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SFC Setting the Pace for the Fuel Cell Industry

Frost + Sullivan announced today that it has presented its 2008 Market Leadership Award to SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG in recognition of SFC's success in fuel cell commercialization, first-mover market status and signific...

21 Jul 2008

Nano-Sized Jaws Could Lead to More Powerful Sensors and Diagnostic Tools

Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a nano-sized synthetic polymer bundle that can fold in half and trap a zinc molecule between its jaws, a first-of-its-kind feat that mimics how proteins conduct life’s vital functions.

21 Jul 2008

New Technology Promises to Reduce the Need for Drilling and Filling

A new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it’s begun promises to reduce the need for drilling and filling, writes Patrick Walter in SCI’s Chemistry + Industry (C+I) magazine. Drilling is o...

21 Jul 2008

Tree Canopy, an Essential Ingredient in the Development of Novel Smart Materials and Nanodevices

Nature, in the simple form of a tree canopy, appears to provide keen insights into the best way to design complex systems to move substances from one place to another, an essential ingredient in the development of novel "smart" materials.

19 Jul 2008

How Nanotechnology Can Create Cheap Solar Cells

Research into new types of solar cells produced by nanotechnology will be described by Professor Darren Bagnall at the World Renewable Energy Conference in Glasgow which begins tomorrow. Professor Bagnall and his Nano...

18 Jul 2008

Fibre Imprinting Nanotechnology Getting Rugby Fans Closer to the All Blacks Than Ever

Fibre imprinting nanotechnology developed at the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Canterbury is going to get rugby fans closer than ever to the All Blacks.

18 Jul 2008

Researchers Produced LEDs on Low-Cost Metal-Coated Silicon Wafers

Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted.

18 Jul 2008

Cracks and Crystal Structures of Stainless Steel

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (France) and the ESRF has revealed how a growing crack interacts with the 3D crystal structure of stainless steel. By using a new grain mapping technique it was possible to determine the internal 3D structure of the material without destroying the sample.

18 Jul 2008

ORION Helium Ion Microscope Wins Two Prestigious Awards

Carl Zeiss SMT yesterday was presented with a 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award from Semiconductor International magazine in recognition of the revolutionary break-through performance of its ORION(TM) Helium Ion Microscope. The Best Product Awards are presented annually to acknowledge those products that deliver the level of excellence needed to succeed in today's and tomorrow's semiconductor industry.

18 Jul 2008

Researchers Awarded DARPA Grant to Study Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to an interdisciplinary team of Harvard University researchers to study surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the first phase ...

18 Jul 2008

New MRI Technique to See Inside a Magnet Smaller than a Pin Head

What is there to see inside a magnet that's smaller than the head of a pin? Quite a lot, say physicists who've invented a new kind of MRI technique to do just that. The technique may eventually enable the development of extremely small computers, and even give doctors a new tool for studying the plaques in blood vessels that play a role in diseases such as heart disease.

18 Jul 2008

Unveiling the Buried Secrets of the Nanoworld

A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures.

18 Jul 2008

Researchers Discover Method to Induce and Suppress Branching of Nanorods

A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.

18 Jul 2008

Snapshots of Individual Molecular Rotors in Motion

Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has produced components for molecular-scale machines. One such device is a rotor, a movable component that rotates around an axis. Trying to observe such rotational motion on the molecular scale is an extremely difficult undertaking.

18 Jul 2008

Advanced Diamond Technologies Wins R and D 100 Award for UNCD Seals

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc., the world leader in developing and applying diamond films for industrial and electronic applications wins the prestigious R and D 100 Award for its UNCD Seals-deemed “one of the...

17 Jul 2008