External press release
29 Sep 2009

Sunovia researchers shatter world record
Sunovia researchers shatter world record open circuit Voltage (Voc) for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cells by over 45%, dramatically raising the theoretical potential efficiency of CdTe thin film solar cells.
28 Sep 2009

Ascent Solar signs multi-year supply agreement with TurtleEnergy
Ascent Solar signs multi-year supply agreement with TurtleEnergy for up to 67 MW
28 Sep 2009

ECG necklace for home cardiac monitoring
An ECG necklace that monitors long-term cardiac performance allows patients to remain mobile to continue their daily activities while under observation using an embedded beat detection algorithm monitoring system.
External press release
26 Sep 2009

Solar photovoltaic power essential for 20% renewable energy target
Despite the global economic downturn, solar photovoltaic power retains huge, largely untapped potential to help Europe meet its energy and environmental goals.
External press release
25 Sep 2009

NSF Spintronics grant helps NC State researchers
NSF Spintronics grant will help NC State researchers develop smaller, faster electronic devices
25 Sep 2009

Putting a strain on nanowires could yield colossal results
Structural irregularities in correlated electron materials - a phenomenon known as "phase inhomogeneity" - could be engineered at the sub-micron scale to achieve such desired properties as colossal magnetoresistance
24 Sep 2009

Interactive OLED eyeglasses with microdisplays available in 2 years
Microdisplays based on OLEDs for multimedia applications like video and data display could be available within a couple of years according to Fraunhofer IPMS.
External press release
24 Sep 2009

XsunX and Intevac team up to develop breakthrough TFPV Manufacturing
XsunX and Intevac team up to develop breakthrough thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing technology.
External press release
24 Sep 2009

Ascent Solar hires Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Ascent Solar hires Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
24 Sep 2009

Low cost materials for solar cells
Wadia's goal is to make solar energy affordable and accessible to everyone on the planet, especially to the 1.2 billion people now living without electricity. To reach this goal, he and colleagues are developing photovoltaic solar cells from naturally occurring, earth-abundant materials such as iron sulfide and copper sulfide.
External press release
23 Sep 2009

Polymer memory products manufactured in roll-to-roll printing process
POLYIC and THINFILM announce high-volume pilot production of roll-to-roll printed memories enabling next-generation interactive toys and games
External press release
23 Sep 2009

Tata group invests in a start-up producing photovoltaic solar modules
Tata group invests in start-up Flisom who specialize in flexible and lightweight thin-film photovoltaic solar modules.
23 Sep 2009

Umbrella converts sunlight to electricity
Konarka Technologies Inc and SKYShades entered into a partnership last year to jointly develop the Powerbrella, an umbrella that converts sunlight into electricity to charge laptops, mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices.
23 Sep 2009

A giant step for nanotechnology
The Australian research community will soon have access to one of the most powerful nanotechnology instruments in the world, able to write and etch data on particles ten thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.
22 Sep 2009

Cars with thermoelectric and other harvesting
There is now consensus that hybrid and pure electric cars will be the fastest growing sector of the car business for the next twenty years. Analysts and manufacturers project 15-20% of cars made in 2020 being electric.
22 Sep 2009

E-paper display market reaches $1.17 billion in 2014
IDTechEx find that the total market size for e-paper displays in 2010 is $131 million rising to $1.17 Billion in 2014 - this is the value of the display component, not the product.
External press release
21 Sep 2009

NTERA and plastic electronic GmbH enter into a license agreement
NTERA, Inc., and plastic electronic GmbH have announced they have entered into a license agreement to develop advanced printed electronics products using NTERA's NanoChromics technology.
21 Sep 2009

Wireless heart pump
Scientists at The University of Auckland have developed the technology to power a wireless heart pump that could save the lives of thousands of heart patients, and eventually offer an alternative to heart transplants.
External press release
21 Sep 2009

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions offer advanced materials
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) in India offers a variety of advanced materials from several DuPont businesses to enable the country's photovoltaic (PV) industry to increase lifetime and efficiency of solar modules and improve the productivity of PV module makers.
21 Sep 2009

Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor
An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash.