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Thanks for the quantum memories: Research may lead to faster, more secure computers

Virginia Lorenz, who recently joined the University of Delaware faculty as an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is working on one of the hottest areas in physics - quantum memories. These devices store information in a flash of light and may serve as the basis of future communications networks.

March 26, 2010 Read more

Study provides proof in humans of RNA interference using targeted nanoparticles

A team of researchers and clinicians from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the California Institute of Technology has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle - used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient's bloodstream - can navigate into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and turn off an important cancer gene.

March 26, 2010 Read more

Revolutionary new solution for production of semiconductor and nanomaterials

University of Maryland researchers have created a completely new way to produce high quality semiconductor materials critical for advanced microelectronics and nanotechnology.

March 25, 2010 Read more

Nonlinear optics on the nanoscale: Towards terabit optical processors

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins presents The Jan M. Minkowski Memorial Lecture in Quantum Electronics, 'Nonlinear Optics on the Nanoscale: Towards Terabit Optical Processors', with speaker Dr. Benjamin J. Eggleton,

March 25, 2010 Read more

Independent review finds US Nanotechnology Initiative highly effective but lead is eroding

The Federal government's ten-year-old program for nurturing and coordinating the young science of nanotechnology has been highly successful and has helped to make the United States the world's leader in this increasingly valuable manufacturing sector, concludes an independent report prepared for the President and Congress. But that leadership position is threatened by several aggressively investing competitors such as China, South Korea, and the European Union, according to the report.

March 25, 2010 Read more

Scientists create toolbox of fluorescent probes in a rainbow of colors

Scientists are advancing the state-of-the-art in live cell fluorescent imaging by developing a new class of fluorescent probes that span the spectrum - from violet to the near-infrared. The new technology, called fluoromodules, can be used to monitor biological activities of individual proteins in living cells in real time.

March 25, 2010 Read more

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft transferiert ihr Neurochip-Knowhow nach Reutlingen

Prof. Dr. Peter Fromherz am Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) fuer Biochemie in Martinsried hat mit der ehemaligen Forschungsabteilung der Infineon Technologies AG einen einzigartigen Neurochip mit 16.384 Sensoren auf einem Quadratmillimeter Chipflaeche entwickelt. Das dabei gewonnene Wissen und das Entwicklungs-Knowhow werden jetzt nach Reutlingen transferiert, um die Neurochip-Technologie weiter zu entwickeln.

March 25, 2010 Read more

New research center to focus on advanced plasma processes and insulators used in semiconductor manufacturing

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and the University of North Texas (UNT) today announced the formation of a new research center focused on the fundamental understanding of advanced plasma processes and insulators used in manufacturing state-of-the-art semiconductor chips.

March 25, 2010 Read more

MINATEC event will combine updates on micro- and nanotechnologies and networking with global leaders

Leti today announced that it will host its 12th Annual Review on June 22 during MINATEC Crossroads '10 in Grenoble.

March 25, 2010 Read more

New wafer technology points towards realization of diamond electronic devices

Researchers in Japan have developed a technology for manufacturing inch-size large-area wafers of single crystal diamond.

March 25, 2010 Read more

Biochip technology reveals 'fingerprints' of biochemical threats

Argonne biochemist Daniel Schabacker could be considered a Sherlock Holmes of bioterrorism. Although he doesn't carry around a pipe and magnifying glass as he attempts to nab the culprit, he has a far more powerful deductive tool: the biochip.

March 24, 2010 Read more

ORNL Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms

Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images that distinguish individual light atoms such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

March 24, 2010 Read more

Tissue-hugging implant maps heart electrical activity in unprecedented detail

A team of cardiologists, materials scientists, and bioengineers have created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart's electrical output that they say is a vast improvement over current devices. The new device represents the first use of flexible silicon technology for a medical application.

March 24, 2010 Read more

Researchers create 'handshaking' particles

This work marks the first time scientists have succeeded in 'programming' particles to join in this manner and offers a type of architecture that could enhance the creation of synthetic materials.

March 24, 2010 Read more

Biocompatible, flexible electronics could enable new surgical applications

Arrhythmic hearts soon may beat in time again, with minimal surgical invasion, thanks to flexible electronics technology. These biocompatible silicon devices could mark the beginning of a new wave of surgical electronics.

March 24, 2010 Read more

Contact lenses loaded with vitamin E may treat glaucoma

The popular dietary supplement vitamin E, loaded into special medicated contact lenses, can keep glaucoma medicine near the eye - where it can treat that common disease - almost 100 times longer than possible with current commercial lenses, scientists reported here today.

March 24, 2010 Read more