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Scientists Overcome Major Challenges Facing Solar Energy

No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.

4 Nov 2008

Corus Establish Two New State-of-the-Art Production Line in Europe

The first is a £6 million investment in the Corus Panels and Profiles Shotton Panel Line No 1. The second project is a joint collaboration between Corus and Australian company Dyesol. Corus has once again demon...

2 Nov 2008

Rensselaer Board of Trustees Makes Donation for Establishment of New Center for Bio-Energy Research

Thomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy re...

2 Nov 2008

Scietists Develop New Method to Take Closer Look at Electron Arrangement Inside Molecules

In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them t...

31 Oct 2008

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Opens New Excellence Center for Development of Organic Materials

he purpose of the center is the development of processes for organic semiconductor devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic solar cells.

30 Oct 2008

Emerging Light Absorbing Quantum Dots (QD) Technology Shows Promising Potential in Cancer Therapies

Quantum dots (QD)-nanoscale particles that confine electrons and can emit and absorb light-have been studied in lasers, solar paneling, and biomedical therapeutics.

29 Oct 2008

Researchers Develop Roll-to-Roll Technology for Mass Production of Flexible OLED

Researchers working in the European ROLLED project have developed a flexible OLED element that can be mass produced using roll-to-roll printing technology. The OLED elements can be used to add value to product packages. ...

29 Oct 2008

BASF Announce Purchase of Polyurethane Business for Vehicle Glass Encapsulation

BASF has signed an agreement with Recticel to acquire the company’s worldwide compounds business for polyurethane (PU) systems for glass encapsulation. The transaction, which is subject to approval by the relevant ...

28 Oct 2008

Trans-India Announce Acquisition of Solar Semiconductor

Trans-India Acquisition Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire not less than 80% of privately held Solar Semiconductor Ltd. Solar Semiconductor designs, manufactures an...

28 Oct 2008

UNSW Reports First Silicon Solar Cell to Achieve the Milestone of 25 per cent Effiency

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency. The UNSW ARC Phot...

24 Oct 2008

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