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New solar cells show gains in efficiency The race for inexpensive, highly efficient solar cells may have gained another contender in the form of silicon microwires. Efforts to develop ultra-thin wires that convert sunlight into electricity are not new to the solar power field, ...
Galaxy Exposes Its Dusty Inner Workings in New Spitzer Image The infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals the stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI) NASA's Spitzer Space ...
The Future of Human Spaceflight Are astronauts close to extinction? Lunar dreams: Returning to the moon requires a lander spacecraft, but NASA has no money for one. Credit: NAS The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most complex and expensive engineering projects ...
Giant Magnetic Loop Sweeps Through Space Between Stellar Pair Artist's conception of Algol star system with radio image superimposed on grid. (Credit: Peterson et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers have found a giant magnetic loop stretched outward from one of the stars making up the ...
In All the Universe, Just 10 Percent of Solar Systems Are Like Ours The planets are shown in the correct order of distance from the Sun, the correct relative sizes, and the correct relative orbital distances. The sizes of the bodies are greatly exaggerated relative to the orbital ...
Carbon-based solar cell closer to reality Two graphene molecules (dark grey) are caged by sidegroups (blue) attached to each graphene sheet. Image Credit: Liang-shi Li. To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have ...
Scientists Race to Engineer a New Magnet for Electronics A magnet at the heart of high-tech products such as cell phones and hybrid cars relies upon an increasingly scarce supply of the rare earth element known as neodymium. Now one of the original inventors of that magnet hopes ...
Solar Airplane Completes Maiden Voyage Solar Impulse, a prototype of an airplane designed to fly around the world using only solar power, made its first real flight today. As the sun shone down on the Swiss countryside an aircraft powered by 12,000 solar cells flew for 87 minutes ...
Application of Vacuum Technologies for Photovoltaic Systems, Flat Panels Display and solid-state lighting (International Workshop 2010) (AVT2010) Shanghai, China August 29 31, 2010 Topics & Contents of interest include, but are not limited to: Application of Vacuum Technology in ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum announces results for the full 2009 fiscal year Excellent profitability in spite of economic crisis Proposed dividend: High distribution ratio maintained Core business well on its way in 2010 Asslar, Germany, March 23. 2010. As already announced in the form of ...
plitFlowTM 50 turbopump for use in analytical applications Evacuating multiple chambers simultaneously The new SplitFlow 50 from Pfeiffer Vacuum is a small yet powerful turbopump that is especially suitable for use in analytical applications. This pump is designed with multiple ...
American Nano Silicon Technologies Announces Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry American Nano Silicon Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ANNO) ("American Nano" or "the Company"), a ...
New Study Shows Carbon Nanotubes Will Break Down Harmlessly Discovery brings fresh hope for medical applications Carbon nanotube. Image Credit: Institute of Nanotechnology. A team of Swedish and American scientists has shown for the first time that carbon nanotubes can be broken ...
Cold Atoms and Nanotubes Come Together in an Atomic 'Black Hole' Launched laser-cooled atoms are captured by a single, suspended, single-wall carbon nanotube charged to hundreds of volts. A captured atom spirals towards the nanotube (white path) and reaches the environs of the ...
Update on Financial Restructuring Pf ffikon SZ, 26 February 2010 - Oerlikon Group's negotiations with its lending banks on the restructuring of the Group's finances are progressing. Oerlikon believes that it will be able to reach an agreement with its lending banks by the end of ...
World's Smallest Superconductor Discovered This image shows the smallest superconductor, which is only .87 nanometer wide. (Credit: Image courtesy of Saw-Wai Hla and Kendal Clark, Ohio University) Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four ...
A good match for data storage A tailored material combination may boost the sensitivity of future disk-drive read heads A schematic diagram of a CPP GMR spin valve (left), a potential component in future hard disk drive read heads, consisting of lattice- and electronic band ...
Light twists rigid structures in unexpected nanotech finding After 72 hours of exposure to ambient light, strands of nanoparticles twisted and bunched together. Credit: Nicholas Kotov In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers ...
Printable electrical signals and sensor technology Scientists at the Fraunhofer IGD are developing analytical techniques based on our ability to identify complex relationships with the aid of pictorial images. Image Credit: Fraunhofer IGD. The cellphone is switched off but ...
ETH Zurich Has Developed World s Smallest Microlaser The centerpiece of the new microlaser is the electric resonator, consisting of two semi-circular capacitors that are connected via an inductor (here, a scanning electron microscope image). The color intensity represents the ...
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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 ...