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Discovery of Molecular Movement in Glass or Plastic When Exposed to Light

Researchers at Queen's University have discovered how molecules in glass or plastic are able to move when exposed to light from a laser. The findings could one day be used to facilitate medicinal drug distribution...

8 Oct 2010

New Research Report on Nanobiotechnology Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanobiotechnologies- applications, markets and companies Summary Nanotechnology is the creation and utilization of materia...

6 Oct 2010

Entanglement Paves Way for Quantum Computer Development

An important step –– one that is essential to the ultimate construction of a quantum computer –– was taken for the first time by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. The discovery is published in the c...

6 Oct 2010

UC’s Electrofluidics Breakthrough Enhances Image Capabilities of Electronic Devices

Today's Oct. 4 issue of the high-impact journal, Applied Physics Letters, contains a new electrofluidics design from the University of Cincinnati and start-up company Gamma Dynamics that promises to dramatically reshape the image capabilities of electronic devices.

6 Oct 2010

New Microscopy Technique Enables Early Detection of Lung Cancer

Researchers from Northwestern University and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) have developed a method to detect early signs of lung cancer by examining cheek cells in humans using pioneering biophotonics t...

6 Oct 2010

New Nano-Gyroscope for Use in Smartphones and Medical Equipment

Optical gyroscopes, also known as rotation sensors, are widely used as a navigational tool in vehicles from ships to airplanes, measuring the rotation rates of a vehicle on three axes to evaluate its exact position and orientation.

6 Oct 2010

Chemists Develop New Liquid Crystals with Electric Dipole

Chemists at Vanderbilt University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from digital watches to flat panel televisions.

6 Oct 2010

Pixtronix Successfully Develops PerfectLight MEMS Display Technology

Pixtronix, Inc., an innovator in the development and licensing of low power multimedia display technologies, today announced the successful joint development with Hitachi Displays, Ltd. of its PerfectLight low power MEMS display technology for mobile multimedia applications.

5 Oct 2010

Max Planck Society and UBC Sign MOU for Quantum Materials Research

The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany's foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes. UBC President Stephen Toope and Max Plan...

5 Oct 2010

Swedish Nanowire-Based LED Developer Completes SEK 170 Million Financing Round

Lund (Sweden) based nanowire semiconductor LED developer GLO AB today announced the closing of an SEK 170 million investment round (approximately USD 25 million) and establishment of a California-based engineering center to supplement its current efforts in Sweden and Denmark.

4 Oct 2010