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Chemists Take Gold in Mass-Producing Olympic Logo Each Olympic logo is so small 70 micrometers long and 60 micrometers wide that 2,500 of them would fit on a grain of rice. Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15...
Coated Film is Lethal Weapon against Bacteria The diagram shows the self-disinfecting action of the silver and calcium phosphate nanoparticles applied to the plastic film. A nanoproduct made from silver and calcium phosphate and developed by ETH Zurich researchers is lethal to ...
Rosier future for solar energy conversion A flexible dye-sensitized solar cell with a solvent-free ionic liquid electrolyte.(courtesy G24i Ltd.) Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye (the ...
Nanotech Solution Brings Clean Drinking Water to a Thirsty World UniSA scientists have discovered a simple way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active nano-material. The water treatment process is a new ...
Looking at Hydrogen to Replace Gasoline in Our Cars Nissan's hydrogen-fueled X-TRAIL FCV fuel cell vehicle. Dear EarthTalk: How is it that hydrogen can replace oil to run our cars? There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether hydrogen can really be generated and stored in ...
China's 1st laser cinema opens in Beijing China's first laser movie theater opened on 7 July in Beijing. The cinema uses the laser projection system jointly developed by Phoebus Vision Co.and the CAS Academy of Opto-electronics. According to experts, laser projection systems ...
Further progress in clean energy partnership between CAS and BP On behalf their respective organizations, CAS Vice President LI Jinghai and BP Group Chief Executive Iain Conn put their signitures on an agreement for the partner selection and technology roadmap principle for the ...
Southampton Science Park Office space, lab space, business incubator and commercial property development sites in a landscaped science park, 1 hour from London. Southampton Science Park is a 45-acre development in a prime Hampshire location - just a mile from the M3 motorway and ...
Solar Energy - A Pane in the Glass Cost effective devices expected on market soon Organic solar concentrators collect and focus different colors of sunlight. Solar cells can be attached to the edges of the plates. By collecting light over their full surface and concentrating it ...
Researchers Generate Hydrogen with Zero Carbon Footprint A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn State ...
Automakers Convert with Nanotechnology as PGM Prices Soar Reduction in the use of precious metals as platinum group metals substitution is replaced by nano solutions Reeling from a relentless rise in precious metal prices, Japanese automakers are banking on new know-how, ...
Hong Kong Scientists Make Zeolite Membrane Micro Fuel Cell Siu Ming Kwan and King Lun Yeung from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have made an inorganic zeolite proton-exchange micromembrane and assembled it into a workable micro fuel cell. Yeung explains that ...
Tethered Molecules Act as Light-driven Reversible Nanoswitches Illustration of the light-activated switch made by the Paul Weiss lab at Penn State. A bridge within the azobenzene molecule, made by two double-bonded nitrogen atoms, each also bound to a benzene ring, reconfigures ...
'Nanosculpture' Technique Creates New Potential for Heat Pumps, Energy Converters and Medical Applications A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and ...
Electron Windmills: A Novel Design for Nanomotors 'Electron turbine' could be the world s smallest printer A simple microscopic motor can be made by slotting three nanotubes together and hooking them to an electric current the so-far theoretical design could be used as a tiny ...
XSSC holds symposium on precision measurement With an objective of addressing the development prospects of precision measurement and its impetus to other scientific branches, and offering suggestions for its progress, the 327th session of Xiangshan Science Conferences (XSSC) was ...
AVS-55th International Symposium's Registration and Housing are now Open! Please register today to secure pre-registration rates and to ensure a reservation at your first-choice hotel. Symposium Registration: http://www.xpressreg.net/register/avss108/lookup.asp Hotel Info.& ...
Programming Hierarchical Supramolecular Nanostructures at Surfaces Yeliang WANG ( ) Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr 1, 70569 Stuttgart ,Germany. Tel: +49 711 689 1596 Fax: +49 711 689 1662 E-mail: y.wang@fkf.mpg.de Hierarchical self-assembly is an ...
Hands On Computing: How Multi-touch Screens Could Change The Way We Interact With Computers and Each Other The iPhone and even wilder interfaces could improve collaboration without a mouse or keyboard. When Apple s iPhone hit the streets last year, it introduced so-called multi...
Denser Computer Chips Possible with Plasmonic Lenses that 'Fly' In this schematic of plasmonic lithography, the plasmonic flying head produces nanoscale patterns onto the spinning disk covered with photo sensitive chemicals. Ultraviolet light is delivered through the flying head ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...