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Nanotechnology Helps Scientists Make Bendy Sensors For Hydrogen Vehicles

News - 1 Aug 2007

In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are more than a...

PETeC Ground-Breaking Marks Start of North East Plastic Electronics Revolution

News - 31 Jul 2007

Cenamps, a national centre for emerging small-scale technologies, in partnership with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for PETeC, a unique plastics electronics...

Unidym’s “Tiniest Carbon Wires” are Making a Big Impact

News - 30 Jul 2007

It’s made from carbon and it’s one atom thick. It has a diameter of about a nanometer – approximately 50,000 times as small as the width of a human hair, and the same diameter as...

Using Nanotechnology to Detect Contaminants in Food and Water

News - 23 Jul 2007

Researchers have created two tiny instruments capable of detecting a range of contaminants, from molecules to whole bacteria, in food and water, according to an article in the August issue of...

Wake Forest University Launches Two Nanotechnology Startup Companies

News - 23 Jul 2007

Wake Forest University has launched two startup companies, FiberCell and PlexiLight, to turn breakthrough technologies developed at the university’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular...

NJIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Easy Process to Produce Solar Panels

News - 19 Jul 2007

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. “The process is simple,” said...

Magnetic Nanoscopic Particles form Photonic Color Changing Semiconducting Crystals

News - 13 Jul 2007

A liquid that changes its color “on demand” and can take on any color of the rainbow one desires? A research team headed by Yadong Yin at the University of California, Riverside (USA) has...

Headwaters Incorporated Forms Strategic Partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to Commercialize Carbon Nanospheres

News - 13 Jul 2007

Headquarters Incorporated, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of carbon nanospheres, a new carbon...

Forget About Bling, Cubic Zirconia Nanocrystals May Make Better Fuel Cells

News - 10 Jul 2007

A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective. The invention by a team led by Zuhair Munir,...

Researchers Create Nano Wagon Wheels

News - 9 Jul 2007

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose “hub”,...