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Researchers Explore New Applications for Nanometallic Structures

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded Professors Mark L. Brongersma of Stanford University and Stefan A. Maier of Imperial College London are investigating new applications for terahertz sensors. Ba...

3 Jun 2010

University of Montreal Student Receives NSERC Award for Research on Carbon Nanotubes

The University of Montreal has excelled at the 2010 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Awards. Three University of Montreal researchers won major prizes, including the NSERC Gerhard ...

2 Jun 2010

Optical Amplification Solves Major Issue in Plasmonic Waveguides

Researchers at the University of Iceland, University of Cologne and the Fraunhofer Institute Jena have demonstrated net optical amplification in a plasmonic waveguide. The results of the team, which were published i...

1 Jun 2010

Ultra-Precise Nano-Optical Systems for Space

Metal mirrors made with extremely high precision and exactly positioned are the key elements of modern telescopes. A new production technique enables complex optical surfaces to be manufactured with excellent trueness of shape and hitherto unattained positional accuracy. The mirrors have been built for an infrared sounder telescope.

1 Jun 2010

Novel Devices Display Customizable Optical Properties

Imagine creating novel devices with amazing and exotic optical properties not found in Nature—by simply evaporating a droplet of particles on a surface.

29 May 2010

Study Reveals New Evidence of Quantum Effects on High-Temperature Superconductors

A team of U.S. and Chinese physicists are zeroing in on critical effects at the heart of the latest high-temperature superconductors -- but they're using other materials to do it. In new research appearing o...

29 May 2010

Kodak, MacDermid to Provide High-Quality Film Solutions for Printed Electronics Applications

Kodak today announced that it has entered into a new partnership with specialty films manufacturer MacDermid Autotype to meet the growing needs of the printed electronics marketplace.

29 May 2010

New Technique Creates Nanoshell Structures That Can Trap and Store Light

Scientists from four U.S. universities have created a way to use Rice University's light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could find use in chemical sensors, nanolasers and bizarre light-absorbing metamaterials.

28 May 2010

Oclaro, ClariPhy Sign Agreement to Leverage 40nm CMOS Technology

Oclaro, Inc., a tier-one provider of innovative optical communications and laser solutions, today announced it has made a $7.5 million strategic investment in ClariPhy Communications, a privately-held fabless semiconductor company focused on digital signal processing (DSP) and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for high-speed next-generation networks.

27 May 2010

Paradigm Shift in Information and Communication Technology

A silicon-based nanoscale system which aims to harness the 'spin' of electrons to boost the processing power of future computer systems is being developed by researchers at the University of Southampton, jointly with the University of Cambridge, the NTT Basic Research Laboratories and the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.

26 May 2010