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Nano-Sized Silicon Crystals Can Act as Electrical Conductor in Computer Chips

In the materials science equivalent of a football fan jumping onto the field and scoring a touchdown, scientists are documenting that one fundamental component of computer chips, long regarded as a passive bystander, can...

From American Chemical Society 20 Jan 2011

Solar3D Releases Plans for 3-D Solar Cell Development

Solar3D, Inc. the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced details of its plan for the development of the Company’s solar cell.

20 Jan 2011

Atoll Develops Chromatography Platform to Accelerate Biopharmaceutical Production Processes

Atoll GmbH has developed a miniaturised chromatography platform that facilitates and accelerates complex biopharmaceutical production processes. Process developers from research and development laboratories around the...

20 Jan 2011

New Study Highlights Major Flaw in Single-Question Surveys on Nanotechnology or Biofuels

A new study by researchers from Arizona State University, North Carolina State University and University of Wisconsin highlights a major flaw in attempting to use a single survey question to assess public opinion on science issues.

From Arizona State University 20 Jan 2011

NIST Scientists Say That Pathway of Electrons Become Hard in Graphene-Based Devices

Electronics researchers love graphene. A two-dimensional sheet of carbon one atom thick, graphene is like a superhighway for electrons, which rocket through the material with 100 times the mobility they have in silicon. ...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 20 Jan 2011

Analog Devices Launches ADMP441 iMEMS Microphone

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, introduced today the ADMP441 iMEMS® microphone, the industry’s first high-performance MEMS microphone with an I2S (Inter-IC Sound) digital output.

From Analog Devices 20 Jan 2011

United Microelectronics Produces Customer Sensor Products Using MEMS Technology

United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the company has produced customer Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor products, with volume production scheduled for this year.

From United Microelectronics Corporation 20 Jan 2011

New Book on Rise of Thin-Film Solar Technology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Rise and Rise of Solar Thin Film: The 2010 Thin-film Annual" book to their offering. The Rise of Thin-Film Solar Technology represents the combine...

20 Jan 2011

ReneSola Develops New Virtus Wafer to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company") a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and provider of solar modules, today announced that it has developed a new multicrystalline wafer, the Virtus Wafer, which improves solar cell efficiency.

20 Jan 2011

The Challenge to Creating Graphene-Based Electronics

19 Jan 2011

Nanopreme--New Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Epoxy Resin for Racquets and Golf Clubs

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:APNT) is pleased to announce that it has developed a new nanotechnology carbon composite material in partnership with Japanese sporting goods giant, Yonex. The new material, call...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 19 Jan 2011

Using Nanocrystals in Lead Telluride Can Harness Electricity

Researchers at Northwestern University have placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride, creating a material that can harness electricity from heat-generating items such as vehicle exhaust systems, industrial processes and equipment and sun light more efficiently than scientists have seen in the past.

19 Jan 2011

Chemistry Students Synthesize Molecules That Might Treat Deadly Diseases

Not many college students can say their efforts in the laboratory may lead to therapies for diseases that devastate millions of people worldwide, but chemistry students in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis can.

19 Jan 2011

New Cholera Toxin Detection Technique Uses Sugar Coated with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

A complex sugar may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a disease that has claimed thousands of lives in Haiti since the devastating earthquake last year.

19 Jan 2011

New Nano-Structured Materials for Human Stem Cell Development

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 322,000 deaths globally per year are linked to severe injuries from fire and in many of these cases death could have been avoided with surgical intervention....

19 Jan 2011