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How to Make Solar Energy Generation as Cheap as Growing Grass

Scientists are working to produce cheap, sustainable solar energy by imitating nature. Nanotechnology researchers like California Institute of Technology professor Nate Lewis are exploring nanoscale materials that mimic ...

18 Sep 2007

Phase Change Computer Memory Works 1000 Times Faster Than Current Memory

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Fl...

18 Sep 2007

Neutron Research Completely Changes Accepted Belief of Inner Workings of Neutrons

For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an o...

18 Sep 2007

Miniature Sensor Measures Contaminants in Water and Air

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a miniature sensor that uses polymer membranes deposited on a tiny silicon disk to measure pollutants present in aqueous or gaseous environments. An array...

18 Sep 2007

DuraAct Piezoelectric Transducers for use as Bending Elements, Precision Positioner and High Dynamics Sensors

The P-876 DuraAct from Lambda Photometrics combines the functionality of the piezoceramic material as sensors or actuators, both for electrical charge generation and storage. As an actuator, it can be used as a bending e...

17 Sep 2007

Radio Waves to Cool Atoms

Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms - and more recently larger objects - by reducing the extent of their thermal motion. Now, applying a different form of radiation for a sim...

17 Sep 2007

Graphene Sheet of Carbon Atoms Acts Like Billiard Table, May Replace Silicon in Computer Chips

A game of billiards may never get smaller than this. Physicists at UC Riverside have demonstrated that graphene – a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings – can act as an atomic-scal...

17 Sep 2007

Compact Piezoelectric Amplifier Released for Space Constrained and OEM Applications

DSM is pleased to introduce the ultra-compact VF-90 linear piezoelectric amplifier for space-constrained and OEM applications. The product is a new addition to DSM's line of voltage follower linear amplifiers and off...

17 Sep 2007

Water Filters Using Nanotechnology to Remove Small Particles, Bacteria and Viruses From Water at Record High Flow Rates

Argonide Corporation, a Sanford, Florida company that manufactures water purification filters, has recently announced the development of its high performance activated carbon filter, NanoCeram® which has a high capac...

17 Sep 2007

Clariant and Schoeller Partner on Nanosphere Textile Technology

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals and Schoeller Technologies AG, a globally active licensing company for innovative textile technologies, today announced a strategic partnership for the nanotechnology-based...

15 Sep 2007

DuraAct Combines Precision, Reliability, Flexibility and Variety

Used either as actuators or sensors, DuraAct transducers offer an outstanding combination of precision, reliability, flexibility and variety. The P-876 DuraAct combines the functionality of the piezoceramic material a...

15 Sep 2007

Magnetic Nanparticles Improve Data Storage

New research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory physicist Matthias Bode provides a more thorough understanding of new mechanisms, which makes it possible to switch a magnetic nanoparti...

15 Sep 2007

Detecting and Curing Cancer With Nanoparticles and Nanobiosensors

One of the ultimate goals of medical researchers is to develop a method of curing cancer that is pain free, fast and has no side effects. Developments in the nanotechnology fields of nanobiosensors and nanoparticles may ...

14 Sep 2007

NanoSmart Research and Development Program Authorized by European Commission

Soitec (Euronext Paris), the world's leading supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and other engineered substrates, and the French Agency for Industrial Innovation today announced the European Commission'...

From The Soitec Group 14 Sep 2007

New Scientists to Join Argonne's NanoBio Interfaces Group

Two new scientists have joined the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Elena Rozhkova and Elena Shevchenko are contributing their expertise to the Nano...

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 14 Sep 2007