Optical Device to Reveal Adult Brain Plasticity
Apr. 30, 2007
It may be easy to change your mind, but your brain? Using a new optical imaging device that quickly...
Antarctic Probe Aims for Space
Apr. 27, 2007
A robotic probe designed to draw an underwater three-dimensional map showing the biological and...
Ionatron Forms Laser Group
Apr. 27, 2007
Directed-energy weapons maker Ionatron Inc. today announced it is forming a laser group to develop...
AT&T CEO to Retire
Apr. 27, 2007
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. announced at the company's annual stockholders meeting, held today in San...
Corning to Invest $300M in R&D
Apr. 26, 2007
Corning Inc. announced today a $300 million facility improvement plan for its Sullivan Park...
Bright Future Predicted for Nanowire Photodetectors
Apr. 26, 2007
The geometry of semiconducting nanowires makes them uniquely suited for light detection, according...
Siemans CEO Will Resign
Apr. 26, 2007
Siemens AG President and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld will resign when his contract expires in October, the...
Corning to Reopen NC Fiber Plant; Reports Q1 Profits
Apr. 25, 2007
Corning's first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, exceeding expectations despite decreased display...
Canadian, UK Scientists Uncover 'Kryptonite'
Apr. 25, 2007
Superman's Achille's heel is no longer the stuff of fiction. A new mineral matching the unique...
Project Aims to Create New Materials, Nanodevices
Apr. 25, 2007
A Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) grant of as much as $7.5 million has been awarded to...
Birds 'Captured' Going Wild in Craig's Backyard
Apr. 24, 2007
Craig Newmark, founder of the popular craigslist community Web sites, is hosting a robotic video...
Cymer Announces $300M Stock Repurchase
Apr. 24, 2007
Cymer Inc., a supplier of excimer laser light sources used in semiconductor manufacturing,...
Coherent Acquires Nuvonyx
Apr. 24, 2007
Coherent Inc. announced today it has acquired Nuvonyx Inc., a St. Louis, Mo.-based provider of...
Near-Field IR Experiment Launched
Apr. 24, 2007
The Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE), built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems,...
DoE Awards New Spintronics Center $1.9M
Apr. 23, 2007
The University of Delaware has been awarded $1.9 million from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to...
EDT Helps Abbreviate Protein Studies
Apr. 23, 2007
PhosphoMotif Finder, a publicly available database on the Web (www.hprd.org/PhosphoMotif_finder)...
Research on Shortest Light Pulse and More at CLEO/QELS
Apr. 23, 2007
The shortest light pulse ever created, a new type of laser that provides 3-D retinal imaging with...
Solar Cell Efficiency Rises
Apr. 23, 2007
Plastic solar cell efficiency has been pushed to more than 6 percent via “nanofilaments” within...
Asylum Research Buys Majority Stake in Atomic Force F&E
Apr. 20, 2007
Asylum Research, a maker of atomic force and scanning probe microscopes, announced it has purchased...
Metagenomics Will 'Transform' Microbiology
Apr. 20, 2007
The emerging field of metagenomics, where the DNA of entire communities of microbes is studied...
Mass-Marketed OLEDs Could Power Lighting Revolution
Apr. 19, 2007
A thin film of plastic that conducts electricity and produces solar power could be the basis for a...
Kodak Selling Unit to Rohm and Haas
Apr. 19, 2007
Eastman Kodak Co. is selling a business unit that manufactures films for flat-panel displays to...
MiniBooNE Data Clarifies Neutrino Behavior
Apr. 18, 2007
The initial data from the 10-year-long “MiniBooNE” experiment at the Department of Energy's...
Combined Imaging Techniques Promise Insights into MS
Apr. 18, 2007
By combining three types of microscopic imaging techniques that are ordinarily used individually, a...
324-GHz Waves Reported
Apr. 17, 2007
A 324-gigahertz frequency has been generated using a voltage-controlled oscillator in a...
Research Portal to Launch
Apr. 17, 2007
A free search portal that will enable users to explore research cited in scholarly work and patents...
Emcore Buys Opticomm
Apr. 16, 2007
Emcore Corp., a provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the...
IPG Acquires HM Laser
Apr. 16, 2007
Fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. announced today it has acquired its distributor in China, HM...
Progress Made Toward Single-Qdot Laser
Apr. 16, 2007
A micrometer-sized solid-state laser has been built that, while not powered by a single quantum...
