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Nanotechnology Center Planned to Spur Energy Innovation and Job Creation

The Nano World Headquarters (NWHQ), located in the Houston, Texas region, will serve as the leading global center for scientific nanotechnology collaboration and as an accelerator for start-up companies. The initiative -...

14 Mar 2009

Project Turning to Nanotechnology to Dramatically Ramp Up Efficiency of Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

14 Mar 2009

Applied Materials Named to Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine's 10th Annual List of "100 Best Corporate Citizens"

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it was named to Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine's 10th annual list of "100 Best Corporate Citizens." This marks the seventh year the company has ranked...

From Applied Materials Inc. 14 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology - Ingredients for More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research ...

13 Mar 2009

Nanoptek Corp. Awarded U.S. Patent

Nanoptek Corporation has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,485,799 "Stress-Induced Bandgap-Shifted Semiconductor Photoelectrolytic, Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic Surface and Method for Making Same" for a more effic...

12 Mar 2009

The Next Biotechnology Revolution Is Brewing

Early applications of synthetic biology may be adequately addressed by the existing regulatory framework for biotechnology, but further advances in this emerging field are likely to create much greater challenges for the...

12 Mar 2009

CSD Epitaxy Announces Recent Delivery of EpiPro Production System to GlobiTech Corporation

CSD Epitaxy, Inc. (CSD Epitaxy), a global provider of epitaxial processing equipment, announced the recent delivery of the first EpiPro(tm) 5000-IG production system to GlobiTech Corporation, a leading global supplier of...

12 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology Research is One Step Toward Making Solar Cells More Efficient

The transition to environmentally benign energy sources is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Solar power, which uses sunlight to generate electricity, is one promising source. It has many benefi...

12 Mar 2009

Amtech Systems Receives $3 Million in Follow-On Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsi...

From Amtech Systems 11 Mar 2009

New Battery Material Could Allow Quick Charging of Portable Devices

MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other devices -- that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.

11 Mar 2009