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Physicists Discover Effect that Turns Physics of Semiconductor Lasers "Upside Down"

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. ...

14 Apr 2010

Three New Companies Join eBeam Initiative

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that several of its members will jointly present the lat...

14 Apr 2010

Physicists Discover Important Mechanism for the Decomposition of Nano-Composites

A cooperation of researchers at the Universities of Freiburg and Dortmund as well as the Freiburg Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials has succeeded in placing an article in the recent issue of the renowned "Nature Nanotechnology" journal. The article reviews their findings concerning the properties of smallest metal nanoparticles.

14 Apr 2010

New Material Mimics Magnetic Monopole

Researchers from Imperial College London have created a structure that acts like a single pole of a magnet, a feat that has evaded scientists for decades. The researchers say their new Nature Physics study takes them a step closer to isolating a 'magnetic monopole.'

13 Apr 2010

Measureing Cell Adhesion using Micropipette

The binding of cells onto other cells, or onto the extracellular matrix, is a vital but extremely complex biological process. Sometimes the adhesive bonds should be strong to provide structural robustness in tissues, whi...

13 Apr 2010

Compact Water-Circulation System Prevents Stacks of Electronic Chips from Getting too Hot

Electronic components generate a great deal of heat that can detrimentally affect device performance, particularly state-of-the-art high-power computer processors. Now, stacks of integrated electrical circuits can be coo...

13 Apr 2010

Microfluidic Device Provides Fast and Selective Detection of Low Levels of Vascular Disease Biomarkers

The detection of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)-specific biomarkers for vascular diseases that exist at low concentrations in blood-is a time-consuming process that requires large blood-sample volumes from patients....

13 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology Professor Awarded $1.25 Million for Vaccine Research

University of Queensland research into new and efficient vaccines will be one of the benefits of the latest Smart Futures Premier's Fellowship.

13 Apr 2010

Researchers Analyze Molecular Diffusion Inside Cells With New Olympus Confocal Microscope Software

Researchers studying the movement, interactions, and microenvironments of intracellular molecules often need to analyze information on the patterns and rates with which molecules diffuse within the cells. Now, scienti...

13 Apr 2010

Novel Method Could Significantly Improve Diagnostic Tests

EU-funded scientists in Sweden have developed a novel method to study genetic variation directly in individual cells and in tissues. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Methods, provide valuable new insights ...

13 Apr 2010

TSMC Skips 22nm Manufacturing Process Node and Move Directly to 20nm Technology

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) announced today at its 2010 Technology Symposium that it will skip the 22nm manufacturing process node and move directly to a 20nm technology. The move is value driven to make advanced technology a more viable alternative for its customers.

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 13 Apr 2010

Book Gives Overview of the State-Of-The-Art of Nanocomposite Coatings

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanostructured Materials, Thin Films and Hard Coatings for Advanced Applications" report to their offering. Series: Solid State Phenomena, Volume 159 ...

13 Apr 2010

Engineers Dominate Two of the Most Influential Annual Academic Conferences

The engineers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of California, San Diego who are at the forefront of the latest "silicon revolution" will, for another year, dominate two of the most influential annual academic conferences focused on advanced wireless communications technologies - IMS 2010 and RFIC 2010.

13 Apr 2010

Breakthrough Paves the Way for On-the-Spot Medical Diagnostics

A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics. People have been working on the &lsq...

13 Apr 2010

Argonne Scientists Breaks Long-Standing World Record for Ionization Efficiency of Solids

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have pushed the limits of charge breeding and broken a long-standing world record for ionization efficiency of solids. Argonne's ...

From Argonne National Laboratory 13 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology News

Physicists Discover Effect that Turns Physics of Semiconductor Lasers "Upside Down"

Three New Companies Join eBeam Initiative

Physicists Discover Important Mechanism for the Decomposition of Nano-Composites

New Material Mimics Magnetic Monopole

Measureing Cell Adhesion using Micropipette

Compact Water-Circulation System Prevents Stacks of Electronic Chips from Getting too Hot

Microfluidic Device Provides Fast and Selective Detection of Low Levels of Vascular Disease Biomarkers

Nanotechnology Professor Awarded $1.25 Million for Vaccine Research

Researchers Analyze Molecular Diffusion Inside Cells With New Olympus Confocal Microscope Software

Novel Method Could Significantly Improve Diagnostic Tests

TSMC Skips 22nm Manufacturing Process Node and Move Directly to 20nm Technology

Book Gives Overview of the State-Of-The-Art of Nanocomposite Coatings

Engineers Dominate Two of the Most Influential Annual Academic Conferences

Breakthrough Paves the Way for On-the-Spot Medical Diagnostics

Argonne Scientists Breaks Long-Standing World Record for Ionization Efficiency of Solids

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