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UA Physicists Discover New Way to Turn Waste Heat into Electricity

UA physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power.

27 Sep 2010

Celebration of 25th Anniversary of Nanotechnology Research at Rice University

If a gathering for 800 could ever be considered "nano," this would be the one. Next month Rice University's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology will kick off its Week of Nano ...

27 Sep 2010

Rice Researchers Develop New Nano Antenna that Captures Light

Everybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does: It captures the aerial signals that make those devices practical. A lab at Rice University has built an antenna that captures light i...

27 Sep 2010

New Nano-Based Approach Provides Controlled and Sustained Drug Delivery

The mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene results in CF. The most common mutation, DeltaF508-CFTR, is a temperature-sensitive, trafficking mutant with reduced chloride transpo...

27 Sep 2010

Caliopa to Develop Optical Transceivers for Data and Telecommunications Markets

Silicon photonics allows for small, highly integrated & low power optical transceivers for data and telecommunication. Ghent University (UGent) and imec today announced the creation of Caliopa, a spin-off from the...

27 Sep 2010

Researchers Make Advancements in Quantum Information Systems

Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems – including a technique for converting photons carrying quantum data to wavelengths that can be transmitted long distances on optical fiber telecom networks.

27 Sep 2010

Protein Nanopore Enables DNA Strand Sequencing

Research published this week in Nature Nanotechnology shows a new method of enzyme-controlled movement of a single strand of DNA through a protein nanopore. The paper, by researchers at the University of California S...

27 Sep 2010

Researchers Use Water-Based Solar Devices to Produce Electricity

A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices – "artificial leaves" – can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings prove...

From North Carolina State University 27 Sep 2010

Organometallic Fuel Cell Converts Renewable Alcohols into Energy and Chemicals

The concept of converting renewable raw materials so cleverly that the same process simultaneously produces both energy and industrially desirable chemicals has been high on the wish-list for those who seek environmentally friendly and resource-saving chemistry.

24 Sep 2010

Merck Opens New Material Research Center

With the opening of a new research center, the pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck is underscoring the importance of chemical research at its corporate headquarters in Darmstadt. German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angel...

24 Sep 2010

Breakthrough Enables Ability to Actually Record, Study and Visualize Magnetism of Individual Atoms at Staggering Speeds

Today IBM researchers published a breakthrough technique in the peer-reviewed journal Science that measures how long a single atom can hold information, and giving scientists the ability to record, study and "visualize" extremely fast phenomena inside these atoms.

24 Sep 2010

NCI Awards Five-Year, Multi-Institution Grants to Support Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer Program

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded five-year, multi-institution grants in continued support of its Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer program. The Alliance is engaged in efforts to leverage the specific a...

24 Sep 2010

Ghent University and imec Announces Creation of Caliopa

Ghent University (UGent) and imec today announced the creation of Caliopa, a spin-off from their world leading Photonics Research Group. An initial 2 million Euro in funding was raised from Baekeland, Fidimec, PMV-Vinnof...

From IMEC 24 Sep 2010

Applied Market Information Holds First Global Conference On Commercialising Nanotubes

Applied Market Information is holding the first global conference on Commercialising Nanotubes to coincide with a massive expansion in carbon nanotube (CNT) capacity. The event will take place on 8-11 March 2011 at the M...

24 Sep 2010

European Government Officials Discuss Insurability of Nanotechnologies at 4th International Nano Authorities Dialogue

Government officials from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein met at the invitation of Liechtenstein for the 4th International Nano Authorities Dialogue. The participants discussed current developments in nanotechnologies, while the focus was on legal and technical issues about the insurability and regulation of nanotechnologies.

24 Sep 2010