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Altair Nanotechnologies Announces $10 Million Private Placement with Al Yousuf

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced materials and products for power and energy systems, today announced the execution of an agreement for a $10 million private placement of its common stock to A...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 6 Oct 2008

Researchers Designed Material Made of Graphene Sheets for Hydrogen Storage

Researchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered vehicles. Their study on a way of safely storing hydrogen, an explosive gas, is scheduled for the Oct. 8 issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly journal.

6 Oct 2008

Thin Film Photovoltaics Take Center Stage at Nanotechnology Conference

A special Thin Film Photovoltaics Forum will focus on new developments and groundbreaking research in the field of solar energy during the 5th Annual International Congress of Nano Bio Clean Tech 2008, October 27-30, at the San Francisco Airport Mariott Hotel.

5 Oct 2008

New State-of-the-Art Equipment Will Help Photovoltaics Group at South Dakota

South Dakota scientists' work building next-generation devices to harvest solar energy will be easier thanks to a National Science Foundation grant for state-of-the-art equipment.

4 Oct 2008

Altair Nanotechnologies Unveils New Brand Identity

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading provider of advanced materials and products for power and energy systems, announced the unveiling of its new corporate brand identity. Supporting the company's new focus on ene...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 4 Oct 2008

Solar Thin Films Gains Technology Expertise and New Order Pipeline

Solar Thin Films, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of manufacturing equipment for the production of "thin-film" amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, has, through Kraft Elektronikai Zrt ("Kra...

3 Oct 2008

Commissioner Welcomes Result of European Technology Platforms Evaluation

European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the results of a recent evaluation of the 34 European Technology Platforms (ETPs). At a meeting of industrial leaders of European Technology Platforms on 30 September, Commissioner Potocnik praised the ETPs, calling them 'unique and exceptional', and welcomed the results of the survey as overwhelmingly positive.

3 Oct 2008

First Atomic-Scale Compositional Images of Fuel Cell Nanoparticles

In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more,
engineers at MIT and two other
institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the
surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy storage devices.

3 Oct 2008

Electrovaya Receives License Payment for Battery Production in Norway

Electrovaya announces that it has received from Miljobil an initial payment of US $1.3 million as partial consideration for a technology license enabling battery and electric car production at a new plant in Norway. Elec...

2 Oct 2008

Nanoscale Carbon Materials Researchers Presented with 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attend...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 1 Oct 2008