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Nikon Instruments Releases New Microscopy System with NIS-Elements C Software

Nikon Instruments Inc., innovator of advanced optical instruments, today introduced the C2 Confocal Laser Point Scanning Microscope, which incorporates the newest release of NIS-Elements C software -Version 3.2.

17 Nov 2010

Metamaterials Can Distort Light or Sound Waves

The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, involves a new class of materials called metamaterials, which can be artificially engineered to distort light or sound waves.

16 Nov 2010

Ultra-Short X-Ray Beams Can Serve as Sensitive Medical Diagnostic Tools

Ultra-short X-ray beams produced at the University of Michigan could one day serve as more sensitive medical diagnostic tools, and they could work like strobe lights to allow researchers to observe chemical reactions tha...

16 Nov 2010

Prof. Kienberger Receives 2010 ICO Prize for Contributions in Attosecond Physics

Kienberger received the 2010 ICO Prize for pioneering contributions to attosecond physics. One of the main goals of this new scientific discipline is to capture snapshots of the inner life of atoms.

15 Nov 2010

Report Gives Overview of Current Research Topics and Achievements in Quantum Engineering

Since November 2007, the Cluster of Excellence QUEST - Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research - at Leibniz Universität Hannover has been supported by the Excellence Initiative of the German federal a...

15 Nov 2010

Researchers Create Nanoscale Light Sensor to Produce Hybrid Optic and Electronic Devices

University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale light sensor that can be combined with near-atomic-size electronic circuitry to produce hybrid optic and electronic devices with new functionality. The tea...

15 Nov 2010

Debunking and Closing Quantum Entanglement "Loopholes"

An international team of physicists, including a scientist based at The University of Queensland, has recently closed an additional “loophole” in a test explaining one of science's strangest phenomena &md...

14 Nov 2010

Toyohashi Tech to Celebrate Launch of EIIRIS at International Symposium

Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech) will hold an international symposium on 15th and 16th November 2010 to celebrate the launch of its Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS). The symposia will be streamed live via the internet.

12 Nov 2010

R+D Magazine Awards Lincoln Laboratory Researcher as 2010 Young Innovator

Dr. Eric A. Dauler, a technical staff member in the Optical Communications Technology Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, has been selected the 2010 R&D Magazine Young Innovator of the Year.

12 Nov 2010

Novel Way Discovered to Join Light and Vibrations

Controlling and modulating the flow of light is essential in today's telecommunications-based society. Professor Tobias Kippenberg and his team in EPFL's Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements have discovered a novel way to couple light and vibrations.

12 Nov 2010