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Novel Electronic Sensor for Accurate and Cost-Efficient Testing of DNA for Disease Diagnosis

A novel electronic sensor array for the rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis has been designed by A*STAR researchers. “Our nanogap sensor array can unambiguously detect the con...

31 Mar 2010

Innovative Materials for Long-Range Day and Night Flights Powered by Only the Sun

Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project. Its founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around the world day and night without fuel, propelled by solar energy only.

31 Mar 2010

Growing "Forests" of Nanostructures on Thin Silicon Films Boosts Their Light-Harvesting Properties

Thin films of silicon are attractive for use in solar cells because of their low material cost and suitability for large-scale fabrication, but their power-conversion efficiency has so far been lacking. The efficiency of...

30 Mar 2010

A*STAR's ICES Becomes Strategic Partner of Integrating Nanomaterials in Formulation

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) has become a strategic partner of InForm, a €1.7 million EU funded project involving 17 world-lead...

30 Mar 2010

"Nanotwinned" Metals Display Both Ultrahigh Strength and Ductility

The enigmatic ability of "nanotwinned" metals to display disparate physical properties-ultrahigh strength and ductility-has been explained by YongWei Zhang and David Srolovitz from the A*STAR Institute of High ...

30 Mar 2010

Unique Organic Ring Compounds Combine to Form Smart Materials with Tunable Visual Attributes

Azulene is an aromatic molecule with a rare, deep-blue color that sets it apart from other organic compounds. Recognized for over 500 years as a natural pigment, azulene's unusual color results from an electronic int...

30 Mar 2010

Poster Being Accepted for Symposium on Environmental and Health Impacts of Nanotechnology

Poster titles are now being accepted for Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology's fourth annual symposium, "Environmental and Health Impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials" set for Thursday, April 29, at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

30 Mar 2010

New Discovery Could Brighten the Future for Photovoltaic Technology

A newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 30 Mar 2010

Startup Licenses UWM nanotechnology

A Milwaukee startup company founded by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has completed a licensing agreement with the UWM Research Foundation for intellectual property that the company will use to develop nanoscale products and devices.

30 Mar 2010

Technique to Turn Defects in Graphene into Tiny Metallic Wires

Researchers at the University of South Florida have developed a technique to turn defects in graphene into tiny metallic wires

30 Mar 2010

EcoloCap Solutions Provides Update on Nanotechnology-Enhanced Battery Products

EcoloCap Solutions Inc., an integrated and complementary network of environmentally-focused technology companies that utilize advanced nanotechnology to design, develop, manufacture and sell cleaner alternative energy pr...

30 Mar 2010

A Predilection for Certain Symmetries

Nature likes some symmetries, but dislikes others. Ordered solids often display a so-called 6-fold rotation symmetry. To achieve this kind of symmetry, the atoms in a plane surround themselves with six neighbours in an arrangement similar to that found in honeycombs.

30 Mar 2010

USPTO Issues Patent Allowance for Cell Specific siRNAs Delivery Methods

MDRNA, Inc., a leading RNAi-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application U.S. 12/701,397 covering methods for the delivery of siRNAs as well as a broad array of compounds with pharmacological activity.

30 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology Projects Seeking to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Useful Products

UCL is involved in two new nanotechnology projects that seek to turn carbon dioxide into useful products.

30 Mar 2010

New Flexible Sensor Interface IC for Battery Management Applications

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, today announced the AS8510, a high precision data acquisition front-end IC for automotive battery current, voltage, temp...

30 Mar 2010