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Addressing Some of the Greatest Challenges Facing Water Sector

A new report* by Global Water Intelligence magazine and technology assessment experts, O2 Environmental, highlights the top ten new water technologies which could avert environmental disaster. The technologies addres...

24 Jul 2009

Small Green Beetle Teaching Scientists about Optics and Liquid Crystals

A small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful that for centuries it was used in jewelry.

24 Jul 2009

Researchers Succeeded in Measuring Influence of Single Electron on a Vibrating Carbon Nanotube

Researchers at TU Delft have succeeded in measuring the influence of a single electron on a vibrating carbon nanotube. This research can be important for work such as the development of ultra-small measuring instruments. The scientists have published their results on Thursday 23 July in (the online version of) the scientific journal Science.

24 Jul 2009

Synthesis of Graphitic Nanotubes Containing Platinum Metals Achieved Through Self-Assembly Techniques

Nanoscale materials with well-defined shapes, such as one-dimensional hollow tubes, have attracted the interest of scientists seeking to utilize their unique properties.

23 Jul 2009

New Approach to 21st Century Electronic Materials And Devices

More than 70 graduate students from across the country and Purdue University are on campus this week to learn about a new approach to 21st century electronic materials and devices.

23 Jul 2009

First Thin Film Solar Cells Made from Compound Semiconductors Reaching 12 Percent Efficiency

The laboratory for photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg has produced its first thin film solar cells made from compound semiconductors, already reaching a 12 percent efficiency. Thin film solar cells are conside...

23 Jul 2009

Advanced Diamond Technologies Wins Prestigious R+D 100 Award

For the second year in a row, Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT), the world leader in developing and applying diamond film for industrial, electronic, and medical applications, wins the prestigious R+D 100 Award. ADT&#3...

23 Jul 2009

Innovative Thermoplastic Encapsulant for Solar Modules

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, will be using the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition to present a new thermoplastic encapsulant for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules.

23 Jul 2009

Nano-Enabled Food And Beverage Packaging Market Expect to Reach $7.30 Billion by 2014

With the increasing global customer base, food retailing is transforming. However, with the move toward globalization, food packaging requires longer shelf life, along with monitoring food safety and quality based upon international standards.

22 Jul 2009

Ytterbium - New Claim to Scientific Fame

Measurements with ytterbium-174, an isotope with 70 protons and 104 neutrons, have shown the largest effects of parity violation in an atom ever observed – a hundred times larger than the most precise measurements made so far, with the element cesium.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 22 Jul 2009