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Rice Researchers Develop New Nano Antenna that Captures Light

Everybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does: It captures the aerial signals that make those devices practical. A lab at Rice University has built an antenna that captures light i...

27 Sep 2010

Caliopa to Develop Optical Transceivers for Data and Telecommunications Markets

Silicon photonics allows for small, highly integrated & low power optical transceivers for data and telecommunication. Ghent University (UGent) and imec today announced the creation of Caliopa, a spin-off from the...

27 Sep 2010

Researchers Make Advancements in Quantum Information Systems

Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems – including a technique for converting photons carrying quantum data to wavelengths that can be transmitted long distances on optical fiber telecom networks.

27 Sep 2010

Merck Opens New Material Research Center

With the opening of a new research center, the pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck is underscoring the importance of chemical research at its corporate headquarters in Darmstadt. German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angel...

24 Sep 2010

Ghent University and imec Announces Creation of Caliopa

Ghent University (UGent) and imec today announced the creation of Caliopa, a spin-off from their world leading Photonics Research Group. An initial 2 million Euro in funding was raised from Baekeland, Fidimec, PMV-Vinnof...

From IMEC 24 Sep 2010

Raman Spectroscopy Finds Potential Applications in Medical Sector

Portable devices that use a laser beam to probe bones, teeth, and other parts of the body for early signs of diseases like osteoporosis and tooth decay may seem like something out of science fiction. But those devices ar...

23 Sep 2010

Dr. Warwick Bowen Honored for Quantum Mechanics Research

Dr Warwick Bowen, from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics in the Faculty of Science, received his award at a special ceremony at Customs House on Wednesday, September 22, as part of UQ's annual Research Week.

23 Sep 2010

Researchers Study Ultrashort Laser Ablation Plumes for Nanoparticle Film Application

Laser ablation is well known in medical applications like dermatology and dentistry, and for more than a decade it has been used to vaporize materials that are difficult to evaporate for high-tech applications like depos...

22 Sep 2010

New Laser Cooling Method Has Potential Application in Quantum Computing

Ever since audiences heard Goldfinger utter the famous line, "No, Mr. Bond; I expect you to die," as a laser beam inched its way toward James Bond and threatened to cut him in half, lasers have been thought of as white-hot beams of intensely focused energy capable of burning through anything in their path.

22 Sep 2010

Cree Announces New Facility for 150mm LED Wafer Production

Cree, Inc. continues to lead the LED Lighting Revolution with the announcement of a new 150mm LED wafer production facility in Research Triangle Park (RTP) that is targeted to create hundreds of green jobs in North Carolina.

From Wolfspeed, Inc. 21 Sep 2010