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Launch of AZoOptics.com

The 5th site in the AZoNetwork portfolio builds on the success of AZoM.com the A to Z of Materials, AZoNano.com - the A to Z of Nanotechnology and AZoBuild.com - the A to Z of Building. $$IMAGE$$ AZoOptics.com (ht...

25 Oct 2007

New Laser Could Lead to Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopes for Chemical Imaging in Biology and Medicine

In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) la...

23 Oct 2007

Colour Changing Gel Could Lead to a New Type of Sensor

MIT researchers have created a new structured gel that can rapidly change color in response to a variety of stimuli, including temperature, pressure, salt concentration and humidity. Among other applications, the stru...

22 Oct 2007

Nanospikes Could Lead to More Successful Hip and Bone Replacements, Better Solar Power and Prevent Computer Overheating

New technology in development at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science could lead to more successful hip and bone replacement surgeries, make better use of solar power and even prevent your...

19 Oct 2007

Laser Beams and Gold Nanorods Combine to Blow Up and Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers have shown how tiny "nanorods" of gold can be triggered by a laser beam to blast holes in the membranes of tumor cells, setting in motion a complex biochemical mechanism that leads to a tumor cell&#...

17 Oct 2007

Piezo Composite Patch Transducer From PI Works as Actuator, Sensor, Energy Source & Storage

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. a leading manufacturer of piezo-based precision motion-control equipment for engineering, nanotechnology, photonics and semiconductor applications introduces the new P-876 line of piezo compo...

16 Oct 2007

High Resolution AFM Imaging of Cataract has Yielded Information on the Single Molecule Level of Disease

At the Institut Curie, Simon Scheuring, beneficiary of the Inserm Avenir program and coordinator of the CNRS/Inserm “Atomic force microscopy (AFM) of proteins in native membranes” team(1), has for the first t...

16 Oct 2007

Laser Light Generated at Record Small Wavelengths

After a successful upgrade, the FLASH facility achieved a world premiere by generating flashes of laser light at the minuscule wavelength of 6.5 nanometres (nm), thereby breaking the world record of 13.5 nm it establishe...

15 Oct 2007

Metamaterial Electromagnetic Wormholes Shown to be Possible

The team of mathematicians that first created the mathematics behind the “invisibility cloak” announced by physicists last October has now shown that the same technology could be used to generate an “el...

15 Oct 2007

Quantum Dot Transistor can Count Individual Photons

A transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons (the smallest particles of light) has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The semiconductor ...

15 Oct 2007