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Novel Microscopy Tool Provides Highest Resolution for Hard X-Rays

The Center for Nanoscale Materials' (CNM) newly operational Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world's most powerful x-ray microscopes. ...

25 Jun 2008

Research Team Advances Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Renewable Energy Solutions

QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode devices, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced the acquisition of West C...

25 Jun 2008

Energy Research Collaboration Aimed At Exploring New Materials and Concepts

As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, are forming an energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient ...

25 Jun 2008

HORIBA Ellipsometers become Even More Versatile

The UVISEL+ RM from HORIBA Jobin Yvon Thin Films extends the capability of the UVISEL with a new independent Reflectometry Module (RM) that can be mounted on the UVISEL goniometer.

From HORIBA 25 Jun 2008

The Study of Nanoscale Carbon Materials Represents the New School

In the grand scope of scientific understanding, the study of nanoscale carbon materials represents the new school. It has been little more than 20 years since the discovery of "buckyballs," hollow spherical...

24 Jun 2008

Controlling Number of Electrons on the Surface of High-Temperature Superconductors

A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two ...

24 Jun 2008

Moving Nanotechnology Innovation from Research Lab to Market

Applications of nanotechnology to electronics, photonics and renewable energy will be the focus of a joint forum to be held from August 10 to 14, 2009 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. An innovation wo...

24 Jun 2008

One-Pot Method of Making Hydrogen Storage Material

Chemists in the US have developed a simple reaction to make ammonia borane - a powder more hydrogen-dense than even liquid hydrogen. Their one-pot synthesis of this promising hydrogen storage material is reported in the ...

24 Jun 2008

NEI Receives Eight Phase I SBIR Awards from DoE for Solutions in Clean Energy

NEI Corporation, a proven provider of engineered nanomaterials, announced the award of eight Phase I SBIR awards from the DoE today. These contracts will run concurrently and span the range from creation of next-generation battery materials to self-healing anti-corrosion coatings, to innovations in heat transfer fluids.

From NEI Corporation 20 Jun 2008

A New Level of Miniaturization for Non-Invasive Liquid Flow Sensors

Innovative packaging enables Sensirion's highly sensitive thermal flow sensor microchips to measure non-invasively through the wall of a flow channel inside a microfluidic substrate (US Pat. 6813944). This design provides unique sensitivity for liquid flow measurement and bubble detection in the microliter range. The sensors are especially suitable for monitoring flow rates and improving system performance in high-volume biomedical applications and micro fuel cells.

19 Jun 2008