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Researchers Succeed in Building a Single-Atom Working Transistor

Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, whose active region compos...

3 Dec 2009

New "Self Cleaning Window" Nanomaterial May Revolutionize Solar Panels and Batteries Too

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, details a breakthrough in assembling peptides at the nano-scale level that could make these futuristic visions come true in just a few years.

3 Dec 2009

Confinement Phenomenon Known From Particle Theory Observed for the First Time in Condensed Matter

The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind to getherto form protons and neutrons. Now Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin tog...

3 Dec 2009

Spectrum Blue Steel Setting the Stage for Spectacular Earnings Thanks to Biosphere MKV

Spectrum Blue Steel is emerging as one of the fastest growing green energy companies on the planet. Through the efforts of True Green Energy Group and True Green Planet's President and Recycling Specialist Leroy John...

2 Dec 2009

Light-Driven Hydrogen Generation System Based on Inexpensive Iron Carbonyl Complexes

Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy carrier that can be efficiently converted into electrical energy in fuel cells. One hurdle to the introduction of sustainable hydrogen technology is the fact that the large-scale industrial production of hydrogen through reforming processes is still largely based on fossil fuels, and thus is not carbon neutral.

2 Dec 2009

MIT Team Wins Innovation Award from Institution of Engineering and Technology

MIT was named winner of the Software in Design Innovation Award at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Innovation Awards 2009.

2 Dec 2009

Worldwide Market Challenges and Opportunities for Nanomaterials

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Nanomaterials - Worldwide Market Challenges + Opportunities" report to their offeri...

From Research and Markets 2 Dec 2009

Buhler to Collaborate with Micronisers Australasia on Nano-Sized Performance Additives

Buhler Group has entered into a strategic collaboration in the field of nano-sized performance additives with the Australian company Micronisers Australasia Pty Ltd.

2 Dec 2009

Nanotechnology Professor Wins 2009 Peter Mark Memorial Award

Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics with joint appointments at UCFs NanoScience Technology Center and the Department of Environmental Engineering, has received the 2009 Peter Mark M...

2 Dec 2009

Researchers Using Nanotechnology to Lengthen Lifetime of Carbon Electrodes

Researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology, in collaboration with colleagues from University of Tehran, introduced a highly efficient method for the modification of carbon electrodes which enables them to detect s...

2 Dec 2009