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NASA’s Phase II Grant to Boston Micromachines to Build High-Reliability MEMS Deformable Mirrors

NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program has awarded a $750,000 Phase II contract to Boston Micromachines, a company specializing in adaptive optics systems and MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products, to assist NASA's Exoplanet Exploration program.

9 May 2012

Simulations of Reality Need Less Memory on Quantum Computers

Researchers from the University of Bristol have demonstrated that quantum computer may need lesser memory for simulations of reality when compared to a classical computer.

5 May 2012

Researchers Develop Ultrafast, Low-Energy Quantum-Dot Switch

At the Joint Quantum Institute, a research team, comprising Edo Waks and colleagues, has developed an all-optical switch utilizing a quantum dot integrated within a tiny hole-free arcade, which behaves like a resonant cavity.

5 May 2012

Weiss Family Donate $1 Million to Nanotechnology Research Institute

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has received a $1 million pledge from long-time Ben-Gurion Society members Henry and Anita Weiss to further nanotechnology research.

4 May 2012

Nanonics Imaging Hosts User Workshop during CLEO Conference in San Jose, CA

Nanonics Imaging is pleased to invite its current and future customers to an upcoming User Workshop on Tuesday, May 8th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the F1 Conference Room in the San Jose Convention Center. The Workshop, to be held during the CLEO 2012 Conference & Exhibition, will feature prominent scientists presenting new developments and research highlights related to their work using Nanonics systems.

2 May 2012

Single nanomaterial yields many laser colors

Red, green, and blue lasers have become small and cheap enough to find their way into products ranging from BluRay DVD players to fancy pens, but each color is made with different semiconductor materials and by elaborate...

30 Apr 2012

Minalogic-Supported Delpix Project Adapts X-ray Tomography to Real-time Quality Inspection on the Manufacturing-Line

Minalogic has announced that the Delpix project has enabled the creation of a full X-ray rapid-tomography system for quality inspection on the production line.

30 Apr 2012

Study Shows Landau-Fermi Liquid Theory Breaks Down at Quantum Critical Point

A team of physicists from the Rice University, University of California, Los Angeles, and two Max Planck Institutes in Germany has discovered that electrons violate Landau-Fermi liquid theory only at quantum critical points (QCPs) but behave as explained by the theory on either side of a QCP.

From University of California, Los Angeles 27 Apr 2012

New Quantum Simulator Promotes Interactions Between Hundreds of Qubits

A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a quantum simulator capable of engineering interplays between hundreds of qubits, a 10-fold increase when compared to earlier devices.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 27 Apr 2012

Key Industry Figures Join Board of CRANN, Progressing Strategy for Nanoscience Commercialisation

CRANN (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices), the Science Foundation Ireland funded nanoscience institute based in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), today announced the addition of three new Board m...

26 Apr 2012