Substance in Blue Crab Shells is Key to Nanosensor
Jul. 31, 2006
A substance found in blue crab shells is a key component in a new nanoscale sensor system that can...
Biotech Startup Granted $1.65M for 'Molecular Beacon'
Jul. 31, 2006
A company co-founded by a Georgia Institute of Technology researcher has received a $1.65 million...
Time Warner Telecom to Acquire Xspedius for $531.5M
Jul. 28, 2006
Telecommunications service provider Time Warner Telecom Inc. announced it will acquire privately...
'Magnetic Semiconductors' Built, Atom by Atom
Jul. 28, 2006
By using a new technique to replace atoms in a semiconductor with metal atoms -- one atom at a time...
PerkinElmer Acquires JN Macri Technologies and NTD Labs
Jul. 27, 2006
Health science and photonics technology developer PerkinElmer Inc. announced today it has completed...
PNNL Physicist Wins Presidential Honor
Jul. 27, 2006
Materials physicist Yanwen Zhang of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory received the 2005...
New Materials Boost Organic Solar Cell's Performance
Jul. 27, 2006
New materials have been integrated into an organic solar cell that double its open-circuit voltage...
Saul Perlmutter Awarded Feltrinelli Prize
Jul. 27, 2006
Saul Perlmutter was named the winner of the 2006 International Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in the...
Global Coral Reef Assessment Built on NASA Images
Jul. 26, 2006
A first-of-its-kind survey of how well the world's coral reefs are being protected was made...
Luminescent Sensor Enables Biomedical Imaging
Jul. 26, 2006
A new way of detecting zinc in the body -- a luminescent probe that changes when the element is...
Emcore Selling Div. to IQE
Jul. 26, 2006
Emcore Corp., a provider of compound semiconductor solutions for the broadband and wireless...
Metamaterials Used to Alter Light's Path, Speed
Jul. 25, 2006
By using man-made materials -- so-called metamaterials -- researchers have been able to...
Thales Sells Navigation Div.
Jul. 25, 2006
Thales agreed last week to sell its Thales Navigation Div. to an investment group led by Santa...
Scientists Unveil 'Nanoegg'
Jul. 25, 2006
The nanoegg, the latest in a line of man-made, ultrasmall light-focusing particles, is 20 times...
Researchers: Qdots Have Little Impact on Cells
Jul. 24, 2006
Nanosized fluorescent probes that can slip inside living cells and shed light on life’s most...
Scientists Turn Graphite into Graphene
Jul. 24, 2006
Researchers have developed a way to turn graphite into graphene, one-atom-thick sheets of carbon...
Nano-Etching Makes LEDs 7X Brighter
Jul. 24, 2006
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made semiconductor...
Light Shed on Superfluidity
Jul. 21, 2006
For the first time, scientists have directly observed the transition of a gas to a superfluid, a...
Level 3 Sells Subsidiary for $287M
Jul. 21, 2006
Level 3 Communications Inc. announced yesterday that it will sell its wholly owned subsidiary,...
DNA-Based Nanowires can Create, Detect Light
Jul. 21, 2006
For the first time, a research team has used the coding power of DNA to create nanowires on top of...
Siemens Buys Opto-Control
Jul. 21, 2006
Siemens Automation and Drives Group announced this week that it has acquired Opto-Control...
Tessera Completes Digital Optics Acquisition
Jul. 20, 2006
Tessera Technologies Inc. of San Jose, Calif., announced this week it has completed the acquisition...
Bruker AXS Buys XRF Biz
Jul. 20, 2006
Bruker AXS Inc. announced today that it bought privately-held KeyMaster Technologies Inc., a maker...
Thermo Electron Acquires GV Instruments
Jul. 20, 2006
Thermo Electron Corp. announced today it has acquired isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) GV...
Mercury Atomic Clock Keeps Time with Record Accuracy
Jul. 20, 2006
An experimental optical clock that is based on a single mercury atom is more stable and accurate...
Luminent Cancels Deal to Buy HG Genuine Opto
Jul. 19, 2006
Luminent Inc. announced today that it has terminated the agreement to acquire HG Genuine Opto, a...
Flexible, Flippable Plastic Semiconductor Created
Jul. 19, 2006
A newly invented thin-film semiconductor fabrication process can be used to add sensing, computing...
Spinoff, Merger Forms Rural Telecom Provider
Jul. 19, 2006
The spinoff of wireless provider Alltel Corp.'s landline business and its merger with Valor...
OCP Buys PON Supplier
Jul. 18, 2006
Fiber optic subsystems and modules manufacturer Optical Communication Products Inc. (OCP) announced...
Paint-on Semiconductor Beats Traditional Chips
Jul. 18, 2006
Researchers have created a semiconductor device that outperforms conventional chips -- simply by...
New Method Detects Silicon Thin-Film Defects
Jul. 18, 2006
High-performance strained-silicon semiconductor devices have advantages over other types...
Adaptive Optics Affords Better View of Space
Jul. 17, 2006
Most astronomers would probably say that a good telescope and good weather are necessary to capture...
