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Argonne Researcher Named 2009 AAAS Fellow

Ron Shepard of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Jan 2010

New Investments to Expand Company's Proprietary Silicon Ink Production

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has raised $18 million in additional capital. This new round of cap...

6 Jan 2010

Researchers Use Calcium Ion to Simulate Relativistic Quantum Particle

Researchers of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, used a calcium ion to simulate a relativistic quantum particle, demonstrating a phenomenon that has not been directly observable so far: the Zitterbewegung. They have published their findings in the current issue of the journal Nature.

6 Jan 2010

Project Aims to Determine the Properties of Hydrogen Bonds in Molecular Systems

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Thomas Elsaesser an 'Advanced Grant' of 2.49 Million Euros. The project aims at elucidating extremely fast processes which determine the properties of hydrogen bonds in molecular systems.

6 Jan 2010

Nanowires Made of 'Strained Silicon' Show How to Keep Increases in Computer Power Coming

Computers keep getting more powerful because silicon transistors keep getting smaller. But that miniaturization can't continue much further without a change to the transistors' design, which has remained more or less the same for 40 years.

6 Jan 2010

Nanoelectronics: It Takes Two

A new type of nanowire that can be fabricated using conventional manufacturing techniques has been reported by researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and the Institute of Materials Research and Enginee...

5 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology Boost the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells

In the quest to reduce the costs of solar cells to increase the use of solar energy, scientists are focusing on the use of cheap thin films rather than thick wafers of silicon. However, light absorption in thin films is ...

5 Jan 2010

Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop New Way to Navigating Molecular Worms Inside Chemical Labyrinths

With the passage of a molecule through the labyrinth of a chemical system being so critical to catalysis and other important chemical processes, computer simulations are frequently used to model potential molecule/labyrinth interactions.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Jan 2010

Researchers Create Magnetic "Ferropaper"

Researchers at Purdue University have created a magnetic "ferropaper" that might be used to make low-cost "micromotors" for surgical instruments, tiny tweezers to study cells and miniature speakers.

5 Jan 2010

Ceres Nanosciences Launches First Release of Nanotrap ESP Particles

Ceres Nanosciences, LLLP, a biotechnology company using its proprietary NanotrapTM capture particle technology to develop diagnostics and research products, announced today that it has launched the first release of Nanot...

5 Jan 2010