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Merck to Sponsor Three-Year Joint R+D Program with QLight Nanotech

Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today at the NanoIsrael conference the signing of a researc...

30 Mar 2009

Amorphous Silicon Based Photovoltaic to Reach $4.1 Billion by 2014

According to NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come.

30 Mar 2009

Molecular Assembly Line for Predictable, High-Precision Nano-Construction

Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles - particles measuring mere billionths of a meter - scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a molecular assembly line for predictable, high-precision nano-construction.

29 Mar 2009

Revolutionary Nanospring Technology Key to Enhanced Energy Density

GoNano Technologies, Inc., a Moscow, Idaho based nanotechnology company specializing in the development of high surface area Nanospring™ technology, recently received a Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $97,761 from the National Science Foundation to develop novel electrodes for next generation ultracapacitors.

29 Mar 2009

Dye-Doped Nanoparticles Ideal for Quantitative Description of Oxygen Concentrations in Living Cells and Tissues

We cannot live without it; yet too much of it causes damage: oxygen is a critical component of many physiological and pathological processes in living cells. Oxygen deficiency in tissues is thus related to tumor growth, retinal damage from diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis.

27 Mar 2009

Researchers Develop Method to Deliver Pesticides via Nanofibers

The new technology also extends how long the pesticides remain effective and improves the safety of applications. As the fiber biodegrades, the chemicals are slowly released into the soil.

27 Mar 2009

Modern Manufacturing Methods Inefficient in Use of Materials and Energy

Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes. Overall, new manufacturing ...

27 Mar 2009

Balancing Opportunities and Risks Associated with Nanotechnology

The challenge with all emerging liabilities is to identify risk potentialities at an early stage, and well before they become the subject of court action.

27 Mar 2009

The Materials Set to Revolutionize the Electronics Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Solution Processing of Inorganic Materials" to their offering. The search for electronic materials that can be ch...

27 Mar 2009