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Researchers Making the Dream of Invisibility True

A group of researchers from the Department of Physics at UAB have designed a device, called a dc metamaterial, which makes objects invisible under certain light - very low frequency electromagnetic waves - by making the ...

7 Jul 2009

Examining Some of the Ways in Which Current Ideas in Physics are Changing Biology

As the world celebrates Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago, physicists can be forgiven a certain jealousy at the spotlight being placed on his profound legacy. But physicists have in fact had a huge impact on bio...

7 Jul 2009

Bringing the Long-Sought Quantum Computers a Step Closer To Reality

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised* a viable way to manipulate a single "bit" in a quantum processor without disturbing the information stored in its neighbors.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 6 Jul 2009

Physicist Seeking Answers to a Persistent Problem Throughout Human History

A UQ physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things? None, however, have had the same impact as what we today know as simply the computer, the harbinger of the digital age.

5 Jul 2009

OKI to Develop New LED-Related Businesses

OKI Electric Industry (TOKYO:6703) and OKI Data Corp., which markets under the OKI Printing Solutions brand today announced that the OKI Group will increase its LED (light-emitting diode) production for print heads used ...

5 Jul 2009

Four College Researchers Honoured by Institute of Physics

Four researchers from Imperial's Department of Physics have been honoured in the Institute of Physics' annual awards announced this week - more than at any other UK university.

3 Jul 2009

New Developments in a Substance Which Emits Brilliant Light Could Lead To Revolution in Lighting

New developments in a substance which emits brilliant light could lead to a revolution in lighting for the home and office in five years, claims a leading UK materials scientist, Professor Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University.

2 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Selected by Russian Academy of Sciences for New Research Areas

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that its proprietary Green Fiber Laser GFL 550 h...

From Zecotek Photonics 2 Jul 2009

Researchers Successfully Create Optical Transistor from a Single Molecule

ETH Zurich researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.

2 Jul 2009

Recently Qualified Airborne Particle Sensor Analyzes Wafer Contamination

The wafer-processing section at this year's SEMICON West will feature engineers from CyberOptics Semiconductor discussing the role of a newly developed particle-sensing technology to monitor airborne particles in process equipment in real-time to validate and analyze wafer contamination.

2 Jul 2009