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Researchers Develop New 'Electronic Glue'

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies.

11 Jun 2009

Belgian Researcher Wins First Prize in DSM Science + Technology Awards

Belgian researcher Peter Dedecker has won the first prize in the DSM Science & Technology Awards (North) 2009. An international judging committee, chaired by DSM Chief Technology Officer Dr Jos Put, selected Peter Dedecker, who received his doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) for his PhD thesis entitled "The Photophysics of the Photoswitchable Fluorescent Protein Dronpa and its Applications in Diffraction-unlimited Fluorescence Microscopy".

11 Jun 2009

Guide Provides an Overview of Current Technologies

Our everyday lives are dictated by technical developments, and we will be increasingly moulded and changed by them. We can only actively help to shape the future if we know what awaits us.

10 Jun 2009

Features Hold Great Promise for Electronics and Photonics

Graphene is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, whose extraordinary electron mobility and other unique features hold great promise for nanoscale electronics and photonics. But there's a catch: graphene has no bandgap.

10 Jun 2009

New, Simpler White LED Shows Promise as a More Efficient and Stable Source of Pure White Light

Researchers are reporting the first use of a fundamentally new approach in the quest to snare the Holy Grail of the lighting industry: An LED (light-emitting diode) - those ultra-efficient, long-lived light sources - that emits pure white light.

10 Jun 2009

New Report Predicts New Opportunities Rapidly Emerging in Conductive Coatings Market

A new report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm that tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets, predicts that new opportunities are rapidly emerging in the conductive coatings market as the result of new applications and novel materials.

10 Jun 2009

New E+S Digital Projector Provides Superior 3D Images

Evans + Sutherland Computer Corporation (E+S) (NASDAQ:ESCC) announced today it will demonstrate for the first time its revolutionary new 3D capable laser projection system at the InfoComm 2009 tradeshow, booth 3813, June 17-19 in Orlando, Florida.

10 Jun 2009

Carl Zeiss Launches Dual Camera Module for AxioVision Image Analysis Software

The new software is aimed at life scientists, such as cell biologists, virologists and physiologists, and allows the simultaneous acquisition of images from two cameras and their synchronization within nanoseconds.

9 Jun 2009

QD Vision Awarded Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Contract

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Army as part of its Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

9 Jun 2009

FRT Introduces New Affordable Optical Tool for Non-Contact Film Thickness Measurements

FRT, a trusted partner for industry-proven metrological surface measuring systems, presents a new optical film thickness measuring tool at this year's Laser 2009 in Munich. The new MicroSpy FT non-destructively measures coatings that transparent or semi-transparent in the visible and near-infrared spectrum of light.

8 Jun 2009

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