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Global Nanophotonics Market Expect to Reach US$3.6 Billion by 2014

According to a new market research report, 'Nanophotonics - Advanced Technologies and Global Market (2009-2014)', published by MarketsandMarkets, the global nanophotonics market is expected to be worth US$3.6 bil...

23 Jul 2009

Experimental Physicists Refute Non-Contextual Quantum Models

In comparison to classical physics, quantum physics predicts that the properties of a quantum mechanical system depend on the measurement context, i.e. whether or not other system measurements are carried out.

22 Jul 2009

Report Examines Advanced Technologies and Global Market for Nanophotonics

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research "Nanophotonics - Advanced Technologies and Global Market (2009 - 2014)" report is available in its catalogue. Nanophotonics to Revolutionalize the Market...

22 Jul 2009

KIT Opens New Physics Laboratory for Pupils

On July 22, the Department of Physics at The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will open a new pupils laboratory. Students have conceived the five stations of the laboratory that is named "PSI - The Physics Pupils Laboratory Initiative".

21 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Receives Another Grant Payment from Singapore Government

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), today announced it has received another grant payment under the previously announced Government of Singapore Economic Development Board's (EDB) Research Incentive Scheme for Companies.

From Zecotek Photonics 21 Jul 2009

Using Advanced Optical Materials To Study Black Holes

Xiang Zhang, a faculty scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and professor at the University of California Berkeley, lead a study in which it was determined that the interactions of light and matter with spacetime, as predicted by general relativity, can be studied using the new breed of artificial optical materials that feature extraordinary abilities to bend light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 Jul 2009

Sandia National Lab Researchers Wins Five R+D 100 Awards for 2009

Sandia National Laboratories researchers - competing in an international pool that includes universities, start-ups, large corporations, and government labs - received five R+D 100 Awards this year.

From Sandia National Laboratories 20 Jul 2009

NIST Grants to Support for the Construction of New Scientific Research Facilities

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is awarding grants totaling more than $55.5 million to four universities to provide cost-shared support for...

20 Jul 2009

Scientists Report the Controllable Formation of Quantum Turbulence in an Ultra-Cold Atom Gas

The results, which appear in the July 20 issue of Physical Review Letters and are highlighted in the APS journal Physics may make it easier to characterize quantum turbulence - and potentially even classical turbulence - because it is possible to tune many characteristics of the cold-atom gas.

20 Jul 2009

Key Step Toward the Design of Quantum Information Networks

Scientists at MIT have figured out a key step toward the design of quantum information networks. The results are reported in the July 20th issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted in APS's on-line journal Physics.

20 Jul 2009