DoD Awards $1.6M for Biochip
Jul. 31, 2007
The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and...
Sharp Plans New LCD Plant
Jul. 31, 2007
Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it will build a new 380 billion yen ($3.2 billion) LCD panel and solar...
Printer Particles Pose Risk
Jul. 31, 2007
Workers could face a health threat -- in some cases, on par to that of cigarette smoking -- from...
FDA Nanotech Role Outlined
Jul. 31, 2007
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should consider developing guidance and taking other...
Atoms Swap ‘Spins’
Jul. 30, 2007
In a quantum square dance, thousands of atoms trapped by laser beams have been induced to swap...
Molecular Electronics Doped
Jul. 30, 2007
Recent experiments have shown that the use of doping -- adding small amounts of impurities to the...
Northrop Lands LLDR Work
Jul. 30, 2007
Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $91 million contract from the US Army to provide more than...
Jmar Demos DP-LIBS Laser
Jul. 27, 2007
Jmar Technologies Inc. demonstrated a portable, double-pulse (DP) laser technology intended for...
IPG Secures $20M Credit Line
Jul. 27, 2007
IPG Photonics Corp., an Oxford-based maker of fiber lasers and amplifiers, announced Thursday it...
LightPath Raises $3.2M
Jul. 26, 2007
LightPath Technologies Inc., a developer of optics for laser-based applications, announced it has...
ST, IBM Pool Chip Efforts
Jul. 26, 2007
Semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics (ST) and IBM said they will collaborate to develop...
Molex Buys Polymicro Tech
Jul. 26, 2007
Electronic components company Molex Inc. announced it has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Polymicro...
Park Microbe Harvests Light
Jul. 26, 2007
For only the third time in the past 100 years, a novel bacterium has been found that transforms...
Intel Unveils 40 Gb/s Chip
Jul. 25, 2007
A laser modulator that encodes optical data at 40 Gb/s -- a significant increase in speed -- was...
Light Bursts Produce Firsts
Jul. 25, 2007
Generating ultrashort bursts of the strongest terahertz light to date has allowed the first...
Feds Arrest Ex-SamSung Exec
Jul. 24, 2007
The former director of a Samsung Corp. business unit was arrested on a criminal complaint charging...
API Acquires NanoOpto
Jul. 24, 2007
API Nanotronics Corp., a Toronto-based supplier of electronic components to the defense and...
Fibers Boost Solar Cells
Jul. 24, 2007
A North Carolina startup plans to develop solar cells based on a novel architecture that uses...
Truck-Mounted Lasers Ordered
Jul. 24, 2007
The Boeing Co. announced it was awarded a US Army contract valued at approximately $7 million to...
MA Biotech Funds Proposed
Jul. 23, 2007
Gov. Deval Patrick has introduced a bill proposing a major investment in and expansion of the life...
Strain Forms Striped Nanorods
Jul. 23, 2007
Strain engineering, when applied to certain particles in a solution, spontaneously creates...
Pact Zooms in on Lenses
Jul. 23, 2007
The University of Central Florida (UCF) has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a...
Tool Measures Speeding Nuclei
Jul. 20, 2007
An international team studying particles traveling at one-third the speed of light used a new...
ABL Target Tracked
Jul. 20, 2007
A key airborne laser (ABL) flight test has demonstrated the weapon system's ability to actively...
Corning Expanding China Plant
Jul. 19, 2007
Due to increasing demand in China for broadband optical communications, Corning Inc. is expanding...
New Zealand Invests in Tech
Jul. 19, 2007
New Zealand is investing NZ$628 million (about $498 million) in new research programs in an effort...
NY NanoCenter Awarded $4M
Jul. 19, 2007
A state grant of $4 million to the Marcy NanoCenter will initiate engineering work on...
2006 Science, Tech Laureates Announced
Jul. 18, 2007
The 13 recipients of the nation's highest science and technology honors for 2006 include a pioneer...
Polariton Propagation Probed
Jul. 18, 2007
An experiment modeled on the classic “Young’s double-slit experiment" has powerfully reinforced the...
Alcon Acquiring WaveLight
Jul. 17, 2007
Eye-care company Alcon Inc. announced yesterday that it intends to acquire Germany-based medical...
