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New NIST-Designed Instrument for Nanoscale Mechanics Applications

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of—let's say—gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms? It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked by engineers.

3 Apr 2010

Entanglement of Atoms Helps Solve Problem of Quantum Physics

The microcosm, the realm of quantum physics, is ruled by probability and chance. The behaviour of quantum particles cannot be predicted with certainty but only with certain probabilities given by quantum physics. T...

2 Apr 2010

Omron Partners with WESCO Sales Group to Cover West Region

Today, Omron Electronic Components LLC has announced the engagement and partnership of Manufacturer's Representative firm, WESCO Sales Group Inc. as their full-time sales team for the West Region.

2 Apr 2010

Sony’s TFT-LCD Facilities to be Acquired by KYOCERA

Kyocera Corporation today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Sony Corporation and its subsidiary Sony Mobile Display Corporation (herein "SMD") to acquire part of its Thin Film Transistor (TFT) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) design and manufacturing business.

2 Apr 2010

New UV CBT-120 LED from Luminus Delivers 10W Optical Output at 390nm

Luminus Devices, Inc., developer and manufacturer of big-chip PhlatLight® LEDs, today announced the UV CBT-120, the company’s first big-chip UV LED built on PhlatLight technology.

1 Apr 2010

New Simulation Software Developed for Quantum Computer

A quantum computer could provide an enormous improvement in the processing speed of existing computers. However, as yet they only exist in the laboratory in the form of small prototypes with a capacity of a few bits. ...

31 Mar 2010

Innsbruck Reseachers Study Transition Between Quantum and Classical Lasers

Rainer Blatt‘s and Piet Schmidt’s research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical properties of the atom-photon interaction.

31 Mar 2010

FZD Scientists Conduct Research on Ultra-Short Electron Pulses

Over the last few years interest has grown in compact x-ray laser sources which do not require the use of large particle accelerators. Instead, high-intensity laser light is used to accelerate ultra-short, high-density e...

31 Mar 2010

New Multiskan GO Spectrophotometer for Photometric Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the new Thermo Scientific Multiskan GO UV-Vis spectrophotometer offering free wavelength selection for both 96- and 384-well plates and various types of cuvettes.

30 Mar 2010

Physicists and Nanotechnology Researchers Will Explore Future of their Discipline at "Frontiers in Physics"

Five prominent physicists from leading U.S. and European universities will explore the future of their discipline at "Frontiers in Physics," a daylong symposium presented by the Physics Department at The City C...

29 Mar 2010