Brown, Oak Ridge Team for Materials Science Research
Jun. 30, 2006
Providence-based Brown University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee will work...
Solar Corona Models May Aid Space Weather Prediction
Jun. 30, 2006
A true-to-life computer simulation of the sun's multimillion-degree outer atmosphere, the corona,...
Report: Women Face Barriers in Science Academies
Jun. 29, 2006
There is "widespread and persistent" underrepresentation of women in scientific and technical...
Ball Aerospace to Design Cloud Cameras for Glory
Jun. 29, 2006
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will design and build two cloud cameras for the Glory...
Germanium 'Sponge' Shows Promise in Photonics
Jun. 29, 2006
Researchers have known for years that porous silicon has different properties than crystalline...
Lockheed Martin Expands Aperture Telescope Horizon
Jun. 29, 2006
Engineers at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center have designed and built a prototype...
Army Awards $5M Nanotech Contract to MU Researcher
Jun. 28, 2006
A professor who uses microchips and nanotechnology to make tiny explosive materials has received a...
Undersea Microscope Finds Biological Treasures
Jun. 28, 2006
An underwater digital microscope being towed across the Atlantic has furnished possible missing...
LSI Acquires LED Maker
Jun. 28, 2006
LSI Industries Inc. announced yesterday it has acquired Montreal-based Saco Technologies Inc., a...
New Approach Announced in Si Photonic Devices
Jun. 28, 2006
A new approach to silicon photonic devices that combines light amplification with a photovoltaic,...
New Camera Technology Could End Movie Piracy
Jun. 27, 2006
A prototype device that effectively stops digital cameras from working in a specific area by...
HCS Topic of Cellomics EU User Meeting
Jun. 27, 2006
More than 60 customers shared their experiences with high-content screening (HCS) and analysis and...
A*STAR Targets Silicon Photonics Industry
Jun. 27, 2006
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), a national agency for science and...
ChipInvest to Connect EU, Russian Talent
Jun. 27, 2006
The Czech Republic's new Center of Excellence for Microelectronics is not your typical incubator,...
Cree to Acquire Intrinsic SC
in $46M Cash/Stock Deal
Jun. 26, 2006
Cree Inc., a maker of semiconductor materials and electronic devices made from silicon carbide...
Lucent Gets Piece of Army's $4B Communications Contract
Jun. 26, 2006
Communications systems provider Lucent Technologies announced today that it was awarded a prime...
Novel Method for Sorting Carbon Nanotubes Devised
Jun. 26, 2006
A novel method for sorting semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on their diameter has been...
James Meindl Receives IEEE Medal of Honor
Jun. 26, 2006
James D. Meindl, director of the Joseph M. Pettit Microelectronics Research Center and the Joseph...
$1M Shaw Astronomy Prize Hails Dark Energy Discovery
Jun. 23, 2006
Three astronomers working on competing research teams that reached the same conclusion -- that the...
Edmund Optics Singapore Div. Attains ISO 9001 Certification
Jun. 23, 2006
Edmund Optics announced today that its Singapore manufacturing facility recently attained ISO...
Execs to Speak at Semicon
Jun. 23, 2006
Executives from STMicroelectronics, Micron, Mentor Graphics, Xilinx, LogicVision and Surfect...
Detector Contract Awarded
for ESA's Mercury Mission
Jun. 22, 2006
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to develop a new, near-infrared detector for...
Nano Institute Features Canada's Quietest Space
Jun. 22, 2006
Hundreds of Canada's leading scientists and engineers gathered in Edmonton today to celebrate the...
Preemptive Spark Helps Find Short Circuits in Planes
Jun. 22, 2006
A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits...
Nanoparticle Devices Aim of Global Project
Jun. 21, 2006
Nanospin, a European Union-funded project involving information that can be stored on...
Purdue Bubble Wraps Sonofusion Inquiry Results
Jun. 21, 2006
A Purdue University committee reviewing issues concerning the "bubble fusion" research by one of...
GDC Validates LCD Displays for Military Apps
Jun. 21, 2006
In what the US Display Consortium (USDC) today said is a significant milestone for the display...
NeoPhotonics Buys Two Companies, 25 Patents
Jun. 20, 2006
NeoPhotonics, a supplier of fiber optic component and module solutions for broadband networks,...
Retro Reception Attracts 300
Jun. 20, 2006
A retro sci-fi marketing campaign beckoned more than 300 exhibitors to a reception co-hosted by...
New Transistor First to Work at Speeds Above 500 GHz
Jun. 20, 2006
The development of the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500...
British Group Promotes Products at CommunicAsia
Jun. 20, 2006
Sixteen British companies and organizations are among those showcasing products at CommunicAsia...
Nu Horizons to Acquire DT Electronics
Jun. 19, 2006
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., a distributor of active semiconductor, display and system solutions,...
Viaspace Acquires Stake in Infrared Sensor Co.
