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Penn Engineers Use Nanoantenna Pattern to Enable High-Sensitivity Infrared Sensing

A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning infrared light into mechanical action, opening the door to more sensitive infrared cameras and more compact chemical-analysis techniques.

21 May 2013

NanoSIMS Helps Visualize and Quantify Nitrogen within Reef-Forming Corals

Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

15 May 2013

Triangulenium Dyes Enable Production of Images without Background Noise until 100 ns

From microscopes to MRI scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital in the world's hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for research into new cures.

13 May 2013

Queensgate Instruments to Introduce New Nanopositioning Products at Laser World of Photonics 2013 Conference

Queensgate Instruments – an Elektron Technology brand – is to introduce three exciting new nanopositioning products at this year’s Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany, from the 13th to the 16th of May.

From Queensgate Instruments Ltd 10 May 2013

Comprehensive Manual to Calculate Energy Levels of Atoms Modified by Light from Optical Tweezers

A small piece of paper sticks to an electrically charged plastic ruler. The principle of this simple classroom physics experiment is applied at the microscopic scale by so-called optical tweezers to get the likes of polystyrene micro-beads and even living cells to "stick" to a laser beam, or to trap atoms at ultra-low temperatures.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 9 May 2013

Semiconductor Device Using Nano-Scale Materials Emits Two Distinct Colours

A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs) universally for cheap and efficient lighting.

3 May 2013

MOSIS to Offer Advanced Silicon Photonics Technology

MOSIS, a provider of low-cost prototyping and small volume production services for custom ICs, teams up with imec, Tyndall and ePIXfab -- the European Silicon Photonics support center providing low-cost prototyping services for photonic ICs.

From IMEC 3 May 2013

Precisely Placed Atoms Used to Create World's Smallest Movie

Scientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS -verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action.

2 May 2013

New Report on Global Markets and Technologies for Molecular, Nanoscale and Atomic Imaging

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Markets and Technologies for Molecular, Nanoscale and Atomic Imaging -- Focus on Scanning Probe Microscopy

2 May 2013

Novel Circuit Topologies Will Address Challenges Due to Nanometer Transistor Scaling

Dr. Sam Palermo, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

29 Apr 2013