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Nanotechnology Research is One Step Toward Making Solar Cells More Efficient

The transition to environmentally benign energy sources is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Solar power, which uses sunlight to generate electricity, is one promising source. It has many benefi...

12 Mar 2009

Researchers Use Doughnut Shaped By-Products of Quantum Dots to Slow and Freeze Light

Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based...

8 Mar 2009

New Way to Greatly Increase Luminescence Efficiency of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and ot...

6 Mar 2009

From Food to Flat Screens, Women Scientists Make a Difference in Our Everyday Lives

For their pioneering work in science, the L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science honored today five distinguished women researchers whose work touches everything from the Milky Way to flat screen televisions. Div...

6 Mar 2009

Scientist-Entrepreneurs Honored at Inventors Reception

An antibody with the potential to stop breast cancer in its path. A nanoparticle that can address a side effect of the treatment that hemophiliacs cannot live without. A "quantum dot" with the potential to trea...

6 Mar 2009

Sugar-Coated "Quantum Dots" for Drug Delivery

Scientists in Switzerland are reporting an advance that could help tap the much-heralded potential of "quantum dots" - nanocrystals that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light - in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

4 Mar 2009

Industrial Applications for Nanoscale Technologies

The Global Market for Nanoscale Technologies is an 830 page report providing the most comprehensive global market assessment yet of industrial applications for nanoscale technologies. Nanotechnology continues to be a thriving area of R&D in 2008.

3 Mar 2009

Maker of Nanotech-based Products for Solid State Lighting Selected as Leading Green Technology Innovator for 2009

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been selected to the 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List.

2 Mar 2009

AIM-Listed Evolutec Group Announces Proposed Acquisition of Nanoco

AIM-Listed Evolutec Group plc has announced the proposed acquisition of Nanoco Tech Public Limited Company, a nanotechnology company based in Manchester. Once the acquisition is approved by shareholders, the enlarged gro...

26 Feb 2009

Nanocrystal Pioneer to Deliver the Arthur Holly Compton Lecture

Nanoscience and its applications will play a major role in future scientific and medical breakthroughs. For the past two decades, A. Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D., has been at the forefront of this revolution.

25 Feb 2009