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Generating Hydrogen Fuel using Artificial Photosynthesis and Nanotechnology

A team of four chemists at the University of Rochester have begun work on a new kind of system to derive usable hydrogen fuel from water using only sunlight. The project has caught the attention of the U.S. Departmen...

15 Oct 2009

Researchers Found Way to Control Structure and Function of Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes hold promise for delivering medicine directly to a tumor; acting as sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron; replacing costly platinum in fuel cells; or as energy-saving transistors and wires, but building them with the right structure has been a challenge.

15 Oct 2009

NHGRI to Support USCS on Nanopore Technology for Analyzing DNA

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to researchers in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz to support their work on nanopore technology for analyzing DNA.

14 Oct 2009

Researchers Discover Novel Electronic Properties in Graphene

Rutgers researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices. The new findings, p...

14 Oct 2009

Argonne and Berkeley Lab to Examine Cloud Computing for Scientists to Accelerate Nanotechnology Discoveries

A new program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will examine cloud computing as a cost-effective and energy-efficient computing paradigm for scientists to accelerate discoveries in a variety of disciplines, including analysis of scientific data sets in biology, climate change and physics.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 14 Oct 2009

Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterial Applied into Medical and Biological Sensors

Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions have developed a new "plasmonic nanorod metamaterial" using extraordinarily tiny rods of gold that will have important applications in medical, biol...

14 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology Professor Elected Fellow of Materials Research Society

Renowned materials scientist Robert Hull, the Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

13 Oct 2009

Advanced Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Coating Safely Kills Viruses and Bacteria on Treated Surfaces

EcoActive Surfaces, Inc., announced today the results of independent laboratory testing that demonstrate dramatic killing of viruses on surfaces treated with the advanced antimicrobial surface coating OxiTitan VLR.

13 Oct 2009

Comprehensive Tool for Understanding Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Quantum Dot Solar Cells" report to their offering. The Sun, believed by the man...

From Research and Markets 13 Oct 2009

Researchers Study New Type of Solar Cell

Within the Consolider HOPE project (projects funded by the Ministry of Innovation and Science), a group of scientists at Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO), headed by Juan Antonio Anta, are working on the optimisation of a type of photovoltaic cell (Grätzel cell) that artificially mimics photosynthesis.

13 Oct 2009