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New Green Laser Supports Cost Sensitive, High-Throughput Micromachining

The new MATRIX™ 532-8-100 from Coherent is a Q-switched, diode pumped, solid state laser designed to deliver the best cost to performance ratio for demanding micromachining tasks in solar, semiconductor and medical device manufacturing.

25 Sep 2009

IQC Shares Multi-Institution Grant to Fund Research into Advanced Materials for Superconducting Qubits

The Quantum Device Theory group led by IQC faculty member Dr. Frank Wilhelm will be sharing in a multi-institution grant to fund research into advanced materials for superconducting qubits. The grant, funded by the I...

23 Sep 2009

Physicists Made an Important Advance in Quantum Mechanics

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The researchers sh...

23 Sep 2009

Promising Photonic Devices, and Theorists Attempt to Determine Whether Particle Physics and String Theory can be Reconciled

Photonics, the science of using photons to carry information, promises to continue improving a wide variety of technologies, from computing to high-speed communication.

21 Sep 2009

Researchers Receives NSF Grant to Pursue Molecular Spintronics

Researchers at North Carolina State University have received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Center for Chemical Innovation (NSF-CCI) to pursue research in the emerging field o...

16 Sep 2009

Joint Spin-Off of LMU Munich and MPG Established

If you are in the business of developing high-speed electronic components, it pays not to lose sight of the electrons. To keep track of them you will need to use dedicated optical elements, such as those now on offer fro...

16 Sep 2009

Japanese Researcher Wins Julius Springer Prize for Pioneering Work in Nanophotonics

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Professor Motoichi Ohtsu for his pioneering and seminal work on nanophotonics and near field optics as well as for the development of innovativ...

15 Sep 2009

A*STAR's SERC Awarded S$12.2m to Fund 17 Research Projects Including Nanotechnology

A*STAR's Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) awarded S$12.2m to fund 17 research projects in the areas of media + entertainment, medical technologies, education, water, infocomm, chemicals, energy and ele...

10 Sep 2009

Professor's "Metamaterials" Research Featured on Cover of Nature Physics

Dr. Dentcho Genov, an assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University and a Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) Institute fellow, is featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Nature Physics, one of the most respected and prestigious physics journals in the world.

10 Sep 2009

Developer of Nanotechnology-Based Products Names New VP

QD Vision, a quantum dot product company that delivers highly differentiated lighting and display solutions to major industries where color, power and design matter, today announced that Frank Ignazzitto has been named V...

10 Sep 2009