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Physicists Set New World Record for the Smallest Writing

Stanford researchers have reclaimed bragging rights for creating the world's smallest writing, a distinction the university first gained in 1985 and lost in 1990. How small is the writing? The letters in the words are assembled from subatomic sized bits as small as 0.3 nanometers, or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter.

28 Jan 2009

SiOnyx Opens West Coast Office and Boosts CMOS Sensor Team

SiOnyx, Inc., the leading innovator in shallow junction photonics - a patented semiconductor process coined 'black silicon' that radically alters the photonic properties of semiconductor devices - has added sever...

27 Jan 2009

MEMSCAP Appoints New GM for Custom Products Business Unit

MEMSCAP (NYSE Euronext: MEMS), the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, announced today the appointment of Steve Wilcenski as General Manager of the Custom...

From MEMSCAP 27 Jan 2009

Bookham Announced Launch of New Focus 8780 GuideStar 4-Axis Beam Stabilization Controller

Bookham, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM), has announced the launch of the New Focus 8780 GuideStar(TM) 4-Axis beam stabilization controller. The high performance controller enables precise laser alignment in critical applications in...

27 Jan 2009

Renowned Carbon Nanotube Scientist Joins Nano-C’s Scientific Advisory Board

Nano-C, Inc., leading developer of nanostructured carbon materials, today announced that Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Dr. Michael Strano, a renowned carbon nanotube scientist and among the top 1% of highly...

26 Jan 2009

Einstein Research Helps Scientists See Cancer and Other Cells at the Molecular Level

Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research. Scientists at the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University ...

25 Jan 2009

Daylight Solutions Announces Availability of Two Important Laser Wavelengths for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring Research

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced molecular detection and illumination solutions, today announced the availability of two important laser wavelengths critical to the monitoring of environmental...

From Daylight Solutions Inc. 23 Jan 2009

SCI Engineered Materials Enters into $1 Million Business Loan Agreement

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCI) (OTCBB: SCIA), a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry, today announced it has entered into a $1 million business loan agreement with a regional commercial bank.

23 Jan 2009

Plasmonic Whispering Gallery Microcavity Paving Way for Future Nanolasers

The principle behind whispering galleries - where words spoken softly beneath a domed ceiling or in a vault can be clearly heard on the opposite side of the chamber - has been used to achieve what could prove to be a sig...

22 Jan 2009

Scientists Successfully Teleported Information Between Two Separate Atoms a Meter Apart

For the first time, scientists have successfully teleported information between two separate atoms in unconnected enclosures a meter apart - a significant milestone in the global quest for practical quantum information processing.

22 Jan 2009