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New Look at Nature Through the Eyes of Physicists

Take a new look at nature through the eyes of physicists at next month's March Meeting of American Physical Society (APS), which takes place from March 16-20, 2009 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

16 Mar 2009

Harta Instruments Introduces New Microplate Luminometer and Luminometer Reference Microplate

Scientists who want to ensure reliable chemiluminescent sensitivity and specificity measurements for their tests should consider the MicroLumi-L2 glow microplate luminometer, the successor to the popular MicroLumi-XS lum...

16 Mar 2009

Small Organic Molecules with High Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities May Speed Internet Access

The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard. In the morning, the bricks will be covered with snow and barely discernible. The snowflakes wil...

15 Mar 2009

Project Turning to Nanotechnology to Dramatically Ramp Up Efficiency of Solar Cells

A new EU-funded project is turning to nanotechnology in a bid to dramatically ramp up the efficiency of solar cells. Called ROD-SOL ('All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solar cells on glass').

14 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology - Ingredients for More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research ...

13 Mar 2009

Nanocups Lighting the Way Toward Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009

Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Microscopes in Millions of US$

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. World Microscopes Market report analyzes the worldwide markets for Microscopes in Millions of US$. The specific product segme...

13 Mar 2009

Nanometrics Releases Latest NanoCD Suite of Solutions for OCD Metrology

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the release of its latest NanoCD Suite of solutions for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology. The new Na...

11 Mar 2009

Oxford Instruments Working Closely with Leading LED Manufacturer to Fabricate Semi-Polar GaN Layer for Optoelectronic Devices

Now the technical team at Oxford Instruments-TDI, led by Dr. Alexander Usikov, has made significant progress in solving this problem, and is working closely with a leading LED manufacturer to fabricate these semi-polar GaN layer for optoelectronic devices. This would increase radiative recombination efficiency and device performance.

From Oxford Instruments plc 10 Mar 2009

Qcept Technologies' NVD Inspection Solution Being Evaluated by Leading Memory IC Manufacturer for Sub-40-nm Applications

Qcept Technologies Inc. announced today that its ChemetriQ(R) non-visual defect (NVD) inspection solution is being evaluated by one of the world's leading memory manufacturers for use in its most advanced pilot-produ...

10 Mar 2009