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A Step Toward the Realization of New Hydrogen Production System Using Solar Light

Kazuhiro Sayama, Yugo Miseki, et al. of Solar Light Energy Conversion Group, the Energy Technology Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, developed a tungsten oxide (W...

17 May 2010

Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XI Volume Includes Research Paper on Nano-Magnetic Fluid

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9778fd/defects_and_diffus) has announced the addition of the "Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XI" report to their offering. Series: Defect ...

15 May 2010

UCLA Engineers Receive $5.5 Million Grant to Advance MEMS for Defense Applications

If you've ever used an iPhone, a Wii video game or an automobile airbag, you've benefited from micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, in which arrays of tiny devices mounted on computer chips — many no larger than the width of a human hair — are able to sense and respond to changes in heat, light, motion, sound or other external stimuli.

15 May 2010

DALSA to Discuss MEMS Fabrication at METRIC 2010

DALSA Corporation, a world-leading semiconductor and MEMS foundry, will participate in a panel discussion on MEMS fabrication at METRIC 2010 in San Jose, CA, held May 18-19, 2010.

From Teledyne DALSA 15 May 2010

Startup that Eyes Radical Shift in Cement Industry Wins MIT $100K Business-Plan Competition

Judging by history, an MIT-student startup company called C-Crete Technologies, which won this week's finals of the annual student-run MIT $100K Business Plan Competition, stands a good chance of beating the odds to ...

14 May 2010

Research Expands List of Potential Electrode Materials that Could Be Used to Store Energy

Expanding on work published two years ago, MIT's Daniel Nocera and his associates have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity.

14 May 2010

Students Complete First-of-its-Kind Nanotechnology Educational Initiative

Nearly 60 students have completed first-of-its-kind educational initiative developed jointly by the UAlbany NanoCollege and City School District of Albany Graduation ceremonies were held today for 19 Albany High Schoo...

14 May 2010

Molecular Technique Could Lead to New Generation of Psychiatric Medications

UCLA researchers and their collaborators have developed a method that could open the door for investigations into the function of half of all proteins in the human body.

14 May 2010

Argonne Scientists Examine Nanoparticle Crystallization in Unprecedented Detail

A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has "seen" the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail.

From Argonne National Laboratory 14 May 2010

EIT Experiments Lead to Development of Quantum Computer

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) describes the effect, that the interaction of an atomic medium with a weak laser field can be controlled and manipulated coherently with a second, strong laser field. Pra...

14 May 2010

Quantum Experiment Helps to Understand Interactions Between Microscopic Particles

MPQ-LMU scientists demonstrate for the first time exotic multi-particle interactions between ultracold atoms in an artificial crystal of light. At extremely low temperatures atoms can aggregate into so-called Bose Einstein condensates forming coherent laser-like matter waves.

14 May 2010