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New Challenges for Biomedical Informatics at the Nano Level

On the 1st of September 2009, in Sarajevo (Bosnia), it will be held the Workshop "Nanoinformatics: New Challenges for Biomedical Informatics at the nano level". This event is included in the Medical Informatics...

2 Jul 2009

New Developments in a Substance Which Emits Brilliant Light Could Lead To Revolution in Lighting

New developments in a substance which emits brilliant light could lead to a revolution in lighting for the home and office in five years, claims a leading UK materials scientist, Professor Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University.

2 Jul 2009

AIXTRON Receives Further Multiple System Order From Epistar

AIXTRON AG today announced that it has recently received a further multiple system order from Epistar located at the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan.

From AIXTRON SE 2 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Selected by Russian Academy of Sciences for New Research Areas

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that its proprietary Green Fiber Laser GFL 550 h...

From Zecotek Photonics 2 Jul 2009

Biosensor Toolbox for Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. It is characterized pathologically by the accumulation of aggregated conformations of the presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein The aim of ...

2 Jul 2009

$9 Million Energy Partnership Marks the Latest Collaboration Between Dupont and DOE

DuPont today announced plans with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $9 million solar research program --- part of the company's overall effort in providing more mainstream solar photovoltaic (PV) products for commercial and residential applications.

2 Jul 2009

Researchers Successfully Create Optical Transistor from a Single Molecule

ETH Zurich researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.

2 Jul 2009

Recently Qualified Airborne Particle Sensor Analyzes Wafer Contamination

The wafer-processing section at this year's SEMICON West will feature engineers from CyberOptics Semiconductor discussing the role of a newly developed particle-sensing technology to monitor airborne particles in process equipment in real-time to validate and analyze wafer contamination.

2 Jul 2009

The Largest Quantum Key Distribution Network Ever Built

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...

1 Jul 2009

New Exhibit Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Integrated Circuit

The Computer History Museum (CHM) announced that "The Silicon Engine," a new exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit (IC), opens today. The exhibit presents the history and innovatio...

1 Jul 2009

AIST-NT Presents Magicscan Technology

AIST-NT presents the MagicScan technology which is the set of feedback and scanning process control algorithms. These algorithms allow eliminating different dynamical errors such as overshooting, ringing and phase lag.

1 Jul 2009

University of Cambridge Professor Awarded Prestigious Institute Of Physics Business And Innovation Medal

Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the prestigious Institute of Physics (IOP)' Business and Innovation Medal today Wednesday 1 July for outstanding contributions to physics in an industrial or commercial context.

1 Jul 2009

ESPRC and National Science Foundation of China Fund Three-Year 'Spintronics' Study

A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and two other institutions have been awarded a grant of around £430,000 to develop ultra-small-scale silicon structures for 'spintronic' semiconductors. J...

1 Jul 2009

Collaboration Agreement to Speed Development of Leading-edge Imprint Masks Using Mask Replication Technology Based on J-FIL

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP), a leading producer of semiconductor photomasks, and Molecular Imprints, Inc., a market and technology leader for nanopatterning systems and solutions, today announced that they have e...

1 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology Extending Longevity of Dental Fillings

Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology technique will extend the fillings' longevity.

1 Jul 2009