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ADA Wins Army Contract to Develop Enhanced Nano-Based Li-Ion Batteries

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $70,000 contract from the U.S. Army to conduct research to further the development of advanced Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for military applications.

From ADA Technologies 21 Jul 2010

Dow Corning Signs MOU with UT to Advance Thin Film Solar Technologies

Researchers at Dow Corning and The University of Toledo (UT) announced today that the organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to engage in collaborative discussions on photovoltaic (PV) solar research and development efforts to help reduce the cost of solar energy to make it a viable and economically competitive energy option globally.

21 Jul 2010

AECOM and Bren School to Analyze Environmental Implications of Nanomaterial

AECOM Technology Corporation is collaborating on new nanotechnology research with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara.

21 Jul 2010

New Energy’s SolarWindow Outperforms Current Thin-Film Technologies

New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:NENE) is pleased to announce that researchers developing its proprietary SolarWindow™ technology have achieved major scientific and technical breakthroughs, allowing the Company...

21 Jul 2010

Deuterium Atoms Increase Shelf Life of Fluorescent Probes

By swapping out one specific hydrogen atom for an isotope twice as heavy, researchers have increased the shelf life and detection ability of fluorescent probes that are essential to studying a variety of inflammatory diseases, including cancer and atherosclerosis.

21 Jul 2010

Nanoparticles Trapped in Silicon Ring Revolved by Optical Forces

To trap and hold tiny microparticles, engineers at Harvard have "put a ring on it," using a silicon-based circular resonator to confine particles stably for up to several minutes.

21 Jul 2010

New Material Can Prove the Existence of Tiny Dipole Moment

Electrons are negatively charged elementary particles. They form the shells around atoms and ions. This or something similar is what you will find in text books. Soon, however, this information may have to be supplemented.

21 Jul 2010

Nanoscale Knots Make Scientific Research Interesting

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have constructed molecular 'knots' with dimensions of around two nanometers (2 x 10-9 nm) – around 30,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Most ...

21 Jul 2010

Significant Breakthrough to Improve Quality of Future Semiconductors

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and researchers from the University of Connecticut (UConn) and Duke University have found a new way to significantly improve the screening of small delay defects (SDDs) commonly found in semiconductors.

21 Jul 2010

MicroGen and Cornell’s emc2 Sign MOU to Develop Self-Charging Batteries

To serve a world bent on gaining autonomous power for wireless sensors, MicroGen Systems LLC, of Ithaca and Cornell University's Energy Materials Center (emc2) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop &qu...

21 Jul 2010

New Publication on Nanoscale CMOS Devices

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f88337/nanoscale_cmos_in) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Nanoscale CMOS: Innovative Materials, Modeling and Cha...

21 Jul 2010

Electric-Field-Assisted Magnetic Data Writing on Hard Drive

The rapidly growing quantity of digital information is placing stringent demands on the storage capacity of magnetic media, such as hard drives. Increasing the number of magnetic bits stored in a given area can increase ...

21 Jul 2010

Institute of Microelectronics and Stanford University to Develop Silicon Nanowire Based Circuits Inspired by the Brain

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced a collaborative partnership with Stanford University to develop silicon nanowire based circuits that are inspired by the brain.

20 Jul 2010

Reactions Between Carbon Species and Tube Caps Affect Carbon Nanotube Growth and Electronic Properties

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are versatile nanomaterials made of rolled-up honeycomb-like sheets of carbon atoms. Depending on the direction and degree of twisting of these sheets, nanotubes can behave as meta...

20 Jul 2010

SPTS to Exhibit at Semicon West

SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), a global supplier of advanced capital equipment and process technologies in the semiconductor industry and related markets, celebrates its first 9 months of positive growth ahead of...

20 Jul 2010