Broadband Light Amplifier on a Chip Created
Jul. 17, 2006
By creating a broadband light amplifier on a silicon chip, researchers said they have made a major...
Bausch & Lomb, U Rochester Renew Partnership
Jul. 17, 2006
Bausch & Lomb and the University of Rochester, two of Rochester’s biggest employers, have...
GfE Acquires Stake in FNE
Jul. 17, 2006
GfE (Gesellschaft für Elektrometallurgie mbH), a German maker of high- performance metals and...
Photonic Products Group: Former CFO Stole $833,000
Jul. 14, 2006
The former chief financial officer of Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) stole more than $833,000...
Physicists Sort Atoms with Laser 'Tweezers'
Jul. 14, 2006
Using laser "tweezers", physicists have succeeded in sorting up to seven atoms and putting them in...
Gov't Questions Japan Knowledge Cluster Results
Jul. 14, 2006
A Japanese government program designed to incubate high-tech technology regions there to "rival...
BrainGate Trial Shows Promise for Motor Impaired
Jul. 13, 2006
In a pilot trial of a device dubbed BrainGate, a man with paralysis of all four limbs could open...
Atmel Sells Grenoble-Based Subsidiary for $140M
Jul. 13, 2006
As part of its plan to consolidate its manufacturing operations, Atmel Corp., a maker of electronic...
Oasys Acquires Diamond Turning
Jul. 13, 2006
Oasys Technology LLC announced it has acquired Diamond Turning Inc. (DTI), a Manchester, N.H.,...
Hologic Buys R2 Technology
Jul. 13, 2006
Hologic Inc., a Bedford, Mass., provider of diagnostic imaging and digital imaging systems used...
Aculight Gets $2M to Enhance Fiber Laser Performance
Jul. 12, 2006
Laser technology developer Aculight Corp. has secured four new contracts totaling more than $2...
4D Technology Earns 3rd R&D 100 Award
Jul. 12, 2006
4D Technology Corp. announced today that for the third year in a row, one of its products has been...
New Technology Seeks to Heat, Cool with Solar Power
Jul. 12, 2006
Every day, the sun bathes the planet in energy -- free of charge -- yet few systems can take...
Ultrasharp Single-Atom Tips Could Improve Microscopy
Jul. 12, 2006
New ultrasharp, single-atom tips created through a unique process could improve electron microscopy...
Microsoft, Ga Tech, Bryn Mawr Create Robotics Institute
Jul. 12, 2006
In a move designed to boost enrollment and retention in college computer science classes, Microsoft...
Nanotech Research Center Names First Director
Jul. 11, 2006
The Georgia Institute of Technology's new Nanotechnology Research Center has named James Meindl as...
SEMI Forecasts Strong Equipment Sales
Jul. 11, 2006
The leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect 2006 to be the second largest year ever...
New Ion Trap May Lead to Working Quantum Computer
Jul. 11, 2006
Physicists have built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that they said could be easily mass...
Igor Khandros to be Honored at Semicon West
Jul. 11, 2006
Igor Khandros, CEO of FormFactor, a Livermore Calif., advanced wafer test developer, will receive...
Tessera Buys Digital Optics
Jul. 10, 2006
Tessera Technologies Inc., a provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry,...
Freescale Unveils Magnetics-Based Memory Chip
Jul. 10, 2006
In what some are calling the most significant computer memory development in 10 years, Freescale...
Secret Galileo GPS Codes Cracked
Jul. 10, 2006
Members of Cornell University's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the...
Elop Awarded $15M Contract
Jul. 10, 2006
Electro-optics systems maker Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (Elop), was awarded several new...
Lockheed Awarded $385.6M Arrowhead Contract
Jul. 7, 2006
The US Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on production...
Thermo Electron Acquires EGS Gauging
Jul. 7, 2006
Analytical instruments maker Thermo Electron Corp. announced it has acquired EGS Gauging, a...
'Fantastic Voyage' to Approach Sci-Fi Realm
Jul. 7, 2006
A three-nation consortium is planning a "fantastic voyage" to explore empty space -- with potential...
'Touching' with Light: Optic Sphere Senses Environs
Jul. 7, 2006
A sophisticated, lens-free optical system has been developed from a sphere of photodetecting fibers...
'Nanoshells' Meter Measures pH in Living Cells
Jul. 6, 2006
Using unique nanoparticles that convert laser light into useful information, scientists have...
Laser Optics Founder Dies
Jul. 6, 2006
Phil Heinrich, the vice president of Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPGI) and the founder of Laser...
Broadband Light Amplifier on a Chip Created
Jul. 6, 2006
Researchers at the Cornell NanoScale Facility have created a broadband light amplifier on a silicon...
Lockheed Awarded $385.6 M Arrowhead Contract
Jul. 6, 2006
The US Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on production...
Ultratech to Buy Oraxion
Jul. 5, 2006
Ultratech Inc. announced it will purchase Oraxion Inc. of Fremont, Calif., a privately held company...
'Zipper' Nanotubes a Path to Nanoelectronics
Jul. 5, 2006
A new method to add defects to the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their...