Mass Weddings Conducted
Apr. 13, 2007
For physics and technology applications as diverse as quantum information theory and...
DSS: Quantum Tech Boom Approaches
Apr. 13, 2007
Describing the current era as one of technological opportunity equal to many in American history,...
Laser Technique Detects Anthrax in Real Time
Apr. 13, 2007
A laser technique has been developed that can instantly identify deadly anthrax spores. "Our report...
Axsys Buys Cineflex for $27M
Apr. 13, 2007
Optical and motion control systems maker Axsys Technologies Inc. announced yesterday that it has...
Electrospinning Creates Tiniest Light-Emitting Devices
Apr. 12, 2007
The smallest organic light-emitting devices to date have been created, so tiny that they are...
Unique Blend of Research and Industry at Optifab 2007
Apr. 12, 2007
Optifab is the largest optical manufacturing product and supplier exhibition held in the US. With a...
Metamaterials a Hot Topic at Optics Congress in Prague
Apr. 11, 2007
Engineered composites that exhibit exceptional properties not readily observed in nature --...
URochester Awarded $1.8M for Nanotech Initiative
Apr. 11, 2007
The University of Rochester will receive $1.8 million in federal funding to begin its Nanosystems...
Light-Sensitive Molecule Can 'Heal' Itself in the Dark
Apr. 10, 2007
Sometimes all an overworked molecule needs is a good night's rest. According to a study by...
‘Smart’ Sunglass Lenses Change Color on Demand
Apr. 9, 2007
‘Smart’ sunglasses will allow wearers to instantly change the color of their lenses to any hue of...
Plastic With Adjustable Conductivity Developed
Apr. 9, 2007
A plastic has been modified so its ability to carry an electrical current can be altered during...
Nanogenerator Converts Tiny Movements to Electric Current
Apr. 6, 2007
A prototype nanometer-scale generator -- an array of tiny filaments that converts the smallest...
'Large' Object Laser-Cooled Near Absolute Zero
Apr. 6, 2007
A coin-sized object has been cooled to within one degree of absolute zero through a laser-cooling...
MRI-Safe Motor Propels Robot Biopsies
Apr. 6, 2007
A motor without metal or electricity can safely power remote-controlled robotic medical devices...
Xponent Photonics Funding Round Nets $23M
Apr. 5, 2007
Xponent Photonics, a maker of surface-mount photonic (SMP) components, recently announced it raised...
Cable Installed for Deep-Sea Observatory
Apr. 5, 2007
Oceanographers have completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea observatory off...
PerkinElmer Acquires Improvision
Apr. 5, 2007
PerkinElmer Inc., a Waltham, Mass., developer of technology for the health-science and photonics...
Thermo Fisher Sells Genevac
Apr. 4, 2007
Analytical instrument and lab equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced yesterday...
Fermilab 'Dumbfounded' by Fiasco That Broke Magnet
Apr. 4, 2007
In what is being described as a "pratfall on the world stage," the quadrupole magnet that Fermilab...
Zeiss Publishes Rediscovered Alzheimer Slides
Apr. 4, 2007
The original research material upon which the discovery of Alzheimer's disease was based is being...
Joan of Arc Relics Exposed as Fakes by Spectrometry
Apr. 4, 2007
Using techniques including mass, infrared and atomic-emission spectrometry, experts have proven...
EUV Tool Produces Images
Apr. 3, 2007
Less than six months after taking delivery of the first full-field, extreme-ultraviolet alpha demo...
'Optical Cloaking' Design Created for Invisibility
Apr. 3, 2007
Nanotechnology has been used to take a first step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that...
Nanotubes Cool Microchips
Apr. 3, 2007
Carbon nanotubes have proven to dissipate microchip heat as effectively as copper and could be...
Applied Materials Acquires Brooks Software for $125M
Apr. 2, 2007
Applied Materials Inc. announced Friday it has acquired Brooks Software, a division of Brooks...
Membranes Adopt Guest-Molecules' Properties
Apr. 2, 2007
A block copolymer has been created which forms nanostructured film that can adopt the properties of...
Rofin-Sinar Buys Corelase Oy
Apr. 2, 2007
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., a maker of industrial lasers, announced today it has acquired 100...
Sensor Developer Awarded Lemelson-MIT Prize
Apr. 2, 2007
Timothy M. Swager has a nose for explosives. The chemistry professor and department head at the...