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Researchers Find Tiny Biomolecules for Imaging by Combining Laser and Atomic Force Microscopy

The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it's more like the difference between finding the coffee table in a darkened room either by walking around until you fall over it, or using a flashlight.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 11 Nov 2010

Prof. Ron Folman to Receive 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Ron Folman has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. The award is presented annually in Utah for o...

11 Nov 2010

Quantum Computers Can Work with Faulty and Missing Components

Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Review Lett...

11 Nov 2010

UMD Professor Receives PECASE Award to do Research in Nanophotonics

JQI Fellows Edo Waks of the University of Maryland (UMD) and Ian Spielman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among 85 scientists and engineers nationally to receive this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

11 Nov 2010

Quantum Communication Networks High on Europe's Agenda

Quantum communication networks are high on Europe's agenda, with particular focus being given to quantum memory or information storage. Meeting the challenge head on to make such information accessible to users is a team of scientists from Denmark who used two 'entangled' light beams to store quantum information.

10 Nov 2010

Optimizing The Design Of Compact Coupler

Integrated circuits — the tiny silicon chips running inside computers, mobile phones and cameras — represent one of the most important innovations of the twentieth century. The development of integrated circu...

10 Nov 2010

New Findings Reveal That Building a Quantum Computer Might be Easier

10 Nov 2010

QD Vision, Solvay to Develop Printable Platform for Quantum Dot LEDs

QD Vision, Inc. and Solvay today announced an agreement under which the companies will develop a printable electroluminescent platform for quantum dot LEDs (QLEDs) that will lead to a new generation of solid state lighting products.

9 Nov 2010

BGU’s Quantum Physicist Wins 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Prof. Ron Folman has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. The award is presented annually in Utah for...

9 Nov 2010

EYP Heads to NanoTech Campus

EYP Architecture and Engineering PC (EYP) of Albany announced plans to establish and expand its headquarters and operations at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. The move...

9 Nov 2010