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Wireless Technology Inspires New Fluorescence Imaging Using Radiofrequency-Tagged Emission Microscopy Technique

Fluorescence imaging is the most widely used method for analyzing the molecular composition of biological specimens. Target molecules, when they are present, can be "tagged" with a fluorescent label and made visible.

From University of California, Los Angeles 27 Sep 2013

Smartphone Microscope Enables Fluorescent Imaging of Single Nanoparticles and Viruses

Scientists are reporting an advance in smartphone-based imaging that could help physicians in far-flung and resource-limited locations monitor how well treatments for infections are working by detecting, for the first time, individual viruses. Their study on the light-weight device, which converts the phone into a powerful mini-microscope, appears in the journal ACS Nano.

From American Chemical Society 26 Sep 2013

SEMATECH Presents Results of Annual Mask Survey at 2013 SPIE Photomask Technology Conference

SEMATECH, a global consortium of semiconductor manufacturers, has released the results from its annual mask survey, which provides a comprehensive look into both the business and technical aspects of the mask industry.

25 Sep 2013

Research Opens New Window into Nanoscale Neuronal Activity

A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher at Queen Mary University of London.

19 Sep 2013

Avo Photonics to Provide Optofluidics Design Services for Molecular NanoTweezer System

Avo Photonics, specialists in opto-electronic systems requiring precision optical alignment, has been chosen by Optofluidics to provide system design and manufacturing services for their molecular NanoTweezer system.

19 Sep 2013

Hyperuniform Disordered Photonic Bandgap Structure Steers Light in Unprecedented Ways

A team of researchers led by San Francisco State University’s Weining Man is the first to build and demonstrate the ability of two-dimensional disordered photonic band gap material, designed to be a platform to control light in unprecedented ways.

17 Sep 2013

Manchester’s Nano Beam Position Monitor Receives 2013 R&D 100 Award

An innovative way to measure and image X-ray beams with unrivalled precision, developed at The University of Manchester, has been honoured with a 2013 R&D 100 Award – often dubbed the ‘Oscars of Innovation’.

11 Sep 2013

New Mechanism for Extracting Energy from Light Using Plasmonic Nanostructures

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new mechanism for extracting energy from light, a finding that could improve technologies for generating electricity from solar energy and lead to more efficient optoelectronic devices used in communications.

10 Sep 2013

Engineers Create LEDs from Gadolinium-Doped Semiconductor Nanowires

Commercial uses for ultraviolet (UV) light are growing, and now a new kind of LED under development at The Ohio State University could lead to more portable and low-cost uses of the technology.

10 Sep 2013

Nanotech Security Amends Terms of Patent Entities Acquisition

Nanotech Security Corp. (the “Company”), developer of next-generation security and authentication features using patented nano-optics announces that further to its recent news releases describing its $4.2 million subscription receipts financing (now 100% closed) the terms of the related patent entities acquisition have been modified slightly to facilitate a near term completion.

6 Sep 2013