Jun. 19, 2006
Viaspace Inc., a provider of hardware and software solutions involving energy/fuel cells,...
Novalux Raises $21.7M,
Teams with Unaxis Optics
Jun. 19, 2006
Novalux Inc., developer of Novalux extended-cavity surface-emitting laser (NECSEL) technology,...
Kollmorgen Gets $17M
Contract Modification
Jun. 19, 2006
Kollmorgen Corp., Electro-Optical Div., a manufacturer of submarine periscopes, optronics and...
Optically Switchable Material Could Solve Sticky Problem
Jun. 19, 2006
Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light...
LED Inventor Wins $1.3M Millennium Technology Prize
Jun. 16, 2006
The inventor of a revolutionary new source of light -- bright-blue, green and white LEDs and the...
SwingVision Technology Awarded Sports Emmy
Jun. 16, 2006
An advanced APX slow-motion digital camera developed by Photron Inc. of San Diego is part of Emmy...
Laser Beam, Spectral Instruments Available Online
Jun. 16, 2006
Melles Griot announced that its entire line of laser beam and spectral measurement systems are now...
QED Technologies Bought by Cabot Microelectronics
Jun. 15, 2006
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (CMC), a supplier of chemicals used to make semiconductors, announced...
Philips to Buy MRI Component Maker for $1.3B
Jun. 15, 2006
Royal Philips Electronics announced today it will buy Intermagnetics General Corp., a maker of...
Scientist Wins Kyoto Prize
Jun. 14, 2006
A genetics professor who directed the development of a cell sorter that has become an invaluable...
Lockheed Martin Acquires ISX
Jun. 13, 2006
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. announced yesterday that it will acquire ISX Corp., a...
Ultrasound Laser Analog Built
Jun. 13, 2006
By using sound instead of light, researchers have mimicked the essential nature of a laser by...
DOE Funds $7M for Solid-State Lighting Development
Jun. 12, 2006
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will provide a total of $7 million for solid-state...
HP Acquires Silverwire
Jun. 12, 2006
HP announced it will acquire Silverwire Holding AG, a commercial digital photography solutions and...
Nano-Based Drug Delivery System Targets Tumors
Jun. 12, 2006
A new nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that uses an applied magnetic field to target tumor...
Electric Boat Awarded $30M Virginia Sub Contract
Jun. 9, 2006
Electric Boat Corp., a Groton, Conn.-based business unit of General Dynamics Corp., was awarded a...
Bruker Daltonics, Protein Discovery Collaborate
Jun. 8, 2006
Bruker Daltonics Inc., a Billerica, Mass., maker of life science research tools based on mass...
Broadband Lasers Based
on Qdot Technology
Jun. 7, 2006
NL Nanosemiconductor, a Germany-based maker of laser semiconductor chip and modules, said it has...
'Left-Handed' Materials Propel Spectrum Physics
Jun. 7, 2006
Novel "left-handed" materials (LHMs) with unusual properties could improve devices in...
Adva Optical Buying Movaz
Jun. 6, 2006
Adva Optical Networking announced it will acquire Movaz Networks Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based...
5200 Attend CLEO/QELS, PhAST
Jun. 6, 2006
CLEO/QELS and PhAST 2006, held last month in Long Beach, Calif., attracted a total of 5200,...
NY Regional Telcom Expands
Jun. 6, 2006
CornerStone Telephone Co., a Troy, N.Y.-based communications provider, announced today it has...
PerkinElmer Acquires C&A
Jun. 5, 2006
PerkinElmer Inc. of Wellesley, Mass., announced Monday it has acquired UK-based Clinical &...
Solar Neutrino Scientist, Nobel Winner Raymond Davis Dies
Jun. 2, 2006
Raymond Davis Jr., a Nobel Laureate and retired chemist at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven...
NYC Glass Buys LED Line
Jun. 2, 2006
Permlight Products announced today it has sold its Edgelit LED business to NYC Glass of Coney...
NAS Council Opposes Academic Boycotts
Jun. 2, 2006
The governing council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) said in a statement this week that...
Theoretical Blueprint for Invisibility Cloak Reported
Jun. 2, 2006
Using a new design theory, researchers have developed the blueprint for an invisibility cloak. Once...
Chameau to Head Caltech
Jun. 1, 2006
Jean-Lou Chameau, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of...
Agere to Supply Sirius Chips
Jun. 1, 2006
Agere Systems announced today it will provide a new, advanced system-on-a-chip (SoC) chip set to...
Sumitomo to Buy $180M in Cree Wafer, LED Chip Products
Jun. 1, 2006
LED lighting component maker Cree Inc. of Durham, N.C., said its Japanese distributor, Sumitomo...
Corning Fine-Tunes
Display View
Jun. 1, 2006
Corning Inc. executives told financial analysts and investors, at two separate conferences last...
Silicon's Role in Photonics Recast
Jun. 1, 2006
A discovery about silicon nanowires and nanocones will allow the element to play a larger role in...