated nanowire sensor circuitry
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on nanowire arrays, combining light sensors and electronics made of different crystalline materials.
August 4, 2008 Read more
Nanotech Northern Europe hosts world's first truly global panel on public-sector nanotechnology funding
Key figures from around the world will gather to discuss the prospects and priorities for public funding of nanotechnology at Nanotech Northern Europe 2008.
August 4, 2008 Read more
Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion
New alloy composition could cut costs for petrochemical industry.
August 4, 2008 Read more
Shape, not just size, impacts effectiveness of emerging nanomedicine therapies
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that shape matters even more than size for nanoparticles - a finding that could lead to new and more effective methods for treating cancer and other diseases, from diabetes and multiple sclerosis to arthritis and obesity.
August 4, 2008 Read more
First neutrons created at the ISIS Second Target Station
The UK's ISIS Second Target Station Project moved a major step closer to completion when the first neutrons were created in the ISIS Second Target Station.
August 3, 2008 Read more
The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet
The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and at FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg, Germany, an international group of scientists has produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic objects ever made, thousands of times more efficiently than previous x-ray-holographic methods.
August 2, 2008 Read more
Advanced Energy Consortium issues request for proposals from researchers in the nanotechnology industry
The Advanced Energy Consortium, a research consortium managed by the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, has issued a request for proposals to develop micro- and nanoscale technology for enhanced reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon detection in conventional oil and gas reservoirs with the ultimate goal of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from known fields.
August 2, 2008 Read more
Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale
Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others.
August 1, 2008 Read more
Seven mega-science projects under construction at Chinese Academy of Sciences
With the support of Chinese government, CAS has been undertaking national mega-science projects in line with both the requirements of the national socio-economic development and cutting-edge development of science and technology in the world.
August 1, 2008 Read more
Nano sculptures in gold
Scientists in Berlin are using a new method to resolve the structure of uncharged gold nano particles.
August 1, 2008 Read more
New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime
Successful convictions in the fight against rising gun crime could be given a boost thanks to new DNA tagging technology developed by scientists at the University of Surrey.
August 1, 2008 Read more
China becomes a physics powerhouse
Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses.
August 1, 2008 Read more
Revolutionary Goretex design fuels the next generation of hybrid cars
Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build.
August 1, 2008 Read more
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