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Brookhaven Lab Physicist Wins Free Electron Laser Prize

Ilan Ben-Zvi, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the 2007 Free Electron Laser (FEL) Prize along with James Rosenzweig of the University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsored by the International Free Electron Laser Conference, which was held this year in Novosibirsk, Russia, the prize consists of an award citation, a plaque, and approximately $2,500 for each recipient.

27 Oct 2007

ApNano Materials Announces New Line of Nanotechnology-Based Non-Reflective Optically Black Coatings

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a new line of nanotechnology-based non-reflective, optically black coatings. The new coatings will be used, in the first phase, in solar energy systems and optical application such as high performance optics and lenses.

26 Oct 2007

Report Says Silicon Nanocrystals and Printed Forms of Silicon will Transform Electronics Over Next Decade

A new report from NanoMarkets LC, a market research firm based here says that silicon nanocrystals and printed forms of silicon will transform electronics over the next decade with new memory, logic, photovoltaic and optoelectronic products enabled by this new technology reaching $2.5 billion in revenue by 2015.

24 Oct 2007

Nanophotonics Set to Benefit From Collaboration

Universities from the UK and Taiwan have joined forces in a project that they hope will combine the nanophotonics expertise of the UK with the industrial links of Taiwan.

24 Oct 2007

New Laser Could Lead to Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopes for Imaging in Biology

In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail.

23 Oct 2007

Gel Changes Color on Demand

MIT researchers have created a new structured gel that can rapidly change color in response to a variety of stimuli, including temperature, pressure, salt concentration and humidity.

21 Oct 2007

New Technology Development Could Lead to Better Use of Solar Power

New technology in development at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science could lead to more successful hip and bone replacement surgeries, make better use of solar power and even prevent your computer from overheating.

20 Oct 2007

Polymer Incorporated into Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Increases Light Emission

Organic based solution processable devices are promising to revolutionise the lighting and photovoltaic industries of the future. The move away from traditional inorganic materials is driven not only by cost considerations, but also sustainability issues and life-cycle costs. However, current organic device efficiencies and lifetimes are not high enough for many applications.

18 Oct 2007

New Approaches to Diagnosing and Treating Coronary Artery Disease

Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, has unveiled a unique, new catheter-based diagnostic tool, the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System, and a new treatment, the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield, for use in the cardiac catheterization lab.

18 Oct 2007

Plastic Laser Has Come One Step Closer

The plastic laser has come one step closer, with researchers in the US and Japan developing a new way to make luminescent semiconducting polymers emit and confine polarized light. The results could lead to brighter polarized sources for products with LED-type displays, such as portable computers and mobile phones.

18 Oct 2007