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Nano-Based Solar Cell Developers Look for Opportunities in Cleantech

Environment and energy, or "cleantech," applications have become a target for more and more companies developing intermediate products, like batteries and solar cells, based on nanotechnology -- products called "nanointermediates."

22 Apr 2010

Researchers Develop New Imaging Tool to Study Living Cells

Atomic force microscopy, a tactile-based probe technique, provides a three-dimensional nanoscale image of a material by gliding a needle-like arm across the material's surface.

22 Apr 2010

Risø's LIDAR Provides Accurate Mapping of Ash Cloud

The good news comes after DMI has analysed LIDAR measurements from Risø. At DMI, Chief Consultant Jens Havskov Sørensen has exchanged data with Torben Mikkelsen from Risø DTU and compared the measurements from Risø's LIDAR with DMI's model cloud and cloud observations.

22 Apr 2010

Ten Scientific Institutions Team Up to Develop Laser-Based Radars

Ten scientific institutions from Spain and Portugal have joined forces to create the SPALINET lidar network, radars with laser technology intended to study the aerosols in the atmosphere.

22 Apr 2010

UCF Team Uses Spitzer Space Telescope to Measure Direct Light of Smallest Exoplanet

A Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting a small star about 33 light years away could be a key stepping stone on the path to making sense of an Earth twin.

22 Apr 2010

ONCE Introduces New SCD Technology for AC LED Lightings

LED lighting design and manufacturing company, Once Innovations, Inc. (ONCE) has introduced initial AC LED lighting products with ONCE proprietary conditioning circuitry that dramatically improves both total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) relative to existing AC LED lights.

22 Apr 2010

IKEA Plans to Install Solar Panels on Arizona Store Roof

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced that a solar energy system is planned for its store in Tempe, Arizona.

22 Apr 2010

NKBA's Survey Finds Energy-Efficient Products and LED Lighting as Cost-Efficient Trend

In a recent survey of 822 National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) members, energy-efficient products highlighted by LED lighting were identified as the most cost-efficient trend for kitchen and bath remodeling in 2010.

22 Apr 2010

Sungevity Encourages Public to Sign Petition Supporting Installation of Solar Panels on White House

Jimmy Carter did it in 1979: he installed solar panels on the White House roof to demonstrate the tremendous potential of harnessing the power of the sun to fuel a portion of its electrical needs and protect the environment.

22 Apr 2010

B+W Tek Offers Optics-Based Compact Spectrometers with New Changes

B&W Tek Inc. have given all their compact spectrometers exciting new looks, and generic family names.

22 Apr 2010

AFL’s New OFL280 FlexTester Offers Fiber Optic Test Functions

AFL Telecommunications announces the introduction of the Noyes OFL280 FlexTester, a hand-held, multifunction OTDR and loss test set offering incomparable flexibility and exceptional value.

22 Apr 2010

SEMATECH Presents Developments for Enhancing 3D Manufacturing Readiness at 2010 MRS

SEMATECH’s 3D Interconnect Program based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex outlined new developments in wafer bonding, copper removal, and wafer thinning at the 2010 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting on April 5-9 in San Francisco, CA.

22 Apr 2010