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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

Force and Fluorescence Hybrid Device Measures Nanometer Scale Motion of Biomolecules Caused by Pico-Newton Forces

A hybrid device combining force and fluorescence developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has made possible the accurate detection of nanometer-scale motion of biomolecules caused by pico-newton forces. ...

15 Oct 2007

Semiconductor Material Bends Light in The Opposite Direction From All Naturally Occurring Materials

A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startl...

15 Oct 2007

Sigma Aldrich Partners With Program to Put Spectroscopy in Schools

The University of Leicester and the East Midlands Region are leading a national programme aimed at providing schools and colleges with hands-on access to state of the art scientific instrumentation in the study of chemis...

From Sigma Aldrich 12 Oct 2007

Sol Gel Inks can be Used to Create 3D Nanoscale Printing

New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features. The ability to directly pattern fun...

12 Oct 2007

Veeco Introduces TurboDisc E475 MOCVD System for R/O/Y HB-LED and Solar Applications

Veeco Instruments Inc. today announced that it has introduced its new TurboDisc E475 As/P Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system to be used in the production of red, orange, yellow (R/O/Y) high-brightness...

12 Oct 2007

Data Storage Breakthrough Promises Faster Computer Hard Drives

There are right-handed and left-handed yoghurts, right-handed and left-handed snail shells, and right-handed and (occasionally) left-handed screws. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now demonstrated the existence...

10 Oct 2007

New System of Joining Laser Solar Cells

A single solar cell produces a relatively low output - it's a case of strength in numbers. Tiny strips of metal are used to link cells together. If the laser soldering temperature is too high, the solder joint may fr...

10 Oct 2007

Controlling Light in Nano Optics Devices Opens Path for Variety of New Nanodevices and Technologies

Nanoscale devices present a unique challenge to any optical technology - there’s just not enough room for light to travel in a straight line. On the nanoscale, energy may be produced by radiating photons of ligh...

9 Oct 2007