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New Division Focuses on the Use of Nanotechnology in Solar Panel Cell Designs

Nanosys today announced the creation of QD Soleil™, a wholly owned division focused on the use of its proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs. Nanotechnology is the next step in the natural evolution of a solar generated grid-ready energy supply.

From Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc 8 May 2009

"Spin Ice" Revealing a Secret of the Universe

This week New Scientist cover article by journalist Eugenie Samuel Reich describes how a special material called spin ice, co-discovered in 1997 by Professor Steven Bramwell of the London Centre for Nanotechnology has co...

8 May 2009

New Generation of Nano-Devices Working Towards Producing Data with Enormous Consequences

It seems extraordinary that a device on the nanoscale, smaller than a human hair, could hold clues to the fundamental driving force shaping the entire universe.

8 May 2009

Technique Relies Upon Uncertainty Principle

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They show how entanglement, in the form of beams ...

8 May 2009

Center to Develop Pioneering Nanotechnology Capable of Using Thermoelectrics to Harvest Energy from Waste Heat

Two Boston College physicists have been awarded $2.1 million in "green energy" funding from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a multi-university project to develop solid-state materials that transfer solar energy to electricity.

8 May 2009

NanoCollege Professor Receives Award for Excellence in Research from University at Albany

Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky, Professor of Nanoscience at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE"), today received the Award for Excellence in Research from the University at Albany ("UAlbany") for exceptional research over a sustained number of years.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 8 May 2009

Firsthand Look at Careers in the Emerging Field of Nanotechnology

More than 300 middle- and high-school students from throughout Tech Valley got a firsthand look at careers in the emerging field of nanotechnology while attending NanoCareer Day on May 7 at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany.

8 May 2009

A Very High Power Battery System Based on Nanotechnology

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence of imported oil.

8 May 2009

ADT Announces Addition of Electrically Conductive and Dynamic Mode Probes for AFM

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) announces two additions to its award-winning NaDiaProbe® family of all-diamond probes for atomic force microscopy (AFM)--electrically conductive and dynamic mode probes. Both varie...

8 May 2009

Software Module for Optical Tweezers from Carl Zeiss

The Force Measurement module of the PALM RoboSoftware enables the quantitative measurement of the forces of microscopic specimens with the PALM MicroTweezers from Carl Zeiss. The new module allows users in the fields of life sciences, materials sciences and pharmacy to measure cell elasticity, molecular binding properties or plasma membrane features of biological specimens, for example.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 8 May 2009

Revolution in the Purification of Micro Powders

Harper International adds another first in the thermal processing of advanced materials. An advanced Rotary reactor system has recently been installed and commissioned for the purification of fine oxide based powders...

8 May 2009

Journey into the Sub-Microscopic World of Molecular Machines

The Machinery of Life is a journey into the sub-microscopic world of molecular machines. Readers are introduced to the types of molecules within the cell, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and polysaccharides. Then, in a series of full-color illustrations, which show a portion of a living cell magnified 1,000,000 times, the reader is guided through the interior world of cells.

8 May 2009