A light wave of innovation to advance solar energy
Researchers adapt classic antennas to harness more power from the sun.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreResearchers adapt classic antennas to harness more power from the sun.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreScientists at The University of Nottingham are leading an ambitious research project to develop an in vivo biological cell-equivalent of a computer operating system.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreThis Roundtable will explore how nanotechnology will play an increasing role in agriculture. The event is open to the public and will feature speakers and networking.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreOne of the Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) in its latest funding round has gone to Professor Herrmann Gaub, Spokesman of the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) at LMU Munich for his research project on "Designer Cellulosomes by Single Molecule Cut and Paste".
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreRensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers use supercomputer to study effects of stacking graphene nanoribbons.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreThe world's first prototype of a hand-held fingerprint drug testing device has been created by University of East Anglia spin-out company Intelligent Fingerprinting.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreChemiker der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena haben eine neue Forschergruppe ins Leben gerufen, die sich die Entwicklung neuer polymerer Materialien fuer die effiziente Speicherung von elektrischer Energie zur Aufgabe gemacht hat.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have developed a flexible and efficient new process for the separation of enantiomers. Enantiomer separation is indispensable for the production of many pharmaceuticals.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreA review article addresses the limits to the performance of molecular, organic, polymeric, dye-sensitized, and colloidal quantum dot-based solar cells.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreReduced to the max: the emission-free, noiseless 4-wheel drive car, jointly developed by Empa researchers and their Dutch colleagues, represents lightweight construction at its most extreme. The nano car consists of just a single molecule and travels on four electrically-driven wheels in an almost straight line over a copper surface.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreResearchers report that low electrical loss at frequencies of up to 220 GHz are possible in screen printed carbon nanotube - polymer composites. Producing such low electrical loss materials potentially opens up new types of high frequency large area electronic devices.
Nov 10th, 2011
Read moreA new method for visualizing mechanical forces on the surface of a cell provides the first detailed view of those forces, as they occur in real-time.
Nov 9th, 2011
Read moreResearch by Los Alamos scientists documents significant progress in understanding the phenomenon of quantum-dot blinking. Their findings should enhance the ability of biologists to track single particles, enable technologists to create novel light-emitting diodes and single-photon sources, and boost efforts of energy researchers to develop new types of highly efficient solar cells.
Nov 9th, 2011
Read moreNew method removes discovery bottleneck by identifying materials with promise.
Nov 9th, 2011
Read moreAm 3. November 2011 wurde in Saarbruecken der Deutsche Verband Nanotechnologie e.V. (DV Nano) gegruendet. Damit hoben die Gruendungsmitglieder des Vereins den ersten ueberregionalen Fachverband fuer Menschen aus der Taufe, die in den Nanotechnologien und -wissenschaften arbeiten.
Nov 9th, 2011
Read moreA new type of active metamaterial that incorporates semiconductor devices into conventional metamaterial structures is demonstrating an ability to have power gain while retaining its negative refraction property, a first in the world of metamaterials research.
Nov 9th, 2011
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