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Carbon Nanotubes Making Waves In Kayak Design

Baytubes®, the carbon nanotubes from Bayer MaterialScience, are now making waves in kayak design, marking a new chapter in the evolution of these popular boats, which were originally made by the Inuits using wood, bone and animal skin.

13 Aug 2010

Ultra-Strong Interaction Between Light and Matter Realized

Researchers around the world are working on the development of quantum computers that will be vastly superior to present-day computers. Here, the strong coupling of quantum bits with light quanta plays a pivotal role. Pr...

13 Aug 2010

Scientists Makes Microwave Fields Visible Using Clouds Of Ultracold Atoms

Microwaves are an essential part of modern communication technology. Mobile phones and laptops, for example, are equipped with integrated microwave circuits for wireless communication. Sophisticated techniques for measur...

13 Aug 2010

Attosecond Real-Time Observation of a Quantum Hole

An international team of the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (www.attoworld.de), led by Professor Ferenc Krausz at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and LMU Munich, in collaborations with researchers from the ...

13 Aug 2010

Methodist Hospital Research Institute Appoints Biomedical Nanotechnology Expert as New CEO

Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D, an internationally recognized leader, collaborator and scientist specializing in biomedical nanotechnology, was named President and CEO of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute today. “...

13 Aug 2010

European Union Awards Fund to LSBU for Nanomaterials Research

Two teams of researchers lead by academics at London South Bank University (LSBU) have been awarded funding from the European Union to help develop innovative, environmentally friendly technology which will contribute to...

13 Aug 2010

Material Scientists Use Nanoplates to Test Lithium Manganese Phosphate Batteries

A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a study in August 11 issue of Nano Letters. The one-step method will allow battery developers to explore lower-priced alternatives to the lithium ion-metal oxide batteries currently on the market.

13 Aug 2010

Researchers Fabricate Silk Metamaterial Composite at Terahertz Frequency

Researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering and Boston University have fabricated and characterized the first large area metamaterial structures patterned on implantable, bio-compatible silk substrates. ...

13 Aug 2010

Harvard University Researchers Develop New NanoFETs to Probe Inside Cells

Chemists and engineers at Harvard University have fashioned nanowires into a new type of V-shaped transistor small enough to be used for sensitive probing of the interior of cells.

13 Aug 2010

Delivery of First PROVE Photomask System Featuring 193 nm Optics

Carl Zeiss reports the delivery of the first PROVE™ Registration and Overlay Metrology System for photomasks to NuFlare Technology, the world leading supplier of e-beam based maskwriters. It is the kick-off for a series of deliveries in the upcoming months.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 13 Aug 2010

Seagate, Samsung Electronics to Develop 30nm NAND-Based SSD Controller

Seagate Technology plc, the world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that they have entered into a joint development and licensing agreement.

13 Aug 2010

Eulitha Introduces Deep Etched Gratings for Spectroscopy Applications

Transmission diffraction gratings are required in many research and development projects such as characterization of EUV light sources or spectroscopy experiments in the EUV range.

From Eulitha AG 13 Aug 2010

Eulitha Introduces 25nm Half-pitch EUV Fabricated Gratings

These gratings are made with Eulitha’s unique EUV interference lithography technology which means extremely smooth structures and none of the stitching or pixel related imperfections that are found in patterns of similar resolution produced using e-beam lithography.

From Eulitha AG 13 Aug 2010

Comparative Study Highlights Unusual Properties of Quantum Spin Liquids

A growing body of experimental evidence is lending support to the theory that an exotic state of matter called a quantum spin liquid actually exists. In a quantum spin liquid, the way electrons spin on their axes lacks a...

12 Aug 2010

Elec-Tech Selects Veeco as "Tool of Choice" for Two New LED Factories in China

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Elec-Tech International has selected its TurboDisc(R) K465i Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems as their "tool of choice" for two new LED factories in Wuhu and Yangzhou, China.

From Veeco 12 Aug 2010