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Student Entrepreneurs Win Top Prizes at UC Berkeley Venture Competition

Eighteen semifinalist teams competed on the UC Berkeley (UCB) campus October 2 for four first prizes, each including $10,000 cash, $2,000 in supplies, mentoring from experts, and a space in the new Venture Lab housed in ...

13 Oct 2008

NanoDynamics Energy to Deliver two SOFC Operating at 35-Percent Efficiency

NanoDynamics Energy Inc. announced today that it delivered two solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) operating at 35-percent efficiency on propane for use in the Department of Defense Research & Engineering's (DDR+E) Wea...

12 Oct 2008

Giving Students a View of Growing Career Opportunities in Nanotechnology

Amid the growing number of nanotechnology-related career opportunities in the Capital Region and New York State, more than 300 elementary, middle- and high-school students got an inside look at the high-tech workplace of...

11 Oct 2008

California Governor Dedicates Solar Power System at Applied Materials Campus

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States.

From Applied Materials Inc. 10 Oct 2008

New Thermoelectric Material Could Help Improve Gas Mileage

With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car. ...

10 Oct 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Develop Sustainable Energy Systems

Nanotechnologies can be used to develop sustainable energy systems while reducing the harmful effects of fossil fuels as they are gradually phased out over the next century. This optimistic scenario is coming closer to r...

9 Oct 2008

U of M Materials Research Center Receives Renewed Funding from NSF

The University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center announced today that it has received $16.8 million in renewed funding over the next six years from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ...

9 Oct 2008

KU Researchers Devising Nanotechnology that Could Help Supplant Fossil Fuels and Curb Climate Change

A team of physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists at the University of Kansas and partner institutions is devising nanotechnology that could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change. Led by Judy Wu, Univ...

9 Oct 2008

Solterra Concluded Worldwide Exclusive License with Rice University

Hague Corp., a resource exploration company, is pleased to announce that Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. has concluded the worldwide exclusive license with the William Marsh Rice University for intellectual propert...

9 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Conference Providing Start-Ups Opportunity to Seek Funding from Venture Capitals

Clean tech and nanotech companies and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to seek early stage funding from venture capitalists, angel investors and other sources at the 5th Annual International Congress of Nano Bio C...

8 Oct 2008