Solar Needs Brain Power
Jul. 17, 2007
The solar industry is ripe for the support of the equipment and materials supply chain to drive...
BOC Edwards Now Edwards
Jul. 17, 2007
BOC Edwards announced today at Semicon West that it will become Edwards, effective immediately. The...
Light Pipes Detect Vapors
Jul. 16, 2007
A portable laboratory the size of a microchip uses light to detect gases. Brigham Young University...
Magnets Change Crystals' Tint
Jul. 16, 2007
Nanotechnologists can change the color of tiny particles of iron oxide suspended in water by...
Root Canals Irradiated
Jul. 16, 2007
High-tech dental lasers used mainly to prepare cavities for restoration can now help eliminate...
Reliance Buys Yipes for $300M
Jul. 16, 2007
Reliance Communications Ltd., India's second largest telecommunications company, said today it is...
Canon Building $451M CMOS Plant
Jul. 16, 2007
Canon Inc. will double the number of CMOS image sensors it makes by investing $451 million in a...
Semicon Offers Latest in Micro- and Nanoelectronics
Jul. 13, 2007
From the latest on solar and renewable energy to the growing importance of semiconductor test,...
1st Light is Big Step for UF
Jul. 13, 2007
The opening of the world’s largest telescope will usher the University of Florida (UF) into the top...
'Omni Consumer' Emerges
Jul. 13, 2007
Recent product contaminations and recalls, along with confusion over marketing claims, have eroded...
SUNY Research Union OK'd
Jul. 12, 2007
The National Labor Relations Board has granted more than 2000 employees of the State University of...
Device Reshapes Lightwaves
Jul. 12, 2007
Manipulating lightwaves, or electromagnetic radiation, has led to many technologies, from cameras...
Army, Navy Order iRobots
Jul. 12, 2007
The maker of Roomba home vacuuming robots and Scooba mop-replacement robots said today it has...
SD Mine Picked for Deep Lab
Jul. 11, 2007
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen Homestake, a former gold mine in the Black Hills,...
'Crowd Behavior' Seen in Semiconductor Electronics
Jul. 11, 2007
Ultrafast lasers have revealed a subtle, previously unseen type of "collective electronic behavior"...
Eppendorf Acquiring NBS
Jul. 11, 2007
Scientific equipment maker New Brunswick Scientific (NBS) Co. Inc. and biotechnology company...
Adept Opens NE Center
Jul. 10, 2007
Adept Technology, a Livermore, Calif.-based maker of production automation products, announced it...
Nanomedical Advances Sought
Jul. 10, 2007
A new nine-year collaboration between scientists in the US and South Korea will combine new...
Adaptive Optics on a Budget
Jul. 9, 2007
A simple optical clamp that uses a single mirror functions as a sort of "poor man's" adaptive...
What if Aliens Are Weird?
Jul. 9, 2007
Would we know an alien if we ran into one?The search for extraterrestrial life elsewhere should...
AMO Bids on Bausch & Lomb
Jul. 6, 2007
Contact lens and lens product maker Bausch & Lomb announced Thursday it has received an...
Italians Build Atomic Laser
Jul. 6, 2007
Scientists have reported a way to achieve the so-called atomic laser, a breakthrough predicted by...
Refilling the Physicist Pool
Jul. 5, 2007
At the mention of the word "outsourcing," most people probably think of manufacturing, not...
ESI to Pay $36M for New Wave
Jul. 5, 2007
Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) Inc., a Portland-based maker of production equipment used by...
'Pilot' Laser Study Launched
Jul. 5, 2007
The US Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration have launched a study of reactions of pilots...
Lighten Soldiers' Loads for $1M
Jul. 5, 2007
The Department of Defense is looking for a few good ideas to reduce the weight of batteries in...
GD Pitches Ground Laser
Jul. 3, 2007
General Dynamics (GD) and the US Department of Defense may fast-track development of a...
Plastic Nanofibers Conduct Electricity, Repel Water
Jul. 2, 2007
Newly developed tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future --...
Sumitomo Acquires Primaxx
Jul. 2, 2007
Japan-based Sumitomo Precision Products Co. Ltd. announced last week it has acquired Primaxx Inc.,...