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Is hydrogen for airheads?

As Korea pushes into the so-called hydrogen economy, the nation as a whole could be likened to children in the back seat of the family car, asking their parents over and over as each landmark is passed 'are we there yet.' The answer is not yet - not even close, though milestones are flying by at a faster clip.

February 2, 2008 Read more

Nanostructures tested as beta-carotene carriers in beverages

Beta-carotene, used in foods and beverages as colourants and health ingredient, can be stabilised by novel nano-scale carriers, suggests innovative research from Germany.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Organic solar cell as small as the page of a book

Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg is presenting avenues towards industrial mass production at the world's largest trade fair for nanotechnology, the nano tech 2008 from February 21 through 23 in Tokyo.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Supportive devices or unnecessary surveillance?

New book warns of threats posed by ambient intelligence, calls for safeguards.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Rounding up gases, nano-style

Chemists unveil new process for capturing and storing gas; potential spin-offs include improvements to greenhouse gas management and fuel cell development.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Researchers create gold aluminum, black platinum, blue silver

Optical scientist says transformation of any metal to any color now possible.

February 1, 2008 Read more

TU Delft launches bionanoscience initiative

Over the next decade, TU Delft is set to invest 10 million Euro derived from strategic assets in the new Bionanoscience department, which will form part of the universityâ??s successful Kavli Institute of Nanoscience. Last week, the Kavli Foundation also agreed to help support the initiative financially by donating 5 million US$.

February 1, 2008 Read more

From bacterium to semiconductor

Proteins of photosynthetic bacteria can be used to generate a photocurrent.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Sketching on silicon

Two different chemical compounds can be used to draw perpendicular molecular lines on the surface of silicon substrates.

February 1, 2008 Read more

How will government spur technological innovation in the 21st century?

New white paper offers analysis of public venture capital funding mechanisms.

February 1, 2008 Read more

How some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale

A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.

February 1, 2008 Read more

University of Tennessee professor appointed chairman of EPA committee

University of Tennessee (UT) professor Gary Sayler, a distinguished professor in microbiology and the director of UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, will now make recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency as the chairman of its executive committee of the Board of Scientific Counselors.

February 1, 2008 Read more

Rice Alliance receives major gift to support nanotechnology companies

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Rice University received 50,000 shares of stock from leading nanotechnology firm Arrowhead Research Corp. The gift will support the launch of technology-based companies through the Rice Alliance and in commercializing new technologies, especially in the field of nanotechnology.

January 31, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology - towards reducing animal testing

The Conference will be of particular interest to those in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food and other industry sectors who are obliged to work towards alternative testing methods, as well as to regulators, test laboratories and organizations working towards the reduction of animal experiments and promotion of the '3Rs' (refining, reducing or replacing animal use in testing) principles.

January 31, 2008 Read more

W.M. Keck Foundation gives Colorado State University $1.1m for quantum computer research

Colorado State University has been awarded a prestigious $1.1 million gift from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support a quantum computer-oriented research program that holds the potential to develop a key step that could make possible the development of a large-scale quantum computer.

January 31, 2008 Read more

NanoHigh kicks off '08 with lectures and lab work at Albany NanoTech

Thirty Albany High School science students will attend class at the state University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Friday as part of the NanoHigh program.

January 31, 2008 Read more