NanoEngineers at the University of California, San Diego are designing new types of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that could be used in a variety of NASA space exploration projects – and in a wide range of transportation and consumer applications. NEI Corporation and UC San Diego recently won a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contract from NASA to develop and ... Read More »
Daily Archives: August 27, 2010
Nanotechnologies in Food
Nanotechnologies in Food Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry | 2010 | PDF | 300 pages | ISBN: 0854041699 | 12.5Mb This book provides a source of much needed and up-to-date information on the products and applications of nanotechnology for the food sector – for scientists, regulators, and consumers alike. It also gives an independent, balanced, and impartial view of the ... Read More »
Nanotechnology to net mosquitoes
THAILAND – The National Nanotechnology Centre (Nanotec) yesterday unveiled its latest invention, a nanofibre net that can kill malariacarrying mosquitoes within six minutes of their contact with it. Nanotec director Sirireuk Songsiriwilai said the net fibre was coated with a herbal-like synthetic substance – whose durability to stick on the net was enhanced by nanotechnology. This made its mosquito killing ... Read More »
Technology Could Turn Windows and Walls into Solar Cells
Norwegian company develops spray-on film that can be applied to any surface. Imagine turning the windows of your house into more than just a place to see the outside yard, but instead into a solar power collector. Too farfetched? Not according to EnSol, a Norwegian company which has patented a power generating spray-on film that can be applied on any ... Read More »
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