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Electron Microscopy Imaging Study Provides New Insight into LED Efficiency

From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs that last for years, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) continue to transform technology. The celebrated efficiency and versatility of LEDs—and other solid-state technologies including laser diodes and solar photovoltaics—make them increasingly popular. Their full potential, however, remains untapped, in part because the semiconductor alloys that make these devices work continue to puzzle scientists.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 27 May 2013

Researchers Synthesize Novel MOF Filtration Material for Petroleum Refining

A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline. Measurements at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have clarified* why. The research team, which included scientists from NIST and several other universities, has published its findings in the journal Science.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 24 May 2013

Multitasking Neurons Improve Computational Power of the Brain

Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location or color of an object.

20 May 2013

Nanoscale Magnetic Material When Sorted on a Lattice Align in Chain Pattern

Physicists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have found out how tiny islands of magnetic material align themselves when sorted on a regular lattice - by measurements at BESSY II. Contrary to expectations, the north and south poles of the magnetic islands did not arrange themselves in a zigzag pattern, but in chains.

16 May 2013

CEA-Leti Announce Success of HELIOS Program

CEA-Leti said today that Europe is strongly positioned to design and manufacture volume silicon photonics devices because of the success of the recently completed HELIOS program. The €8.5 million European Commiss...

From CEA-Leti 14 May 2013

Researchers Optimize Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy to Measure Oxygen Consumption of Individual Cells

How active a living cell is can be seen by its oxygen consumption. The method for determining this consumption has now been significantly improved by chemists in Bochum. The problem up to now was that the measuring electrode altered the oxygen consumption in the cell's environment much more than the cell itself.

14 May 2013

New Infrared-UV Laser Method to Accurately Determine Structure of Proteins

3D structures of biological molecules like proteins directly affect the way they behave in our bodies. EPFL scientists have developed a new infrared-UV laser method to more accurately determine the structure of proteins containing thousands of atoms.

13 May 2013

Researchers Uncover Atomic Structure of Enzyme Linked to Important Lipid Mediator

For the scientific community, it’s been a long time coming - but now for the first time, the atomic structure of the enzyme, sphinogosine kinase 1, SphK1, responsible for an important potent lipid mediator, sphingosine-1-phosphate, has been uncovered by a research team at Amgen in San Francisco.

13 May 2013

Nikon to Distribute CGI Italia’s Oncology-Focused DNA-FISH Probes

Cancer Genetics, Inc.’s (“CGI” or the “Company”) wholly-owned subsidiary, Cancer Genetics Italia, S.r.l. (“CGI Italia”), has entered into an agreement with Nikon Instruments S.p.A. (“Nikon”) for the distribution of oncology-focused DNA Probes intended for fluorescence in situ hybridization (“FISH”) in the Italian market.

9 May 2013