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Breakthrough in Ultra Low-Cost Plastic Memory Material

Researchers at the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen have developed a technology for a plastic ferro-electric diode which they believe will achieve a breakthrough in the development o...

17 Jun 2008

Mechanism Behind Computing's Elusive Holy Grail

Michigan Technological University physicist Ranjit Pati and his team have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy Grail, the single molecular switch. If born out experimentally, ...

17 Jun 2008

Nanotechnology Paving the Way Toward Improved Solar Cells

Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower cost. Researchers have found a surprising way to give the nanotubes the properties they need: add defects.

17 Jun 2008

Researchers Testing New Way to Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light. Biomedical scientists at UT Southwestern...

17 Jun 2008

Intel Invests in Solar Cell Technology

To spur new development and demand for renewable energy sources, Intel Corporation is spinning off key assets of a start-up business effort inside Intel's New Business Initiatives group to form an independent company...

17 Jun 2008

Zero Emission, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Roll off Line for First Time

Today, the FCX Clarity - Honda's advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle - came off the line at the world's first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan. After 19 years of development, the arrival of this 'real world' fuel cell car marks the beginning of a new era of cleaner motoring.

16 Jun 2008

XsunX Secures Key Material for High Efficiency Tandem Solar Cell Production

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company, announced today that it has secured supply of Germane gas required for its thin film deposition process for the manufacture of solar panels. The Germane, manufactured by Voltaix, LLC, is a key material for production of high efficiency tandem solar cells. XsunX is refurbishing an existing 90,000 sq. ft. building, located in Wood Village, near Portland, Oregon, to house its new multi-megawatt integrated TFPV manufacturing operations.

16 Jun 2008

A Potential Hydrogen Storage Material

An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material. Th...

16 Jun 2008

Nanoparticles Made from Pieces of Tumor Cells

Using nanoparticles made from pieces of tumor cells, investigators from Aix-Marseille University in Marseille, France, have developed a new type of anticancer agent that appears to stop tumor cell growth and proliferatio...

16 Jun 2008

Growing Use of Nanotechnology Spurs Research into Nanomaterials and Nanoparticle Risks

Potential risks from the use of nanomaterials will be explored by three Arizona State University engineering faculty in a project supported by a $400,000 grant from the U.S.Department of Energy Office of Biological and E...

16 Jun 2008

Nanotube Reinforced Material Produces Denser Bone Tissue

In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throug...

16 Jun 2008

New Plant for Large Scale Production of Solar Panels

Today the launch of Skypoint Solar, Inc. was announced, a large-scale, solar panel manufacturing company, whose business model includes the creation of solar power parks for utility-scale electricity generation. The Comp...

16 Jun 2008

First Nanograduates From High School Nanotechnology Program

Initiative developed jointly by the City School District of Albany and UAlbany NanoCollege is believed to be nation's first nanotechnology program at a public school

16 Jun 2008

Cleaning Up Heavy Metals Pollution With Nanotechnology

Cleaning up heavy metal contamination has become easier, safer, and nearly effortless since AC Environmental launched its environmentally responsible AC Nano product. Companies working with heavy metals often face the...

13 Jun 2008

NanoExplorers from High Schools to Sepend Their Summer Learning About Nanotechnology

The UT Dallas Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute was launched in September 2001 and in the years since then has inspired more than 80 young minds to spend their summers studying nanotechnology. This year alone there a...

13 Jun 2008