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Plants Inspire New Generation of Solar Cells

The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

25 Feb 2009

LayTec Enters New Field of Business

LayTec, the major provider of in-situ monitoring equipment to the compound semiconductor industry, is entering a new field of business. With its brand new product-line SolR, LayTec will provide the first in-line monit...

From LayTec GmbH 25 Feb 2009

Next Generation of Smaller More-Efficient Electronic Devices Could Be Based on Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists and engineers the world over have thought for years that the next generation of smaller, more-efficient electronic and photonic devices could be based on the use of carbon nanotubes, structures 10,000 times thinner than a human hair but with tremendous potential.

25 Feb 2009

Engineers Use 'Nano-Origami' to Fold Nanoscale Materials into Simple 3-D Structures

Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an electronic device.

25 Feb 2009

Report Examines Worldwide Nanotechnology Electric Vehicle Market

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Worldwide Nanotechnology Electric Vehicle Market Shares Strategies, a...

25 Feb 2009

CNSE Secures $1 Million in Funding in Omnibus Appropriations Bill

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that Senator Charles Schumer, in partnership with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has secured $1 million in fund...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 25 Feb 2009

Team Discovers Simple Laws of Nanoscale Friction

To understand friction on a very small scale, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers had to think big. Friction is a force that affects any application where moving parts come into contact; the more surf...

25 Feb 2009

New Microscope Uses "Silver Nanoparticle" to Reveal Hidden Details

In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses "silver nanoparticle" ...

25 Feb 2009

Super-Thin Films of Carbon Poised to Revolutionize Electronics

Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digi...

25 Feb 2009

World's Smallest Periscope to Look at Cells and Other Micro-Organisms

A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

25 Feb 2009