TOPNEWS 27 November 2008 (from observatoryNANO)

First output from the observatoryNANO project

The observatoryNANO dynamic website is now live. Already available are interim reports on 10 technology sectors (a total of 56 reports will be available by the end of the year) and the first newsletter (which includes [..]

06 January 2009 (from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. [..]

06 January 2009 (from Alpha Galileo)

E.ON backs major organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic project at the Advanced Technology Institute

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'. [..]

02 January 2009 (from Science Daily)

The Gold Standard: Nanoparticles Used To Make 3-D DNA Nanotubes

Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. [..]

31 December 2008 (from Mark LaPedus, EETimes)

Stanford tips nanowires to boost batteries

At this week's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) here, Stanford University disclosed a nanowire battery technology for next-generation systems. [..]

31 December 2008 (from Eurekalert)

Study on cytotoxicity of carbon nanotubes

Owing to the novel properties of carbon nanotubes (CBNs), a series of problems associated with in vitro toxicity assessments of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have appeared in many literatures. [..]

30 December 2008 (from RR Colin Johnson, EE Times)

Nanotubes shown to boost neuron signals

A team of researchers in Italy and Switzerland found carbon nanotubes to be a biocompatible material that can be attached to specific neurons to enhance their natural signal-processing capabilities. [..]

23 December 2008 (from NanoCharM)

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t make it!”

The second NanoCharM newsletter is now available. The crucial feature of the NanoCharM project is to bring the advanced techniques of ellipsometry and polarimetry to the expanding field of nanotechnology, not only to [..]

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23 December 2008 (from ICT Results)

Computing in a molecule

Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in [..]

22 December 2008 (from Spinverse)

Nanotechnology commercialisation at Russia’s Nanotechnology International Forum

Spinverse organized content for the thematic stream on nanotechnology commerialisation at the Rusnanotech’08 Nanotechnology International Forum in Moscow. This stream of invited speakers combined scientific, industrial [..]