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Yale Researchers Make Significant Breakthrough with Quantum Entanglement

The rules that govern the world of the very small, quantum mechanics, are known for being bizarre. One of the strangest tenets is something called quantum entanglement, in which two or more objects (such as particles ...

30 Sep 2010

SOI Wafers are Becoming Popular in the Semiconductor Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Silicon-on-Insulator Market Report Description SOI wafers are gaining high popularity in the semiconductor industry...

30 Sep 2010

Researcherd Develop New Approach to Quantum Computing

An international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol in the UK has developed a new approach to quantum computing that could soon be used to perform complex calculations that cannot be done by today's computers.

29 Sep 2010

Researchers Analyze Neutron Reflection to Locate Buckyballs in PV Cells

Polymer-based photovoltaic cells have some real advantages compared to the currently used semiconductor-based cells. They are easy to make and the materials are cheap. The challenge is to figure out how to make effici...

29 Sep 2010

WSJ 2010 Technology Innovation Award for InVisage’s QuantumFilm

InVisage Technologies, Inc. -- a Silicon Valley-based start-up revolutionizing the image sensor market -- today announced that its breakthrough technology, QuantumFilm™ won top honors in The Wall Street Journal 2010 Technology Innovation Award in the semiconductors category.

29 Sep 2010

New Optical Technologies Set to Revolutionize IT and Telecommunications Industries

Conventional electronics technologies are fast approaching their physical limits at a time when the demand for higher-quality images, faster communications and more compact electronics continues to build. Light, rath...

29 Sep 2010

Crystal Engineering: Composition of Functions

The electronic bandgap is an intrinsic property of semiconductors that to a large extent determines their optical properties, such as their emission color. Having the ability to adjust the bandgap can be extremely useful...

29 Sep 2010

New Technique Allows 3-D Visualization Of Quantum Property

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that maps the magnetic vector potential — one of the most important electromagnetic quantities an...

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 28 Sep 2010

Nanoscale-Thin Solar Cells Can Absorb Sunlight More Efficiently

In the smooth, white, bunny-suited clean-room world of silicon wafers and solar cells, it turns out that a little roughness may go a long way, perhaps all the way to making solar power an affordable energy source, say Stanford engineers.

28 Sep 2010

New Nanoneedle Releases Quantum Dots into Cell’s Nucleus

Getting an inside look at the center of a cell can be as easy as a needle prick, thanks to University of Illinois researchers who have developed a tiny needle to deliver a shot right to a cell's nucleus.

28 Sep 2010