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Dyed-Glass Breakthrough Channels Energy into Solar Cells

Revisiting a once-abandoned technique, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully created a sophisticated, yet affordable, method to turn ordinary glass into a high-tech solar concentrator.

11 Jul 2008

Micro-Sized Sewing Machine to Sew Long Threads of DNA into Shape

Japanese scientists have made a micro-sized sewing machine to sew long threads of DNA into shape. The work published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip demonstrates a unique way to manipulate delicate DNA chains without breaking them.

11 Jul 2008

Aviza Technology Receives Order from Advanced Logic IC Manufacturer in Japan

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has received an order for its Cel...

11 Jul 2008

Ultra-Sensitive Nano-Sized Infrared Light Detector

A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. This invisible light makes up 98% of the light emitted since the "big bang," and may provide insights into the earliest stages of star and galaxy formation almost 14 billion years ago.

11 Jul 2008

Nanosurf Atomic Force Microscope Has Been Used on Mars by Phoenix Mars Lander

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finally used the onboard atomic force microscope from Nanosurf. We show the first AFM image from Mars

11 Jul 2008

Building Components of Electronics Devices using Self-Organised NanoStructures

Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic re...

10 Jul 2008

One of the 100 Most Technologically Significant Innovations of the Year

WITec microscope technology has been selected as a winner of the prestigious 2008 R&D 100 Award. It honors the automated Confocal Raman and Atomic Force Microscope combination alpha500 as one of the 100 most technologically significant innovations of the year.

10 Jul 2008

Nanometer-Sized Molecular Motors Discovered by Researchers

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that the activity of a specific family of nanometer-sized molecular motors called myosin-I is regulated by force. The motor puts tension on cell...

10 Jul 2008

Exploring and Developing Nanotechnology-Based Energy Storage Devices for Electric Vehicles

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that it has formed Agonn Systems Corporation to explore, develop and commercialize nanotechnology-based energy storage devices for electric vehicles and other large format a...

10 Jul 2008

Agreement Provides Opportunities to Expand Performance and Applications of Nanomaterials

Zyvex Performance Materials, a recognized worldwide leader in nanomaterials applications, announced an agreement with Lockheed Martin for nano-enhanced composite materials. The cooperation agreement between Lockheed Mart...

10 Jul 2008

Nanotechnology Researcher Receives 2008 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award

Dr. Gino DiLabio, Research Council Officer at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) in Edmonton, Alberta, has been awarded the 2008 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in ...

10 Jul 2008

Unique Research Facility to Study Trace Metals and Elements in Tissues

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have teamed up to establish a unique research facility here to study trace metals and other elements in tissue, and their effects on health. The UT...

10 Jul 2008

Controlling How Many and What Type of Atoms in a Nanocluster

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters - groups of 10 to 100 atoms - with atomic precision. They created a model nanocatalyst of molybdenum sulfide, the first step in developing the next generation of materials to be used in hydrodesulfurization, a process that removes sulfur from natural gas and petroleum products to reduce pollution.

10 Jul 2008

Nanoparticle-Based Assay Accurate and Sensitive Enough for Clinical Use

Telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from shortening when they divide, is widely suspected of playing a key role in making cancer cells immortal. Though researchers have developed a variety of methods for meas...

10 Jul 2008

Microfluidics Announces Methods for Processing Bulk Carbon Nanotubes

Microfluidics, a wholly owned subsidiary of MFIC Corporation, announces methods for processing bulk carbon nanotubes. Microfluidics has devised a methodology to process, deagglomerate, and facilitate purification and stabilization of carbon nanotubes so they can be used in an optimal manner, thus achieving enhanced functionality and performance.

10 Jul 2008