Carbon magnets have spintronics potential
Dutch researchers have explained how a form of carbon, acts as a magnet, paving the way for its use in biosensors, smart materials and spintronics.
Fertiliser firm steps up into vertical farming
US fertilser firm Converted Organics has bought vertical farming specialist TerraSphere and entered the pharmaceuticals market
TSB £4.5m competition deadline June 30
The UK’s Technology Strategy Board is running a £4.5m competition for research into ‘smart’ energy use in homes. The deadline is June 30, 2010. The TSB is primarily interested in…
OLPC plans $75 kids’ tablet PC
One Laptop Per Child plans to have an open source $75 tablet PC with a semi-flexible plastic touch screen available in 2012.
Round-up: nanotech provides battery power
Image via Wikipedia We could go on and on like the Duracell bunny about advances in battery and super-capacitor technology but we’ve decided to go with the flow (of ions)…
Why we should stop selling cars
UK hydrogen car developer Riversimple plans to turn the standard motor industry business model on its head. Founder Hugo Spowers explains.
UCL hopes nano-level magneto-optics holds the key to quantum data storage
Novel magnetic materials could hold key to quantum computing
Nanotech funding holds steady
European nanotech firms turned over €44 billion in 2009, according to industry body IVAM. Orders and sales volumes were down but funding held steady.
Who’s who: London Technology Fund
Outline of the London Technology Fund.
Businesslike approach puts UK start-ups ahead
The UK provides the best environment for innovation investment according to BASF Venture Capital investment manager Dr Oliver Guthmann.