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Researchers Produced Material That Can Bend Light in Opposite Direction

A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startl...

15 Oct 2007

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 Winner's Work Has Led to Computer Chips, Fuel Cells and Clean Air From Catalytic Converters for Vehicles

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 is awarded for groundbreaking studies in surface chemistry. This science is important for the chemical industry and can help us to understand such varied processes as why iron rusts,...

10 Oct 2007

Outdoor Weathering Stations Being Set Up to Test Solar Modules

Solar modules must stand up to UV radiation, rain, snow and heat. To find out where their weak points lie, outdoor weathering stations are being set up at sites exposed to extreme climatic conditions: in the tropics, in ...

10 Oct 2007

Scientists Introduces New Material That Could Lead to the Development of Quantum Computers

Scientists at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the university's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have introduced a new material that could be to computers of the futu...

10 Oct 2007

Light-Emitting Flexible Semiconductors Unraveled by Researchers in U.S.

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors. The discovery, which involve...

9 Oct 2007

Modern Semiconductors Morph with Nanomachines

With the help of a device capable of depositing metals an atom at a time in the materials used in computer chips, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has successfully blended modern semiconductor technolo...

28 Sep 2007

Revolutionary Semiconductor Business Arises from Undergraduate Project

What started as a Bristol University undergraduate computer-science project is now a major semi-conductor business that may revolutionise the consumer electronics market. XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of software de...

28 Sep 2007

New Thermal Grease from Dow Coring Offers Electronic Manufacturers Improved Conductivity and Reliability

Dow Corning Corporation's Advanced Technologies and Ventures Business (ATVB) today introduced DOW CORNING(R) TC-5026 Thermally Conductive Compound, a grease for electronic systems that provides significantly improved...

27 Sep 2007

Brightest Ever Quantum Dots

By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 108. Potential applications include high-...

27 Sep 2007

Titanium Disilicide Catalyst Uses Sunlight to Split Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen

Hydrogen is one of the most important fuels of the future, and the sun will be one of our most important sources of energy. Why not combine the two to produce hydrogen directly from solar energy without any detours invol...

26 Sep 2007

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