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Scientists Turns Pure Aluminum Gold, Blue and Gray

Using a tabletop laser, University of Rochester optical scientists have turned pure aluminum, gold.

1 Feb 2008

Using DNA to Yield Optical Nanomaterials

In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles (particles with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter).

30 Jan 2008

Organic Dye Converts Sunlight into Electricity

Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world's largest trade fair for nanotechnology. Their solar module, which they will be presenting in the BMBF marketing campaign "Nanotech Germany", is the size and shape of a door: two meters high and sixty centimeters wide.

29 Jan 2008

Researchers Develops Less Expensive Method to Decontaminate Bioterrorism Hazards

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in collaboration with Austin-based Stellar Micro Devices, Inc. (SMD) have developed prototypes of a rapid, non-disruptive and less expensive method that could be used to decontaminate bioterrorism hazards in the future.

29 Jan 2008

AMI Semiconductor Enters Collaboration Program to Develop Smart Power Technologies

AMI Semiconductor, a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical, industrial, aerospace, and high-voltage communication markets, has entered into a new two-year collaboration program with IMEC - Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics - to develop AMI Semiconductor's future Smart Power Technologies.

28 Jan 2008

Invisible Wires Hold the Key to Making Solar Cells More Affordable

Millions of nearly invisible wires may hold the answer to making solar cells a more affordable source of alternative energy.

26 Jan 2008

10 Emerging Trends in Technology

Deloitte has released a study identifying 10 emerging trends in technology.

24 Jan 2008

Unique Electron Microscope - The First of Its Kind in the World

A unique electron microscope, the first of its kind in the world, was unveiled yesterday at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington.

24 Jan 2008

Zecotek Photonics Launches New Computerized High-Resolution Laser Spectrometer

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today officially announced the launch of its new computerized, high-power, high-resolution laser spectrometer. The device was specifically developed to meet a rapidly growing demand for higher precision spectrometry in nano- and bio-technological applications.

24 Jan 2008

First High-Resolution Image of Mercury

One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.

24 Jan 2008

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