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Nanometer-Scale Structures in Silicon Push Liquid Up

Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other mechanical devices.

17 Mar 2010

Ultra High Power 630nm LED Provides More Than 1000mW Power Output

Prizmatix Ltd is a company specializing in manufacture of fiber coupled High Power LED light sources and rapid prototyping fiber optics solutions.

16 Mar 2010

Luxtera's Blazar Network Featuring Nanophotonic Elements Chosen by NOAA

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) selected Luxtera’s award-winning 40G Active Optical Cable (AOC), Blazar, to interconnect its multi-room data center.

16 Mar 2010

Using Quantum Mechanics to Identify Quantum Properties in Larger and More Complex Objects

A German-Spanish collaboration plans to use quantum mechanics (the study of small, inanimate objects such as single atoms) to identify quantum properties in larger and more complex objects made up of tens of millions of ...

15 Mar 2010

BEST Announces AIXUV Acquisition

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today announced that its subsidiary has acquired the assets of AIXUV GmbH in Aachen, Germany, a company specializing in XUV/EUV systems and key components.

15 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology Company QD Vision Earns AlwaysOn GoingGreen East 50 Award

QD Vision, Inc. (www.qdvision.com), developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been selected for the second straight year to the GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List.

15 Mar 2010

NeoPhotonics Receives Huawei's Recognition for its Product Quality and Customer Service

NeoPhotonics today announced that the company has achieved “Core Partner” status with China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a global leading provider of next generation telecommunications equipment.

From Lumentum Operations LLC 15 Mar 2010

ESI Opens New Manufacturing and Service Plant in Singapore

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for micro-engineering applications, today announced it has expanded its Singaporean operations and has opened a new Asia manufacturing and service plant in the Kaki Bukit industrial hub of Singapore.

12 Mar 2010

Neutron Detector System Seen as Alternative to Helium-3 Detectors

PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Nationa...

12 Mar 2010

Tao's Team Use Hybrid Technique to Detect Tiny Particles of TNT

Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national ...

12 Mar 2010