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Novel Carbene Catalyst Opens New Perspectives

It's the reason why chemists envy green plants: by using photosynthesis, plants can easily fix the carbon dioxide that is so plentiful in air to make biomass, or organic compounds.

20 Apr 2009

World's First Tandem Junction SunFab Thin Film Line Installed at Sunfilm's Germany Facility Achieves Factory Acceptance

Sunfilm, AG and Applied Materials, Inc., today announced that the world's first tandem junction SunFab Thin Film Line installed at Sunfilm's Grossroehrsdorf facility achieved factory acceptance on April 14, 2009.

From Applied Materials Inc. 20 Apr 2009

Discovering How Carbon Nanotubes Work as Catalysts May Result in Cleaner Fuels

Among their many other interesting properties, carbon nanotubes have been found to act as catalysts for some important chemical reactions, including some that could be used to make cleaner fuels. But many unanswered questions remain about how this process works.

16 Apr 2009

Article Discusses the Benefits, Operation and Use of Ultracapacitors by Leading Ultracapacitor Companies

Enable IPC Corporation (PINKSHEETS: EIPC) today announced that the cover story of the April 2009 edition of the American Ceramic Society Bulletin features Enable IPC's SolRayo subsidiary. The Bulletin is a monthly ma...

16 Apr 2009

Green Energy Tech Certifies SunFab Thin Film Line Supplied by Applied Materials

Green Energy Technology Inc., Ltd. (GET) has certified its SunFab Thin Film Line, supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., for the production of Taiwan's largest solar photovoltaic panels. The line, located in Tao Yuan, Taiwan, passed final acceptance testing with world-class panel efficiency, yield and throughput.

From Applied Materials Inc. 16 Apr 2009

IBM to Jointly Develop 28-nanometer Low-Power CMOS Process Technology

The low-power, 28nm technology platform can provide power-performance and time-to-market advantages for producers of a broad range of power-sensitive mobile and consumer electronics applications, including the fast-growing mobile Internet device market segment. The favorable leakage characteristics of the HKMG technology result in optimized battery life for the next generation of mobile products.

16 Apr 2009

Scientists Succeed in Unlocking the Potential of Carbon Dioxide

Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have succeeded in unlocking the potential of carbon dioxide - a common greenhouse gas - by converting it into a more useful product.

16 Apr 2009

Evergreen Solar Panels Being Used to Provide Electricity for New Recharging Station

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of STRING RIBBON solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer manufacturing technology, announced today that its panels are being used to provide the electricity for a new electric vehicle battery recharging station in a high-traffic area in Frankfurt, Germany.

16 Apr 2009

Light-Permeable Conductive Coatings as Transparent Displays

Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent display...

15 Apr 2009

Expanding the Development and Use of Solar Energy in California

The University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with UC Davis will use a two-year, $700,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to expand the development and use of solar energy in the state. The new Ca...

15 Apr 2009