Aerogel To Improve Robotic Surgery
A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing.
University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral...
GlassPoint Solar Make Steam for Extracting Oil Using Solar Power
The new demonstration solar power steam plant at McKittrick in California uses sunlight concentrated by mirrors in a greenhouse to pre-heat water.
Natural gas in...
Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene
New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications...
Stopping the Climate Change -News Corporation to Become Carbon Neutral
News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media...
Cheap and Easy Method for Assembling Nanowire at North Carolina State University
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a cheap and easy method for assembling nanowires, controlling their alignment and density.
The researchers hope the...
Stretchable Solar Cell To Power The Artificial Skin
Last September the Stanford University developed a pressure-sensitive artificial skin which is so sensitive that it can "feel" the weight of a butterfly.
As...
Hydrogen fuel available at petrol stations for consumers
Cella Energy was named the UK national winner for the Shell Springboard Awards 2011, for developing a technology which allows hydrogen to be stored...
Nanotechnology has increased efficiency of organic solar cells
In the solar energy field researchers are using the latest developments in nanotechnology to work on very small solar cells. Researchers are testing different...
Artificial photosynthesis to create cheap hydrogen for fuel
The production of cheap hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist,...
Water to Power Mobile Electronics
This week, SiGNa Chemistry Inc. unveiled its new hydrogen cartridges (Mobile-H2™), which provide energy to fuel cells designed to recharge cell phones, laptops and...