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Quantum Computers Can Work with Faulty and Missing Components

Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Review Lett...

11 Nov 2010

Nano-Fabricated Chip to Analyse Membrane Proteins

Membrane-associated receptors, channels and transporters are among the most important drug targets for the pharmaceutical industry.

11 Nov 2010

UMD Professor Receives PECASE Award to do Research in Nanophotonics

JQI Fellows Edo Waks of the University of Maryland (UMD) and Ian Spielman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among 85 scientists and engineers nationally to receive this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

11 Nov 2010

Saint-Gobain and SAGE Electrochromics to Begin New Revolution in the Habitat Glass Industry

Saint-Gobain Glass has acquired 50 percent of the equity of the U.S. company SAGE Electrochromics for the large-scale manufacture of electrochromic glass. Activated by a low-voltage current, electrochromic glass adap...

11 Nov 2010

Ultra-Clean Nanowires Play Significant Role in High Efficiency Solar Cells Production

New ultra-clean nanowires produced at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen will have a central role in the development of new high-efficiency solar cells and electronics on a nanometer scale. PhD student ...

11 Nov 2010

Tel Aviv University Scientist Develops Nano-Based Sensor to Detect Explosives

A Tel Aviv University scientist leads a research team that has developed a powerful electronic sensor to detect multiple kinds of explosives –– including those used in the recent Yemeni bomb threat.

11 Nov 2010

World Leaders to Present Latest Fuel Cell Research in Boston Next Month

The Knowledge Foundation has announced that the 6th Fuel Cells Durability + Performance conference will be held next month in Boston, MA from December 9-10, 2010 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel. According to Dr. S...

10 Nov 2010

JPK Instruments Announces Symposium on Applications of SPM and Optical Tweezers a Hugh Success

For the ninth year, JPK Instruments hosted the ninth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 10 Nov 2010

Quantum Communication Networks High on Europe's Agenda

Quantum communication networks are high on Europe's agenda, with particular focus being given to quantum memory or information storage. Meeting the challenge head on to make such information accessible to users is a team of scientists from Denmark who used two 'entangled' light beams to store quantum information.

10 Nov 2010

DNA ELectronics Awarded Three Key Patents for Semiconductor-Based Nucleotide Detection

DNA Electronics Ltd, a fabless provider of semiconductor solutions for real-time DNA and RNA detection, announced today the company has been awarded three key patents for semiconductor-based nucleotide detection. These l...

10 Nov 2010

Nest for Nanotubes Helping Magnetic Resonance Imaging Become Better than Ever

A nest for nanotubes may help magnetic resonance imaging become better than ever at finding evidence of disease. Scientists at Rice University and other Texas Medical Center institutions and colleagues in Colorado, I...

10 Nov 2010

Fastest Movies Ever Made - Imaging Motion of Electrons in Graphene

The fastest movies ever made of electron motion, created by scattering x-rays off of graphene, have shown that the interaction among its electrons is surprisingly weak.

10 Nov 2010

Wafergen Biosystems Awarded $244,500 Grant Under Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced it has been awarded a $244,500 grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Proj...

From Takara Bio USA, Inc. 10 Nov 2010

New Highly Stable Fuel-Cell Catalyst Gets Strength from its Nano Core

Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles can hit the road, scientists will have to find a way to protect the platinum, the most expensive component of fuel-cell technology, and to reduce the amount needed to make catalytically active electrodes.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 10 Nov 2010

New picoSpin-45 NMR Spectrometer Ideal for Chemical Analysis

The chemical analysis technique nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was revolutionized today with the official launch of the picoSpin-45 NMR spectrometer.

10 Nov 2010