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SiOnyx and Harvard University to Commercialize Black Silicon

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and SiOnyx, Inc. today announced that SiOnyx has exclusively licensed Harvard's portfolio of black silicon patents. Black silicon, a novel laser imp...

14 Oct 2008

Harvesting Renewable Energy by Incorporating Science into Nanotechnology

More powerful than wind farms, more efficient than solar panels and more practical and aesthetically pleasing than both. Solar Botanic is a company which harvests the energy of the sun and wind by incorporating estab...

14 Oct 2008

Signet Solar Begins Volume Production of Silicon Thin Film PV Modules

Signet Solar, a global manufacturer of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced that it has begun volume production at its manufacturing facility in Mochau, Germany, after receiving Final Acceptance T...

14 Oct 2008

Award-Winning Technology Could Speed Adoption of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

ExxonMobil Chemical announced today that it has received a leading industry innovation award for its battery separator film technology. The technology, pioneered by a team of ExxonMobil scientists led by Dr. Pat Bran...

13 Oct 2008

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