Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen. This light alloy brings us a step closer to the everyday use of hydrogen as a source of fuel for powering vehicles.
Nov 4th, 2008
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The Instituto Madrileno de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices.
Nov 4th, 2008
Read moreThomas H. Epps III, University of Delaware assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Erik Thostenson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, are among just 39 scientists and engineers throughout the country selected to receive three-year research grants from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreBy perfecting a technique to control the vibrations of high frequency nano-cantilevers, Canadian physicists have overcome a roadblock to using nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) for digital logic and memory applications and have, taken the first sub-nanosecond mechanical measurements of NEMS.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics.
Nov 3rd, 2008
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By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, a research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreA crowd consisting of hundreds of children, adults and families participated in Community Day today at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany, the first in a series of events that are part of CNSE's unprecedented community and educational outreach initiative known as NANOvember.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreThomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy research.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreWhile the friction hardly changes when using conventional oil, it drops to almost zero after a while when liquid crystals are used.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe notice reminds manufacturers and importers that they must notify EPA 90 days prior to the manufacture or import of new chemical CNTs for commercial purposes, in accordance with TSCA Section 5 regulations for new chemicals at 40 C.F.R. 720.22.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreBy adapting techniques mastered in the test tube and combining them with high throughput technology, scientists haves developed a genome-wide platform to study how specialized proteins regulate RNA in living, intact cells.
Nov 3rd, 2008
Read moreBy playing it safe and using a two-pronged attack, a novel designer molecule fights malignant melanoma.
Nov 2nd, 2008
Read moreResearchers at Boston University working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea have developed a nanoscale torsion resonator that measures miniscule amounts of twisting or torque in a metallic nanowire
Nov 2nd, 2008
Read moreSix undergraduate students from colleges and universities in New York State have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from Brookhaven National Laboratory to compete in the first annual Science and Energy Research Challenge (SERCh).
Nov 1st, 2008
Read moreA new study published in the September/October issue of the journal Marketing Science reveals the world's most innovative countries, with Japan and the Nordic countries earning top spots and the United States finishing in sixth.
Nov 1st, 2008
Read moreTo make Indian industry a part of the nanotechnology revolution, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has decided to tie up with educational and research institutes in the country under its 10-point action plan.
Nov 1st, 2008
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