Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

According to the International Energy Agency (EIA), the world will see an increase in oil consumption, which would require almost 50 percent oil production growth by 2025 [1]. The increase in global oil consumption will be linked to environmental assessments of the nuclear power industry in aftermath of the tragedy in Japan. From this point of view, oil production in ... Read More »

TEHRAN (FNA)- Executive manager of the Students Nanotechnology Olympiad Amin Moradi announced that Iran plans to organize and hold the third Students Nanotechnology Olympiad at an international level in 2012. Following the First Nanotechnology Sciences Olympiad for Students in Iran, a number of countries like Turkey and Sweden welcomed arrangement of such Olympiads for students, and organizers decided to arrange ... Read More »

India now has the resources, talent and political will to think big on issues it faces, be it in providing access to education and healthcare or in terms of a competitive economy, according to Sam Pitroda, chairperson, National Innovation Council (NIC). He was addressing an audience of corporate professionals, academics and students at a conference, organised by a city-based business ... Read More »

The efficiency of solar cells has been a major bugbear for the world’s best known alternative energy. New technology, called “nanocone cells” has delivered a huge boost to efficiency and applications. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a way of dealing with “traps” in photovoltaic cells based on the interaction of electrons and “positive holes” that have previously interfered with ... Read More »

A slip of the tongue could be the downfall of months, or years, of research. It could even result in the loss of intellectual property. Purdue professor Cagri Savran discusses a pending patent last week on his device while in his office at Purdue’s Birck Nanotechnology Center. (By Jordan Kartholl/Journal & Courier) To prevent that from happening, Cagri Savran sometimes ... Read More »

Case Study From: High-Performance Composites May2011, Sara Black A new partnership between Applied Nanostructured Solutions (ANS) and Owens Corning seeks to commercialize nano-enhanced reinforcements infused with carbon nanostructures (CNSs). In this photo, fiberglass rovings covered with black CNS are pulled from the processing equipment for respooling. Source: ANS Step 1: The enclosed production line, designed and built by ANS. Creeled ... Read More »