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UC Engineers Develop Miniaturized Short Pulse Generator for Computers

Electrical engineers generated short, powerful light pulses on a chip – an important step toward the optical interconnects that will likely replace the copper wires that carry information between chips within today's computers.

25 Nov 2010

Researchers Develop New Source of Light That May Lead to More Powerful Chips

Physicists from the University of Bonn have developed a completely new source of light, a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of photons.

25 Nov 2010

Research Team Demonstrates Novel Microscopy Technique to Identify Cancer Cells

The long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois.

25 Nov 2010

Stuttgart Physicists Prove Superposition of Ultralong-Range Rydberg Molecules

Everybody is familiar with the problem to choose between two alternatives. This also holds for relationships. The question whether being a couple or not has a yes-or-no answer – either one is a couple or not. Quantum physics offers an interesting alternative. There, the couples are pairs of atoms that are held together by binding forces to form molecules.

24 Nov 2010

Ultrasmooth Silver Surfaces Promise Invisibility Cloaks and Ultrahigh-resolution Lenses

Surface plasmon resonance—the coherent excitation of free electrons on the surface of metals—is crucial to the operation of extremely small photonic devices, which have applications ranging from optoelectroni...

24 Nov 2010

Researcher Develops New Microscope to Advance Studies in Biomedical

AMES, Iowa – Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other.

23 Nov 2010

New Microscopic Imaging Technology Uses Nanobeacons to View Inside Human

See it for yourself: a new breakthrough in imaging technology using a combination of light and sound will allow health care providers to see microscopic details inside the body. Access to this level of detail potentia...

23 Nov 2010

New Microscopy Method to Deliver 3-D Image of Whole Living Cell

For the first time, there is no need to chemically fix, stain or cut cells in order to study them. Instead, whole living cells are fast-frozen and studied in their natural environment. The new method delivers an immediate 3-D image, thereby closing a gap between conventional microscopic techniques.

20 Nov 2010

Pittcon 2011 Honors Scientists for Contributions in Electron and Ion Microscopy Research

Pittcon 2011 is pleased to announce the highlights of the 22nd James L. Waters Annual Symposium, “The Development and Application of Instrumentation in Electron and Ion Microscopy.”

From Pittcon 19 Nov 2010

Milan’s Research Proves Graphene's Potential in New Applications

Since graphene was first isolated in 2004 with the help of Scotch tape, researchers have excitedly turned to the material to discover its potential applications. A single layer of carbon atoms whose applications range fr...

19 Nov 2010