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SAIC-Frederick Awarded Follow-On Contract to Support National Cancer Institute

Science Applications International Corporation today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary SAIC-Frederick, Inc. has been awarded a follow-on contract by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to provide operations and ...

30 Sep 2008

New Measurement Technique Based on Molecules in Turbulent Airflow

Dutch researcher Jeroen Bominaar has developed a new measurement technique based on following molecules in a (turbulent) airflow. Its main advantage is that no measuring instruments or small particles, such as glass bead...

29 Sep 2008

Scientists Succeeded in Developing a Micron-Scale On-Chip Resonator

How heavy or how big can an object be before losing its quantum properties and obeying to the laws of classical physics? This question drives many research groups all around the globe. Answers still remain to be given as currently there are no systems which allow observing the expected tiny signatures of quantum effects in macroscopic objects.

29 Sep 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to Target Cancer Cells While Leaving Healthy Cells Untouched

Researchers at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (CCNE-TR), based at Stanford University, have found a new way to target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells untouched. The s...

27 Sep 2008

Squeezing Light into Sub-Wavelength Spots

In a new study, physicists at the University of Toronto have invented a simple structure called a meta-screen, designed to focus light into tiny spots smaller than the wavelength of the photons in use. These sub-waveleng...

26 Sep 2008

Sorting Carbon Nanotubes with Light

Singled-walled carbon nanotubes are graphene sheets wrapped into tubes, and are typically made up of various sizes and with different amounts of twist (also known as chiralities). Each type of nanotube has its own electr...

26 Sep 2008

New Man-Made Materials Could Produce Unique Chaotic Motion in Electron Beams

A team at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako has predicted that man-made structures called metamaterials could produce instabilities in electron beams*. The effect could provide new methods for generating and amplifying optical signals.

26 Sep 2008

Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia Among Buildings Recognised for Green Credentials

Sandia National Laboratories recently recognized five green-certified buildings in a brief ceremony organized by the Labs' Environmental Planning Department.

From Sandia National Laboratories 25 Sep 2008

Innolume Receives 2008 Frost + Sullivan Technology Innovation of the Year Award

Innolume announced today that it received the 2008 Frost + Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award. The Award was presented at the 2008 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet on September 16, 2008 in Sa...

From Innolume 25 Sep 2008

Dr. Robert Magnusson Appointed Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics

Dr. Robert Magnusson has been appointed to the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics, a $5 million endowed chair for The University of Texas at Arlington.

25 Sep 2008