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Quantum Teleportation Achieved over 16 km

Quantum teleportation is not the same as the teleportation most of us know from science fiction, where an object (or person) in one place is "beamed up" to another place where a perfect copy is replicated.

4 Jun 2010

Thin Film PV Panel Market Share Rises to 22% in 2009

Global photovoltaic cell production last year grew by 51%, from 7.1 gigawatts (GW) in 2008 to 10.7 GW in 2009, according to a research note published by GTM Research. PV panel production also increased by 41% over 2...

3 Jun 2010

Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Installed at Broughton Laboratories

Broughton Laboratories Ltd has installed an Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography system (UHPLC). This allows for testing to be completed efficiently in reduced time. Broughton Laboratories Ltd has come ...

3 Jun 2010

New Ricoh Eco Board in Times Square Features Thin-Film PV Solar Modules

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced the completion of its 100 percent solar powered electronic billboard, the Ricoh Eco Board, located at 3 Times Square at the corner of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street.

3 Jun 2010

Researchers Simulate Frustration in Quantum System

For most people, frustration is a condition to be avoided. But for scientists studying certain "frustrated" ensembles of interacting components – that is, those which cannot settle into a state that minimizes each interaction – it may be the key to understanding a host of puzzling phenomena that affect systems from neural networks and social structures to protein folding and magnetism.

3 Jun 2010

Highly Sensitive Arrays Engineered for Nanoscale Applications

With a network of more than 5,000 sensors that monitor weather conditions, seismic activity, traffic, bacteria on beaches, water levels and much more, Sensorpedia is a significant resource that continues to expand. ...

3 Jun 2010

SEMATECH Announces New Collaboration to Address Resist Issues in EUV Lithography

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and AZ Electronic Materials, the global supplier of electronic materials to the semiconductor and flat panel display industries, announced today that AZ Electronic Materials has joined SEMATECH’s Resist Materials and Development Center (RMDC) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.

3 Jun 2010

Researchers Explore New Applications for Nanometallic Structures

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded Professors Mark L. Brongersma of Stanford University and Stefan A. Maier of Imperial College London are investigating new applications for terahertz sensors. Ba...

3 Jun 2010

New Technology to Create Strong Nanofabrics

In Nature, cells and tissues assemble and organize themselves within a matrix of protein fibers that ultimately determines their structure and function, such as the elasticity of skin and the contractility of heart tissue.

3 Jun 2010

Study Shows Nanotechnology PSA Test May Predict Course of Prostate Cancer

Men who have just had their cancerous prostate gland removed have one pressing question for their doctors: Am I cured? But conventional tests haven't been sensitive enough to provide a concrete answer. Current tests...

3 Jun 2010

IFIC 2010 Survey Includes U.S. Consumers’ Perceptions of Nanotechnology

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) 2010 “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology” survey found that consumers support the use of food biotechnology when they consider its potential benefits for reduci...

3 Jun 2010

Researchers Study Anticancer Drug Delivery System Based on Nanosponge Particles

When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection.

3 Jun 2010

Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi Honored for Innovations in Biotechnology

Internationally renowned chemical biologist Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, whose research is applied worldwide in the biopharmaceutical industry, has achieved extraordinary success for her pioneering inventions in the field ...

3 Jun 2010

New Supplement for Health Care Features Nano Onion-Like Solid Fullerenes

Nanotechnology has made its way into the health care arena and is now being applied to an important supplement called Nanoxynalpha found at www.nanoxyn.com.

3 Jun 2010

Nanotechnology Corporation Invests in Major Preclinical Studies Center Near Moscow to Involve a Leading American CRO

The Supervisory Council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) has approved the corporation’s participation in a project to create a center for preclinical studies. The project’s budget will...

3 Jun 2010