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Nanotechnology manufacturers in Germany are positive about their economic recovery in 2011, as many reported sales increases of up to 15% during the first half of the year, according to the IVAM Microtechnology Network. The IVAM Microtechnology Network surveyed 1,125 small- and medium-sized enterprises dealing with microtechnology, nanotechnology or advanced materials in Germany. Most foresee a “positive development” in the ... Read More »

Harvard professor and scientific genius George Whitesides believes that nanotechnology will change medicine as we know it By Michael Rosenwald Smithsonian magazine, August 2010 Finding George Whitesides is often tricky even for George Whitesides. So he keeps an envelope in his jacket pocket. “I don’t actually know where I am in general until I look at it,” he says, “and ... Read More »

Alleviating the immeasurable impact of depression may come down to a single molecule measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter. That is what Dr. Tania Vu of Oregon Health and Science University believes. She and her team, with collaborators Drs. Paul Greengard and Marc Flajolet at the Rockefeller University, are the first to develop a way to “tag” single ... Read More »

CHICAGO—To meet adequate food demands for the growing world population, supply must nearly double in the next several decades, according to a new Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) report presented at IFT’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Food Expo in Chicago. Currently, the world’s food system provides food for nearly 7 billion people each day, but in order to meet future ... Read More »

Summer just wouldn’t be complete without mosquitoes nipping at exposed skin. Or would it? Research conducted by a Kansas State University team may help solve a problem that scientists and pest controllers have been itching to for years. Kun Yan Zhu, professor of entomology, and teammates Xin Zhang, graduate student in entomology from China, and Jianzhen Zhang, a visiting scientist ... Read More »

Cornell’s Energy Materials Center (emc²) has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca’s MicroGen Systems LLC to develop “self-charging” batteries, which use background shaking and stirring as their energy source. The battery will look like a microchip, but with a vibrating core, and it will harness energy from almost anything that shakes. Applications for the self-charging batteries include smart ... Read More »

Oregon is host to a production plant that will be the first to produce thin-film printable solar power technology, a photovoltaic company announced. Photovoltaic company Solexant Corp. announced it would set up a plant in Gresham, Ore., that will be the first thin film solar manufacture facility of its kind in the world. Solexant said it developed a new printable ... Read More »