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Take a Little Bit of Carbon, Throw in Some Epoxy and Add Lots of Lunar Dust

Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.

18 Jun 2008

Laser Calibration System Setting New Industry Standard

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced a new Dynamic Calibrator, a laser-based calibration system for measuring machine-tool and coordinate-measuring-machine (CMM) accuracy. New sensors in the system offer accuracy to 0.4ppm, setting a new industry standard.

18 Jun 2008

Scientists Using Nanotechnology Techniques to Learn More About Old Master Artworks

More than 30 years ago, when Northwestern University chemist Richard Van Duyne developed a powerful new sensing technique, he never thought he would be using it to learn more about treasures in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection

11 Jun 2008

IMPULSE, the Latest Integrated Metrology System from Nanometrics

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the introduction of its latest integrated metrology (IM) system, IMPULSE™. Following the innovative 9...

10 Jun 2008

Developments in Thin Film Solar Cell Research and Manufacturing

Abu Dhabi-based alternative energy firm Masdar PV will be investing US$2 billion in thin-film photovoltaic solar technology, as part of its drive to become a world leader in renewable energy. Applied Materials will provi...

6 Jun 2008

Italian Researcher Finds New Particle Accelerator Technique

A researcher at INFN's laboratories in Frascati, Pantaleo Raimondi, has developed a technique that allows to exceed some of the limits of existing particle accelerators. The first tests, carried out at the laboratories in Frascati, have provided very positive results and are being followed with great interest throughout the world. This technique could lead to a new generation of much more efficient accelerators for studying the infinitely small.

6 Jun 2008

The Importance of Optical Tweezers was Highlighted in a Dedicated Symposium Hosted by JPK Instruments

The 1st International Symposium on the applications and uses of optical tweezers in life science research was hosted by JPK Instruments in Berlin on 15th May 2008. It was held at the Magnus Haus, the home of Heinrich Gus...

From Bruker BioAFM 5 Jun 2008

Contributions to High Energy Physics Accelerators and Free Electron Lasers Earns Brookhaven Lab Physicist IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the 2008 IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Merit Award

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 4 Jun 2008

Norcada Silicon Nitride Membrane Windows Return High Q-Factors Enabling Observation of Quantum Fluctuations

Norcada Inc., a MEMS product development company, announced today that reports out of Yale University show successful Q-factor results for Norcada’s silicon nitride membrane windows. A recently published study b...

3 Jun 2008

NIST Marks First Birthday of Nanosoccer With New Website

If you love soccer but don’t want to wait until the next World Cup in 2010 to satisfy your appetite for the most popular game on Earth, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has the answer&mdash...

30 May 2008