The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize was awarded in June 2010 in Helsinki to Professor Michael Graetzel, who discovered dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), also known as 'Graetzel cells'. In the New Energy Technologies Group, led by Professor Peter Lund from the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University, research in DSCs has been carried out since 2001.

AlphaRx, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Cypress Bioscience, under which AlphaRx is regaining all rights to Indaflex from Cypress Bioscience, which AlphaRx had previously licensed to Proprius Pharmaceuticals, which was subsequently acquired by Cypress Bioscience.

New laser scanning microplate cytometer to show at BioExpo Japan.

Nano-sized advance toward next big treatment era in dentistry.

Contrary to previous assumptions, electrons are catapulted out of an atom during photoemission with a delay.

Glass fibers are a widely used reinforcing agent for many materials, from polymers to concrete. The most prominent glass fiber composite is fiberglass, a glass-reinforced plastic. The performance of the glass fiber composite over time depends on the durability of the polymer matrix and the fiber fracture behavior of the material. Since a conventional glass fiber is electrically insulating, traditionally, the monitoring for composite damage has been conducted by external sensors - a technique that degrades the mechanical properties of the material's structure and increases the cost. Researchers have therefore been working on the development of electrically conductive glass fiber plastics by adding conductive particles such as carbon blacks and carbon nanotubes to a polymer matrix. Researchers have now demonstrated a simple approach to deposit carbon nanotube networks onto glass fiber surfaces, thereby achieving semiconductive MWCNT-glass fibers.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the ANSI-accredited US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/TC 229, Nanotechnologies invites all U.S. interested stakeholders to provide input on a proposed draft Technical Specification (TS) that addresses the labeling of manufactured nano-objects and products containing manufactured nano-objects at an upcoming webinar, scheduled for Friday, July 9, 2010.

The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, RUSNANO, announces the completion of its incorporation and registration procedure for the investment management company RUSNANO Capital AG. RUSNANO Capital AG will be involved in attracting global investors for financing promising Russian innovative projects as well as investing in existing Western innovative technologies with the aim of implementing them in Russia.

Collaboration aims to accelerate human genome analysis and enable advancements in personalized healthcare.

The Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) has launched its second non-Persian website in an effort to improve information giving services and increase international and regional cooperation.