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Hollow Cylindrical Luminescent Solar Concentrators Demonstrate High Efficiency

Researchers belonging to the University of California, Merced, have achieved a critical breakthrough in the process of harvesting solar energy. They have modified the design of luminescent solar concentrators so as to increase their efficiency in directing sunlight to solar cells.

21 Jan 2012

Nanowire Endoscope for Capturing High-Resolution Optical Images of Single Live Cells

A research team led by Peidong Yang, a chemist at the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has developed a nanowire endoscope by integrating a waveguide of tin oxide nanowire with an optical fiber’s tapered end, paving the way for capturing optical images of the inside of an individual live cell at high resolution or accurately delivering drugs, proteins, genes or other cargo without causing damage to the cell.

23 Dec 2011

Scientists Create Solar Paint that Uses Quantum Dots to Produce Electricity

A research team led by Prashant Kamat, who serves as an investigator at the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) of the University of Notre Dame as well as John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has utilized quantum dots, which are semiconducting nanoparticles, to develop a low-cost solar paint for generating energy.

23 Dec 2011

NIST Develops Fiber-Coupled Radiometer Capable of Measuring Absolute Optical Power

By using a microscopic forest of carbon nanotubes, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind fiber-coupled cryogenic radiometer that is capable of delivering absolute optical power measurements via an optical fiber.

22 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Electronic Quantum Dots Probe to Perform Rapid Drug Testing

A research team led by Swadeshmukul Santra, an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, has developed an electronic quantum dots probe that paves the way for testing the efficiency of new pharmaceuticals rapidly.

21 Dec 2011

European Research Council Awards Grant to Researcher for Quantum Field Theory Project

Tobias J. Osborne, who serves as a Professor of theoretical physics at the Leibniz Universitat Hannover’s Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Cluster of Excellence, Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research (QUEST), has received a €1.34 million grant for the coming five years from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project titled ‘Quantum Field Theory, the Variational Principle, and Continuous Matrix Product States’.

13 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Versatile Optical Chip Capable of Controlling Quantum Phenomena

A research team at the Centre for Quantum Photonics of the University of Bristol has developed a versatile optical chip that produces, measures, and controls two important quantum phenomena, mixture and entanglement, paving the way for developing quantum computers.

13 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Ultrasensitive Method by Coupling Atoms to Light in Glass Fiber

A research team led by Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, in partnership with the researchers at the Johannes Gutenberg University has developed an ultrasensitive method by controllably coupling single atoms to light within ultra-thin fiber glass having a thickness of 500 nm, paving the way to develop detectors that are capable of sensing ultra-trace amounts of materials.

9 Dec 2011

Optical Lattice System Exhibits Topological Semimetal Quantum State

Laser light traps atoms, which enable simulation of solid state systems, which also serves as a base for discovering quantum matter and other new phenomena.

30 Nov 2011

Light Created From Vacuum by Chalmers University Researchers

Chalmers University of Technology researchers have been able to create light from vacuum. According to quantum mechanics principles, the vacuum is not totally empty, it contains particles that fluctuate between existence and non-existence continuously.

18 Nov 2011