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Four College Researchers Honoured by Institute of Physics

Four researchers from Imperial's Department of Physics have been honoured in the Institute of Physics' annual awards announced this week - more than at any other UK university.

3 Jul 2009

New Developments in a Substance Which Emits Brilliant Light Could Lead To Revolution in Lighting

New developments in a substance which emits brilliant light could lead to a revolution in lighting for the home and office in five years, claims a leading UK materials scientist, Professor Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University.

2 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Selected by Russian Academy of Sciences for New Research Areas

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that its proprietary Green Fiber Laser GFL 550 h...

From Zecotek Photonics 2 Jul 2009

Researchers Successfully Create Optical Transistor from a Single Molecule

ETH Zurich researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.

2 Jul 2009

Recently Qualified Airborne Particle Sensor Analyzes Wafer Contamination

The wafer-processing section at this year's SEMICON West will feature engineers from CyberOptics Semiconductor discussing the role of a newly developed particle-sensing technology to monitor airborne particles in process equipment in real-time to validate and analyze wafer contamination.

2 Jul 2009

The Largest Quantum Key Distribution Network Ever Built

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...

1 Jul 2009

University of Cambridge Professor Awarded Prestigious Institute Of Physics Business And Innovation Medal

Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the prestigious Institute of Physics (IOP)' Business and Innovation Medal today Wednesday 1 July for outstanding contributions to physics in an industrial or commercial context.

1 Jul 2009

ESPRC and National Science Foundation of China Fund Three-Year 'Spintronics' Study

A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and two other institutions have been awarded a grant of around £430,000 to develop ultra-small-scale silicon structures for 'spintronic' semiconductors. J...

1 Jul 2009

Collaboration Agreement to Speed Development of Leading-edge Imprint Masks Using Mask Replication Technology Based on J-FIL

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP), a leading producer of semiconductor photomasks, and Molecular Imprints, Inc., a market and technology leader for nanopatterning systems and solutions, today announced that they have e...

1 Jul 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory Signs New Agreement with Syracuse University

The tiny, nanoscale materials - quantum dots - Mathew Maye and his research team create in his Syracuse University chemistry laboratory could potentially make an important contribution to the nation's ongoing quest to become energy independent.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 Jul 2009