Tiny Tubes and Rods Show Promise as Catalysts, Sunscreen

New ways to make, modify titanium oxide nanostructures for industrial, medical uses

12-Sep-2007 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications. The methods and new titanium oxide materials may lead to improved ...

Ener1 appoints two industry executives as independent directors

03-Aug-2007 - Ener1, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas J. Snyder and Kenneth R. Baker as members of its board of directors. Both executives have distinguished careers in the automotive and technology industries and have extensive experience in electric vehicles and batteries. Mr. Snyder served as the ...

Nanopatterns Regulate Electricity

09-Feb-2007 - Regular arrangements of sodium atoms make sodium cobalt oxide a perfect material for laptop batteries, an efficient cooling material and a superconductor. The concentration of sodium atoms in the material can vary and the material's behaviour depends sensitively on this number. Scientists from ...

BASF Venture Capital invests in U.S. fuel cell company

01-Feb-2007 - BASF Venture Capital GmbH is investing in UltraCell Corporation, Livermore, CA. UltraCell develops and manufactures complete micro fuel cell systems for portable devices such as satellite phones, radios and laptop computers, which require long runtimes away from the power grid. UltraCell has ...

U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium awards contract to ENER1 Lithium Battery Group

Phase 1 Contract advances development of EnerDel's Li-Ion battery technology to improve the cost, performance and fuel efficiency of hybrid electric vehicles

12-Jun-2006 - ENER1 Inc. announced that its EnerDel battery subsidiary has received a contract from the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), a part of the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), an organization founded by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors that works with the ...

The Dow Chemical Company to Continue Collaboration with Millennium Cell

01-Jun-2006 - Millennium Cell Inc.announced that The Dow Chemical Company has elected to purchase $1.25 million of Millennium Cell's Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock under an option which became exercisable upon the achievement of the first milestone under the joint development agreement earlier this ...

Arkema opens carbon nanotube pilot plant at its Lacq Research Center

03-Feb-2006 - Arkema launched a Research and Development Project in 2003 for the production of carbon nanotubes as well as research into their applications. The Company has now inaugurated the first plant in Europe capable of producing some 10 tonnes per year of carbon nanotubes. Arkema and the Conseil ...

Sandia researchers seek ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer, safer

Batteries could soon replace standard nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrid vehicles

18-Jan-2006 - As part of the Department of Energy-funded FreedomCAR program, Sandia National Laboratories' Power Sources Technology Group is researching ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer and safer. The research could lead to these batteries being used in new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in the ...

Sandia researchers to model nano-size battery

Power for artificial retina

16-Jan-2006 - Several researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, led by principal investigator Susan Rempe, are part of a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary team developing a nano-size battery that one day could be implanted in the eye to power an artificial retina. They are among the recipients of a ...

Scientists harness the power of pee

Singapore researchers create first battery powered by urine

18-Aug-2005 - Physicists in Singapore have succeeded in creating the first paper battery that generates electricity from urine. This new battery will be the perfect power source for cheap, disposable healthcare test-kits for diseases such as diabetes. This research is published in the Institute of Physics' ...