Researchers have discovered and captured optical rogue waves - freak, brief pulses of intense light analogous to the infamous oceanic monsters - propagating through optical fiber.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreHow can we use science to help solve the daunting catalogue of trans-border health, energy and quality-of-life challenges confronting our globalized, 'flattened' world? By developing scientific and technological techniques that transcend disciplinary boundaries, reflect diverse perspectives, and incorporate the contributions of traditionally underrepresented groups.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreAt today's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC reports significant progress in improving the performance of planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-carbide metal gates targeting the 32nm CMOS node.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreScientists in Trondheim believe that a lot of exciting new products can be created if we can manage to make use of some of Nature's tiniest construction materials. They are called fibrils.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreResearchers have built and demonstrated an on-wafer liquid phase chromatograph, using sub-micron micromachining. Measurements show a 5- to 10-fold increase in speed of analysis and an improved separation capacity compared to state-of-the-art macroscopic chromatographs.
Dec 12th, 2007
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Physicists o investigated an unusual arrangement of three magnetic 'swirls' - so called magnetic vortices - in a thin magnetic film. Their experiments unravelled the dynamic core movements of these magnetic swirls for the first time.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreCombining some traditional experimental methods of molecular biology with computational methods of artificial intelligence, a group of researchers from Croatia demonstrated a novel approach for producing 'protein fingerprints' of diverse tissues.
Dec 12th, 2007
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Could enable new kinds of biological research.
Dec 12th, 2007
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the first direct measurements of the infinitesimal expansion and collapse of thin polymer films used in the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices.
Dec 12th, 2007
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials�??how stiff or stretchy they are, for example�??at scales on the order of billionths of a meter.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreSurvey of Northeast firms identifies safety challenges to nanotech commercialization.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreUniversity of Queensland researchers are among an international team to have made the first ever execution of a quantum calculation, a major step towards building the first quantum computers.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreThe American Industrial Hygiene Association will host an intermediate TeleWeb Virtual Seminar, titled 'Nanotechnology Update for IHs: Toxicology and Exposure Assessment Issues', on Jan. 31, 2008.
Dec 11th, 2007
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Toumaz Technology, a company based on Imperial College London research, won the electronic category in the prestigious 2007 Institution of Engineering Technology Innovation Engineering Award for its Sensium Ultra Low-Power Wireless Body Monitoring System, better known as the 'digital plaster'.
Dec 11th, 2007
Read moreNew model proposes parallel cylindrical water nanochannels.
Dec 11th, 2007
Read moreThe nonprofit Center for Responsible Nanotechnology today released a series of scenarios depicting various versions of a near-future world into which transformative manufacturing concepts may emerge.
Dec 11th, 2007
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