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Pulse shaping could hold the key to secure quantum networks

Two researchers from Nanjing University looked at the behavior of a particular type of link where information is first encoded on a quantum dot, a small lump of material that acts like a single atom.

December 21, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology department to open in Russian Academy of Sciences

During a General Meeting of Russian Academy of Sciences its members decided to open a new department, dealing with nanotechnologies.

December 21, 2007 Read more

The Library of Congress in your wrist watch?

UC Riverside research on nanolasers promise an explosion of memory capacity.

December 21, 2007 Read more

How atoms change places

Physicists from the University of Mainz simulate quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms.

December 21, 2007 Read more

Move over, silicon: Advances pave way for powerful carbon-based electronics

Practical technique shows promise of carbon material called graphene.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Chip-based gene transfer

Dutch researchers have developed a highly efficient method of transferring DNA into stem cells using a lab on a chip style approach.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Utra-fast fibre lasers, dopey photons... what's next?

A new generation of ultra-fast fibre lasers being developed in Europe is creating even more uses for the beams of high-intensity light, while lowering production and maintenance costs and increasing efficiency.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Allegany College of Maryland offering nanotechnology program

In the near future, Allegany College of Maryland, in partnership with Penn State University, will offer a nanotechnology degree program.

December 20, 2007 Read more

UNC systems awards nearly $4m in R&D grants

The University of North Carolina systems is handing out nearly $4 million in research and development grants to faculty across the UNC system for projects that could lead to new jobs.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Nanovideo captures motion of RNA molecules in 3-D

You may not find it on YouTube, but Hashim Al-Hashimi's video could create quite a stir in scientific circles.

December 20, 2007 Read more

One of the smallest optical switches ever

A team of researchers at the University of St. Andrews has developed one of the smallest optical switches ever made.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Results promising for computational quantum chemical methods for drug development

New research, led by a Virginia Tech chemist, may someday help natural-products chemists decrease by years the amount of time it takes for the development of certain types of medicinal drugs.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Nylon reveals its antibiotic powers

Researchers report that variants of nylon have a capacity to mimic the antibacterial molecules produced by cells in response to infection.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Sticky questions tackled in gecko research

New paper on gecko adhesion system the latest development in the quest for 'gecko glue'.

December 20, 2007 Read more

Sandwich technique eases 3D optical chip fabrication

Complex three-dimensional integrated circuits involving both optical and electronic elements are now easier to make, thanks to a wafer bonding technique developed by a European research consortium.

December 20, 2007 Read more

The crystal strikes back

The dashing start of electrons in a crystal does not remain without consequences for their further fate. This has been reported by researchers in Germany.

December 20, 2007 Read more