Silicon nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells
Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell's life, researchers now report. view more (2007-08-21)
Environmentally friendly plastic film of potato starch
Plastic made of potato starch is a promising material for packaging, which is a big new application for starch plastics. This is shown in Ã"¦sa Rindlav-Westling's doctoral dissertation, which was carried out in Paul Gatenholm's research team in polymer technology at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Our huge quantities of refuse... view more... (2002-04-08)
Soft materials buckle up for measurement
Buckling under pressure can be a good thing, say materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). view more (2006-06-28)
Compostable packaging tape
Used plastic wrappings and containers make good fuel if incinerated, but are also dumped in huge quantities on landfill sites. Researchers are developing a compostable packaging tape that can be disposed of more cheaply, and ultimately creates less waste. view more (2004-10-04)
Animator Wins Royal Television Society National Student Award
A former Kingston University design student has received national acclaim for his work after winning a prestigious Royal Television Society National Student award. Sumito Sakakibara, who graduated with a degree in illustration and animation last year, saw off fierce competition from around the country to carry off the accolade last month. Sumito... view more... (2003-06-23)
Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries
While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a fundamental discovery about these materials that could improve methods of creating the stable crystalline films that are widely used in electronics applications-and also offer insight into a range of... view more... (2009-01-14)
Efficiency boost makes solar cells more affordable
Solar energy could become more affordable following a breakthrough by UNSW scientists, who have boosted the efficiency of solar cell technology. view more (2007-05-03)
NIST develops test method for key micromechanical property
Engineers and researchers designing and building new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) can benefit from a new test method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to measure a key mechanical property of such systems: elasticity. view more (2008-01-10)
Digital Mammography Trial Results Announced
Preliminary results from a large, clinical trial of digital vs. film mammography show no difference in detecting breast cancer for the general population of women in the trial. view more (2005-09-19)
CNRS makes undersea window-cleaners redundant
The formation of bio-films is a major problem for undersea optical instruments. To prevent fouling, researchers at the Electro-Chemical Systems and Interfaces Laboratory (LISE) at CNRS (France's leading research establishment) have contributed to the development of a very promising electro-chemical protection process. The principle is based on... view more... (2004-03-05)
CultureLab-UK News
The November edition of Culture Lab is now live. Log on now to our Bond special, featuring two fascinating articles: 1. Die Another Day - Despite fierce competition from Hollywood rivals, the new Bond film remains 'The Daddy' of hi-tech film production. 2. Bond UK - Want to know what unbelievable technology is just around the corner? Watch a Bond... view more... (2002-11-14)
Film-maker opens the doors of perception
Cutting-edge film-maker and artist, Nichola Bruce, has received a NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) fellowship of up to £75,000 to research and create, through digital media, a sketchbook of works looking at the themes of memory and how we see. Hastings-based Nichola is a skilled film/programme maker who has... view more... (2002-07-30)
Bottoms up: Better organic semiconductors for printable electronics
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend. view more (2008-09-05)
Assisting The Global Optoelectronics And Telecommunications Industry To Ride The Recession
As the global optoelectronics and telecommunications industry faces its first recession, Optical Reference Systems Ltd (ORS Ltd), a new spin-out company from the University of Wales, Bangor, could find itself with the ideal product to help the companies that produce thin film semiconductors to achieve greater efficiencies. Optoelectronics and... view more... (2002-04-22)
University film to smash autism stereotypes
Photographs available Widely held stereotypes of autism are leading to a "scandalous squandering of talented resources" by British employers, according to a senior academic at Sheffield Hallam University. Jeff Baggott, Head of Film and Media at the University, believes that misconceptions of the syndrome have resulted in a disturbing... view more... (2002-09-05)
Major International Lord of the Rings research project launches today
It's Christmas, precioussss"¦ and it's the season for Hobbits, Elves and Dark Lords. Amidst all the movie hype an international team of academics is on a quest to find out what on Middle Earth people actually get from viewing Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Academic researchers across 20 countries and five continents want audiences... view more... (2003-12-16)
Coming to a cinema near you - courtesy of ESA
We`ve got digital television. Next comes digital cinema. Thanks to ESA, cinema-goers in five European countries will be able to get an early taste of the new technology later this summer. As part of an ESA-funded project, ten cinemas in Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK will be screening movies transmitted and played digitally rather than... view more... (2002-06-25)
Thin films of silicon nanoparticles roll into flexible nanotubes
By depositing nanoparticles onto a charged surface, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have crafted nanotubes from silicon that are flexible and nearly as soft as rubber. view more (2005-06-15)
New Technique Studies How Plastic Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity
A new analytical technique that uses infrared spectroscopy to study light-sensitive organic materials could lead to the development of cheaper, more efficient solar cells. view more (2006-12-12)
Madonna Vies With Hepburn for Title of 21st Century Post-Feminist Icon
As International Women's Day on 8th March 2003 approaches new research hails film star Audrey Hepburn, who first hit silver screens in the 1950s, as a rival to Madonna as 21st century post-feminist icon. Like pop star Madonna, who frequently transforms her image, Dr Rachel Moseley from the University of Warwick reveals the flexibility of Hepburn's... view more... (2003-03-07)
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