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Novelx Wins Prestigious R+D 100 Award

Novelx, Inc. was just selected for a prestigious R+D 100 Award for one of the 100 most technologically significant new products in 2009. R+D Magazine recognized the Novelx mySEM® for miniaturizing and driving the cost out of the core technology inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

20 Jul 2009

Using Advanced Optical Materials To Study Black Holes

Xiang Zhang, a faculty scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and professor at the University of California Berkeley, lead a study in which it was determined that the interactions of light and matter with spacetime, as predicted by general relativity, can be studied using the new breed of artificial optical materials that feature extraordinary abilities to bend light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 Jul 2009

Leading Asian Electronics Materials Company Increases Shareholding in Nanoco

Nanoco, a leader in the global quantum dot market, announces that Kisco Limited ("Kisco"), the leading Asian electronics materials trading and manufacturing company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, purchased 2,87...

From Nanoco Technologies 20 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology Could Power Superfast Airplanes

An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly faster and make diesel engines cleaner and more efficient.

20 Jul 2009

How Light Emission from Quantum Dots is Modified When in Proximity to Smooth Metal Films

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory's CNM Nanophotonics Group have measured how light emission from individual colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, is modified when in proximity to smooth metal films.

From Argonne National Laboratory 20 Jul 2009

Sandia National Lab Researchers Wins Five R+D 100 Awards for 2009

Sandia National Laboratories researchers - competing in an international pool that includes universities, start-ups, large corporations, and government labs - received five R+D 100 Awards this year.

From Sandia National Laboratories 20 Jul 2009

"Towards Biosolar Cells" Program Granted Budget of 25 Million Euros by Dutch Government

The research programme Towards Biosolar Cells was granted a budget of 25 million euros by the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality recommended the programme because it will contribute to green energy, improve food supplies and a create a more sustainable biomass.

20 Jul 2009

Single-Molecule Experiments Show How Mechanical Strength in Muscles is Anchored in Titin-Telethonin Complex

A research collaboration between Munich-based biophysicists and a structural biologist in Hamburg is helping to explain why our muscles, and those of other animals, don't simply fall apart under stress. Their finding...

20 Jul 2009

NIST Grants to Support for the Construction of New Scientific Research Facilities

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is awarding grants totaling more than $55.5 million to four universities to provide cost-shared support for...

20 Jul 2009

Argonne Lab Researchers Wins Four R+D 100 Awards

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory received four R+D 100 awards as judged by R+D Magazine.

From Argonne National Laboratory 20 Jul 2009

Asylum's Cypher Atomic Force Microscope Awarded R+D100 Award for 2009

Asylum Research and R+D Magazine have announced that Asylum's Cypher Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has been awarded the R+D100 Award for 2009. Cypher is the first completely new small sample AFM/SPM in over a decade and is the world's highest resolution AFM.

20 Jul 2009

Berkeley Lab Wins Four of R+D Magazine's Prestigious R+D 100 Awards for 2009

Four of R+D Magazine's prestigious R+D 100 Awards for 2009, which recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year, have gone to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and their colleagues.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 Jul 2009