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Small Organic Molecules with High Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities May Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes wil...

15 Mar 2009

Company Developing its Communications and Nanotechnology Capabilities

Ambit Corporation announced today that it received a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent Office for its US patent application No. 20050200536, entitled "Personal Communication Device Connectivity Arrangement&quot...

14 Mar 2009

Project Turning to Nanotechnology to Dramatically Ramp Up Efficiency of Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

14 Mar 2009

Electrochemical Technique Follows Motion of Microparticles in Space and Time

These processes may also play a role in infections. Following a swimming bacterium without influencing its motion is difficult. Nanotechnology researchers are also interested in determining the motion of nanoparticles, which would be useful for the development of nanomotors, for example.

13 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology - Ingredients for More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research ...

13 Mar 2009

Nanocups Lighting the Way Toward Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Lubricant Reduces Fuel Consumption in Vehicles by More Than 5 Percent

ApNano Materials, Inc., a cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that vehicle tests carried out by independent automotive test centers and car fleets, including field tests of ca...

12 Mar 2009

New Applications for Carbon Nanomaterials in Hydrogen Storage

An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental an...

12 Mar 2009

Scientists Develop for First Time Nano Treatment that Transports 'Tumour Busting' Genes Selectively to Cancer Cells

Cancer Research UK scientists have for the first time developed a treatment that transports 'tumour busting' genes selectively to cancer cells, according to a study published online in Cancer Research.

12 Mar 2009

PolyOne Announces Agreement to Develop Carbon-Nanotube Thermoplastic Composites

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, and Zyvex Performance Materials, a recognized worldwide leader in carbon nanotube-enhanced applications, today...

12 Mar 2009