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LLNL Captures Six Awards for Top Industrial Innovations

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are the recipients of six awards among the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2009.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

New Ion Trap Device Can Simplify Quantum Designs

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted by single ions (electrically charged atoms), allowing quantum information stored in the ions to be measured.

8 Jul 2010

New Technique May Help Develop Optical Data-Processing Chips

Powerful new microscopes able to resolve DNA molecules with visible light, superfast computers that use light rather than electronic signals to process information, and Harry Potteresque invisibility cloaks are just some of the many thrilling promises of transformation optics.

7 Jul 2010

Researchers Design New Optical Tweezers to Manipulate Nanoparticles

Star Trek fans will remember "tractor beams," lasers that allowed the Starship Enterprise to trap and move objects. Tel Aviv University is now turning this science fiction into science fact -- on a nano scale.

7 Jul 2010

National Cancer Institute Announces Successful Test Results of Zecotek's Tunable Green Fiber Laser

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I.F), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial, nanotechnology and scientific markets, today announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) has released positive test results conducted on Zecotek's proprietary Tunable Green Fiber Laser.

From Zecotek Photonics 6 Jul 2010

Researchers Create First Nano-Sized Light Mill Motor

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have created the first nano-sized light mill motor whose rotational speed and direction can be controlled by tuning the frequency of the incident light waves.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Jul 2010