Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further boosted the energy conversion efficiency of flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium (di)selenide (also known as CIGS) to a new world record of 18.7% - a significant improvement over the previous record of 17.6% achieved by the same team in June 2010.
May 19th, 2011
Read moreScientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted experiments confirming which of three possible mechanisms is responsible for the spontaneous formation of three-dimensional pillar arrays in nanofilms. These protrusions appear suddenly when the surface of a molten nanofilm is exposed to an extreme temperature gradient and self-organize into hexagonal, lamellar, square, or spiral patterns.
May 19th, 2011
Read moreTwo-dimensional graphene may lead to faster electronics, stronger spacecraft and much more.
May 19th, 2011
Read moreResearchers have developed a technique, exploiting a specific defect in the lattice structure of diamond, to externally detect the spins of individual molecules.
May 19th, 2011
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Scientists built a scaffold-looking structure consisting of carbon nanofibers and a government-approved polymer. Tests showed the synthetic nanopatch regenerated natural heart tissue cells - called cardiomyocytes - as well as neurons. In short, the tests showed that a dead region of the heart can be brought back to life.
May 19th, 2011
Read moreInternational Microfluidic Consortium driving standardization activities for solutions in healthcare, environmental applications, and beyond.
May 19th, 2011
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A recent study at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have revealed the optimal characteristics for a new type of computer memory now under development.
May 19th, 2011
Read moreResearchers from the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have found that inhaled carbon black nanoparticles create a double source of inflammation in the lungs.
May 18th, 2011
Read moreJoin friends old and new this summer at Google's Mountain View headquarters in Silicon Valley as the Foresight Institute explores the future of nanotechnology with a rockstar lineup of nanotech experts and entrepreneurs.
May 18th, 2011
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Researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with the London Centre for Nanotechnology, have mapped the electronic structure of superconducting GIC, KC8 and non-superconducting LiC6.
May 18th, 2011
Read moreScientists from the University of Sheffield have developed pigment-free, intensely coloured polymer materials, which could provide new, anti-counterfeit devices on passports or banknotes due to their difficulty to copy.
May 18th, 2011
Read moreWichtige Details zur molekularen Entschluesselung der Struktur von Zellmembranen beschreibt eine soeben erschienene Publikation des Forscherteams um Georg Pabst vom Institut fuer Biophysik und Nanosystemforschung der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
May 18th, 2011
Read moreKeithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled "Meeting the Electrical Measurement Demands of High Power, High Brightness LEDs" on Thursday, May 26, 2011.
May 18th, 2011
Read morePhysicistc at KIT's Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) have worked on refining the structure of the Karlsruhe invisibility cloak to such an extent that it is also effective in the visible spectral range.
May 18th, 2011
Read moreResearchers provide guidelines for technology transfer, intellectual property rules and license agreements in the development of nanotechnology projects.
May 18th, 2011
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Over a two-year period, various European research groups have debated the future of synthetic biology in the TARPOL ("Targeting environmental pollution with engineered microbial Systems a la carte") project.
May 18th, 2011
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