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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

Nanofluids that can Act as Smart Materials to Dissipate Heat Efficiently or Poorly

Department of Physics of the University of Milan shows that nanofluids can act as smart materials that can be switched on and off to dissipate heat efficiently or poorly. Heating and cooling are of cardinal importance to...

11 Mar 2009

Platinum Nanowires May Soon Lead to Better Fuel Cells

The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. Described in a paper published today in the journal Nano Letters, the new wi...

11 Mar 2009

Events to Draw Hundreds of Leading Scientists and Researchers to CNSE's Albany NanoTech

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that it will host three prestigious global nanotechnology conferences this year that will bring hundreds of ...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 11 Mar 2009

Discovery 'Proof of Principle' of the Existence of 'Spin Battery'

Researchers at the University of Miami and at the Universities of Tokyo and Tohoku, Japan, have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ).

11 Mar 2009

Long Platinum Nanowires Could Speed Development of Fuel Cells for Cars

Researchers from New York are reporting production of the longest platinum nanowires ever made - an advance that they say could speed development of fuel cells for cars, trucks, and other everyday uses. The wires, 1/50,0...

11 Mar 2009