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WITec Acquires Majority of Optical Measurement Solution Provider

WITec GmbH announces the acquisition of the majority of the optical measurement solution provider omt optische messtechnik gmbh. With the addition of omt, WITec has taken an important step to further enhance its market position in the field of measurement technology for industrial applications.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 31 Jul 2010

UW Professor to Illustrate How Contact Lenses Can be Made to Monitor Health Using Nanotechnology

Imagine your contact lenses being able to improve your vision and tell your temperature.

31 Jul 2010

Physicists Realize Interaction Between Photons and Atoms in Nano-Structured Circuits

The interaction between matter and light represents one of the most fundamental processes in physics. Whether a car that heats up like an oven in the summer due to the absorption of light quanta or solar cells that extract electricity from light or light-emitting diodes that convert electricity into light, we encounter the effects of these processes throughout our daily lives.

31 Jul 2010

Bodkin Successfully Designs Spectral Reflectance Imaging Biosensor for Zoiray

Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) working with Boston University and Zoίray Technologies, Inc (Zoίray) has succeeded in converting their basic research into a commercial instrument.

31 Jul 2010

OmniGuide Marks Ten Years of Achievement

OmniGuide® Inc, pioneer of the world’s most precise flexible surgical scalpel for minimally invasive surgery, recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

29 Jul 2010

Study on Quantum Processes Lead to Scientific Breakthrough

Scientists at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) enjoyed a bird's eye view of a chemical bond as it breaks. The making and breaking of chemical bonds underlie the ...

From National Research Council of Canada 29 Jul 2010

Daylight Wins Contract to Develop Demonstrator Units Based on Quantum Cascade Laser

Daylight Defense, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daylight Solutions, Inc., has been awarded a $5.7M contract from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop technology demonstrator units employing their quantum cas...

From Daylight Solutions Inc. 29 Jul 2010

New Laser-Activated Carbon Nanoparticle System for Intracellular Drug Delivery

Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells.

28 Jul 2010

AIXTRON Secures New MOCVD System Order from Meijo University

AIXTRON AG today announced a new order for one Close Coupled Showerhead GaN based LED MOCVD system from Meijo University, in Nagoya, an established AIXTRON customer in Japan. The order was received earlier this year and the system will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2010 in a 3x2-inch wafer configuration.

From AIXTRON SE 27 Jul 2010

Gold-Linked Quantum Dots Enhance Photoluminescence

By linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to enhance the intensity of light emitted by individual quantum dots by up to 20 times.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 27 Jul 2010