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Parabon NanoLabs to Revolutionize Nanotechnology Field

Parabon Computation, a veteran provider of extreme-scale grid computing software and services, announced today the spin-off of Parabon NanoLabs, a subsidiary dedicated to designing and producing breakthrough products at the nano-scale.

From Parabon NanoLabs 31 Mar 2009

Opportunities in The Solar Market For Crystalline and Thin Film Solar Cells

Several factors have converged over the past several months that will impact the solar cell market, according to a report Opportunities in The Solar Market For Crystalline and Thin Film Solar Cells, recently published by...

30 Mar 2009

Scientists Shed New Light on Possible Way to Starve Cancer Tumors

Scientists have shed new light - literally - on a possible way to starve cancer tumors or prevent side effects from a wide range of drugs. A lock-like molecule designed by University of Florida chemistry researchers c...

30 Mar 2009

Nanopartz Releases Gold Nanobeads for in Vitro Diagnostics

A revolutionary new gold nanoparticle manufacturing method has been developed that results in gold nanoparticles that are optimized for in vitro applications - finding solutions to problems that have confronted in vitro applications for years.

From Nanopartz 30 Mar 2009

Plastic Microchannel Plate Could Revolutionize Neutron Detection

Arradiance, Inc. announced today the demonstration of the world's first microchannel plate fabricated on a plastic substrate. Microchannel plates are used in numerous imaging and detection applications where high spa...

From Arradiance 30 Mar 2009

Center for Functional Nanomaterials Named Winner of DOE Secretary’s Award for Achievement

Two large construction projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory - the U.S. ATLAS Detector Project and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - have been named winners of the DOE Secretary's Award for Achievement.

30 Mar 2009

Merck to Sponsor Three-Year Joint R+D Program with QLight Nanotech

Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today at the NanoIsrael conference the signing of a researc...

30 Mar 2009

Amorphous Silicon Based Photovoltaic to Reach $4.1 Billion by 2014

According to NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come.

30 Mar 2009

Molecular Assembly Line for Predictable, High-Precision Nano-Construction

Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles - particles measuring mere billionths of a meter - scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a molecular assembly line for predictable, high-precision nano-construction.

29 Mar 2009

Revolutionary Nanospring Technology Key to Enhanced Energy Density

GoNano Technologies, Inc., a Moscow, Idaho based nanotechnology company specializing in the development of high surface area Nanospring™ technology, recently received a Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $97,761 from the National Science Foundation to develop novel electrodes for next generation ultracapacitors.

29 Mar 2009