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Metallacarboranes Can Store Hydrogen Better Than DOE Standards: Study

New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Progra...

1 Oct 2010

ANL, NCKU Plan to Expand Mutual Partnership

Mr. Norman Peterson, the Assistant to Director Eric Isaacs at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), U.S., accompanied by NCKU Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Yon-Hua Tzeng, former Dean of Coll...

1 Oct 2010

Exclusive Cooperation Agreement for Advanced Nanoceramic Technology Used in Power Plants

ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461), a Nanostart portfolio company, has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with ThyssenKrupp Xervon Energy GmbH covering the marketing and distribution of the Nanocomp PP product line from ItN Nanovation.

From Coreo AG 29 Sep 2010

NIST to Award Up to $15 Million to UMD to Support Nanotechnology Research

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) will award a five-year cooperative agreement totaling $15 million to the University of Maryland (UMD), College ...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 28 Sep 2010

Researchers Win $2 Million NSF Grant To Develop Capacitive Energy Storage System for Renewable Power Sources

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a new $2 million study to help overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation.

27 Sep 2010

Control Over Material Properties using Nanotechnology Would Reduce Amount of Platinum Needed in Catalytic Converter

The toxic byproducts made when a car’s engine burns fuel are funneled into the catalytic converter, where chemical reactions turn them into much less toxic substances like water and carbon dioxide.

27 Sep 2010

UA Physicists Discover New Way to Turn Waste Heat into Electricity

UA physicists have discovered a new way of harvesting waste heat and turning it into electrical power.

27 Sep 2010

Researchers Use Water-Based Solar Devices to Produce Electricity

A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices – "artificial leaves" – can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings prove...

From North Carolina State University 27 Sep 2010

Organometallic Fuel Cell Converts Renewable Alcohols into Energy and Chemicals

The concept of converting renewable raw materials so cleverly that the same process simultaneously produces both energy and industrially desirable chemicals has been high on the wish-list for those who seek environmentally friendly and resource-saving chemistry.

24 Sep 2010

Hydrogen Production Using Low-Temperature Platinum Catalyst

Engineering researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University have demonstrated the low-temperature efficacy of an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst, which could be suitab...

24 Sep 2010