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Study Finds New, Less Costly Solar Cell Materials Can Meet Energy Demand

Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

17 Feb 2009

Efficiency of Thin Film Solar Cells for Homes and Buildings Reaches 7 Percent

In Vikram Dalal's 37 years of researching solar technology, the efficiency of thin film solar cells for homes and buildings has improved from 1 percent to about 7 percent.

17 Feb 2009

IBM Scientist Awarded 2009 Charles Stark Draper Prize

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that IBM Research Scientist Robert H. Dennard was the recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's 2009 Charles Stark Draper Prize.

17 Feb 2009

World's First 65nm System-on-Chip for China's CMMB Mobile TV

Newport Media, an innovative fabless semiconductor company supplying products to the mobile broadcast media industry, today announces the world's first complete 65nm CMOS single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) digital television standard.

17 Feb 2009

Intelligent Nano-Hydrogels Capable of Detecting Cancer Cells

One of the problems in the treatment of cancers continues to be the lack of ability when it comes to discriminating between healthy and unhealthy cells, with the result being that all cells are affected non-specifically ...

17 Feb 2009

Nanoscale Grating Structure Trapping and Releasing Variety of Light Waves

People debating politics are well-advised to shed more light than heat. Engineers working in optical technologies have the same aspiration. Light waves transmit data with much greater speed than do electrical signals,...

17 Feb 2009

Industrial Nanotech Launches "Nansulate Greenhouse"

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company has launched "Nansulate Greenhouse", a thin film, easy to apply, thermal insulation coating designed to be applied to the clear panels of greenhouses to reduce energy consumption and costs without reducing the passage of light critical to healthy plant growth.

17 Feb 2009

Baker and Daniels LLP Writes Two Chapters in New Nanotechnology Book

A nanotechnology book with two chapters by Ralph F. Hall of Baker + Daniels LLP will be released Feb. 18-19 at the second annual Conference of Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy in Washington, D.C. Hall also is co...

17 Feb 2009

Collaboration Addresses Metrology and Data-Analysis Solutions to Enable Manufacturing at 45 nm and Beyond

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Metrosol, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and worldwide supplier of short wavelength optical metrology solutions, announced today that Metrosol has joined SEMATECH...

17 Feb 2009

Highly Accurate Nano-Scale Biomonitoring Solution for Detecting Pollutants and Diseases

For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern advances, though, it can take days to detect a fatal chemical or organism.

17 Feb 2009

More Specific and Faster Detection of Viruses has been Identified

A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin's Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College's Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructur...

17 Feb 2009

UT Engineers Receive $3.2 Million in NSF CAREER Awards

Eight engineering assistant professors at The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation, an honor which recognizes promising you...

17 Feb 2009

$Renowned Diffraction Analysis Pioneer to Speak at PANalytical Building Materials Conference$

Renowned Diffraction Analysis Pioneer to Speak at PANalytical Building Materials Conference

PANalytical (Almelo, The Netherlands) is pleased to announce that renowned Dutch scientist and diffraction analysis pioneer, Dr. Hugo Rietveld, will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the 2009 Building Materials Analysis workshop to be held at the Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany.

17 Feb 2009

Freiburg Nanotechnologist and Frankfurt Atomic physicist Awarded Funding for Projects

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has announced that it will fund two new especially innovative and high-risk research projects. The Joint Committee of Germany's largest research f...

17 Feb 2009

Partnership Providing SUSS MicroTec Opportunity to Expand Leadership in MEMS and Nanotechnology Market

SUSS MicroTec, supplier of innovative solutions for 3D Integration, Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Nanotechnology and Compound Semiconductor markets, and iX-factory, a leading expert for single wafer production and technical services, announced today that they are closely cooperating on microfludics and integrated optical applications.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 17 Feb 2009