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Nanoscale Physical Phenomenon Discovered
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 24, 2010 — A nanoscale phenomenon has been discovered that could lead to faster, less expensive portable diagnostic devices and push back frontiers in building micro-mechanical and "lab on a chip" devices. In our macroscale world, materials called conductors effectively transmit electricity and materials called insulators or dielectrics don’t, unless they are jolted with an extremely high voltage. Under such "dielectric breakdown" circumstances, as when a bolt of lightening hits a rooftop, the...
Quantum-Optical Transistor Controls Light
GARCHING, Germany, May 24, 2010 — Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) are claiming the ability to control the optical properties of a single atom using laser light. The group, led by Professor Gerhard Rempe, director at MPQ and head of the Quantum Dynamics...
Scientists Image Inside Marine Worm
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 24, 2010 — Scientists have for the first time successfully imaged the internal tissues of a soft-bodied marine worm at high resolution using a technique borrowed from biomedical science. "Invertebrate worms are important for the functioning of marine...
BE Technique Reveals ‘Rayleigh Behaviors’
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 21, 2010 — The revolutionary new Band Excitation (BE) technique, co-developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Asylum Research, has provided clues to the origins of unique properties of materials including spin and cluster glasses, phase-separated...
Edmund Offers STEM Lab Grants
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2010 — University labs, Edmund Optics may have a grant with your name on it. At the CLEO/QELS 2010 exhibition this week, product manager David Henz discussed the company’s University Grant program. Edmund Optics has a wide range of products on...
Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong
AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2010 — A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so-called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen and his group have done just that. “This is...
e2V Sensors to Study the Planet Venus
CHELMSFORD, UK, May 20, 2010 — On Friday, May 21, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” is scheduled to be launched into space to study the planet Venus, carrying with it CCD imaging sensors made by e2v technologies. ...
Manufacturing Method Holds Promise for PV
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 20, 2010 — Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at the University of Illinois, the future of solar energy just got brighter. Although silicon is the industry standard semiconductor in most electronic devices, including the photovoltaic...
3M to Showcase 20-Finger Technology at SID
METHUEN, Mass., May 19, 2010 — 3M to Showcase 20-Finger Technology at SID METHUEN, Mass., May 19, 2010 — Many interactive software developers are embracing “multitouch interactivity” as the next-generation personal computing interface, but the limitations of the...
Herschel Finds a Hole in Space
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 19, 2010 — The Herschel infrared space telescope has made an unexpected discovery: a hole in space. The surprising gap has provided astronomers with a glimpse into the end of the star-forming process. Stars are born in dense clouds of dust and gas that can now...
Light Inhibits Fungal Growth
KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 19, 2010 — It is quite possbile that the days of moldy fruit have come to an end. Researchers at the Max Rubner Institute (formerly the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Food) in Germany have discovered that certain wavelengths of visible light disrupt...
Ophir Optronics Acquires Photon Inc.
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2010 — Precision laser measurement company Ophir Optronics announced Tuesday it has added scanning-slit technology to its beam profiling product line through the acquisition of Photon Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in...
New Report on Indian Solar PV Industry
May 18, 2010 — While on solar photovoltaics, I'd like to draw your attention to a new report on the Indian solar photovoltaic industry, courtesy, the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). The report, titled “Solar PV Industry 2010: Contemporary...
Lidar Mapping Revolutionizes Archaeology
ORLANDO, Fla., May 17, 2010 — Using lasers and sensors aboard a Cessna 337 aircraft, researchers from the University of Central Florida have collected 25 years worth of data in four days about ancient Maya civilizations. The NASA-funded research project used Lidar (Light...
Exotic Multibody Collisions Revealed
GARCHING, Germany, May 14, 2010 — At extremely low temperatures atoms can aggregate into so-called Bose Einstein condensates (BEC) forming coherent laser-like matter waves. Due to interactions between the atoms fundamental quantum dynamics emerge and give rise to periodic collapses...
QDs Could Revolutionize Computing
QUEBEC, Canada, May 14, 2010 — Physicists at McGill University have developed a system for measuring the energy involved in adding electrons to semiconductor nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots – a technology that may revolutionize computing and other areas of science....
CEA-Leti Study Aims to Improve PDT
GRENOBLE, France, May 13, 2010 — CEA-Leti, a public research and technology company based in France, announced the launch of the Target-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer by developing a novel nanocarrier-based...
DNA Could Drive Next-Gen Logic Chips
DURHAM, N.C., May 13, 2010 — A Duke University engineer is using the unique properties of DNA, the double-helix carrier of all life’s information, to produce simple, next generation logic circuits inexpensively in almost limitless quantities. Chris Dwyer, assistant...
Tabletop 3-D System to Print in Glass
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, May 13, 2010 — A new European project called Femtoprint will begin this month with the hope of designing a convenient 3-D laser printer that will print microstructures in glass. With this ‘femtoprinter’ the manufacturer of microstructures would no...
Carl Zeiss Acquires IMAS
WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England, May 12, 2010 — Carl Zeiss Ltd. announced Tuesday it will acquire Imaging Associates Ltd. (IMAS), a maker of products for scientific digital imaging and light microscopy, for an undisclosed amount. IMAS, which is based in Bicester, England, has 16 employees and...
First LED Replacement Bulb Unveiled
LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2010 — Royal Philips Electronics unveiled its 12-W EnduraLED light bulb, the industry’s first LED replacement for a 60-W incandescent light bulb. Shown for the first time at the Lightfair International trade show in Las Vegas this week, it marks an...
LaserMotive Plans Laser-Powered Fuel System for UAVs
KENT, Wash., May 12, 2010 — LaserMotive, an R&D company specializing in laser power, has unveiled its blueprint for creating the first endless power system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). “Because laser power beaming enables electric aircraft to be...
Better Rydberg Atom Trap Built
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 11, 2010 — In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap. Rydberg atoms are highly excited, nearly-ionized giants that can be thousands of times larger than their...
Imaging Photosynthetic Dynamics
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 11, 2010 — Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have managed, with the help of an advanced x-ray flash, to photograph the movement of atoms during photosynthesis. Photograph of a photosynthetic reaction taken with an 80-ms x-ray pulse. The...
Brighter lights lead to better communications under the sea
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Future oceanographic research could be done more cheaply and efficiently, thanks to a communication innovation powered by the latest LEDs and detectors. Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution used these in a demonstration of remote...

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