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XRD Imaging of an Aerogel Revealed Nanoscale 3-D Bulk Lattice Structure

A multi-institutional team of scientists has used beamline 9.0.1 at the Advanced Light Source to perform high-resolution x-ray diffraction imaging of an aerogel for the first time, revealing its nanoscale three-dimensional bulk lattice structure down to features measured in nanometers, billionths of a meter.

1 Aug 2008

QuantumSphere Nano NiFe Electrodes Accelerate Production of Clean Hydrogen

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode systems, and related technologies for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced electrodes coated with the company&#3...

1 Aug 2008

BudgetSensors Announces Commercial Availability of HS-500MG

Following the introduction of the AFM height calibration standards HS-100MG and the HS-20MG, BudgetSensors announces the commercial introduction of third type of AFM height calibration standard – the HS-500MG. ...

1 Aug 2008

New Nanomaterial Making Plastic Stiffer, Lighter and Stronger

A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment.

1 Aug 2008

Nanoscale Lithium Iron Phosphate Holds Key to Tomorrow's Electric Car Batteries

Why does lithium iron phosphate, a candidate for use in future lithium batteries, conduct electricity despite being an insulating material? Chemists at CNRS, working in collaboration with a team from CEA-Liten, have shed light on this paradox.

1 Aug 2008

Next Generation of Electronic Nose using Nanotechnology

QualSec--Electronic noses have been used for years in the laboratories of NASA and other organizations. However, until now they have been impractical for use in the real world. Electronic noses have lacked portability, t...

1 Aug 2008

Goretex Revolutionising Design of Fuel Cells Used in Next Generation of Hybrid Cars

Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build. The breakthrough, published toda...

1 Aug 2008

New Material Opens Pathway Toward More Efficient Fuel Cells

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Aug 2008

u-IT Purchases CLUSTERLINE® 200 II for MEMS Research and Production

In June, u-IT Cluster Center, a Korean RFID/USN infrastructure facility providing foundry service of MEMS Sensors (USN Fab) and RFID/USN related activities from design to testing of RFID/USN products (RFID/USN Engineerin...

1 Aug 2008

Nansulate Energy Saving Coatings get African Distributor

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. continued its international expansion with the announcement today that the exclusive distributor in Africa for the Company's patented Nansulate energy saving coatings.

1 Aug 2008

Graphene-Derived Nanomaterials Show Promise as Next Generation Atomically Thin Transistors

Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have characterized an aspect of graphene film behavior by measuring the way it conducts electricity on a substrate. This milestone advances the potential application of graphe...

31 Jul 2008

Graphene Nanoribbons Hold Enormous Promise as Nanoscale Devices

Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, phy...

31 Jul 2008

The Closer You Get, The More Interesting Phenomena You Find

Many of us have been fascinated by the concept of absolute zero, the temperature at which everything comes to a complete stop. But physics tells us otherwise: absolute zero cannot be reached but only approached, and the ...

31 Jul 2008

Shedding New Light on Superconductivity

Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of California, Irvine, and the University of California, Davis have proposed a new characterization for the bizarre behavior of certain super-cooled materials--many that act as superconductors--which suggests a paradigm shift in the way scientists understand superconductivity.

From Los Alamos National Laboratory 31 Jul 2008

EmTech08 to Explore Cutting-Edge Innovations in Nanotechnology

Technology Review, Inc., the authority on the future of technology, today announced agenda highlights of its EmTech08 Conference, to be held September 23-25, 2008, on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Mass. Now in its eighth ...

31 Jul 2008