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Enormous Detector Makes First Real-Time Detection of Elusive, Low-Energy Neutrinos Streaming from Sun's Core

An international team of researchers has detected low-energy solar neutrinos--subatomic particles produced in the core of the sun--and measured in real-time the rate the particles hit our planet.

21 Aug 2007

World's First Mode-Locked Silicon Evanescent Laser

The research provides a way to integrate optical and electronic functions on a single chip and enables new types of integrated circuits. It introduces a more practical technology with lower cost, lower power consumption and more compact devices.

21 Aug 2007

EpiValley Look to Increase Production of Side-View LEDs

AIXTRON AG today announced it had received a further repeat order from EpiValley Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kwangju City, South Korea in the second quarter of 2007. Epivalley, a long-term AIXTRON customer purchased thre...

21 Aug 2007

Scottish Universities to Collaborate on Imaging of the Brain

Research into conditions like strokes, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and cancer will be significantly advanced by a unique collaboration between six Scottish universities, launched today. SINAPSE (The S...

21 Aug 2007

Veeco Next Generation Surface Profiling System for Semiconductors from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of its latest generation of industry-leading SP products for backend semiconductor metrology. The Wyko(R) SP9900(TM) Surface Profiling System performs critical measurements that support high yield and device reliability for advanced high-density interconnect (HDI) packages.

From Veeco 21 Aug 2007

Silicon Nanoparticle Film Added to Silicon Solar Cells Boosts Power, Reduces Heat and Prolongs Cell Life

Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell's life, researchers now report.

20 Aug 2007

Dow Corning Turns to Solar Energy to Lower C02 Emissions

Dow Corning has turned to renewable forms of energy to help power one of its largest manufacturing sites in Europe. More than 1,000 square meters of solar panels, installed on the roof and facades of office and production buildings, are expected to generate the amount of energy needed to satisfy the annual electricity needs of 35 households.

20 Aug 2007

Chemically Sensitive MRI Could be Used to Detect Progression of Diseases Non-Invasively

A new chemical compound which could remove the need for patients to undergo certain invasive diagnostic tests in the future has been created by scientists at Durham University. Research published in the academic journal...

20 Aug 2007

Silicone Hydrogels Contact Lenses Offer Improved Comfort for Wearers

Polymer Technology Group a preeminent biomaterials company, announced today that its President and CEO, Robert S. (Bob) Ward, along with Jean Jacob, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology at Louisiana State University Health ...

20 Aug 2007

High Power Laser with Single Mode Beam for Seeding Fiber and Solid State Lasers

AMS Technologies introduces Quintessence Photonics’ (QPC) new laser designed to deliver high power in a single mode beam for seeding fiber and solid state lasers and for use in direct applications. The seed las...

20 Aug 2007

New Ultrafast Thermal Measurement Technique

Global warming isn't the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport and switch electrons.

9 Aug 2007

Two RSC Awards for Bristol University Chemists

Two staff members in the School of Chemistry at University of Bristol have won Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) industrially sponsored awards.

9 Aug 2007

Astronomical Thermal Emission Camera Unveils Extremely Distant Galaxy

By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, teams of scientists, including University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomers, have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe.

9 Aug 2007

Biological Imaging with Fourth-Generation Light Sources

Most people think of Sir Isaac Newton as the father of gravity.
But for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Henry Chapman and his colleagues, Newton's 'dusty mirror' experiment served as a launching pad for them to keenly watch the X-ray induced explosion of microscopic objects.

9 Aug 2007

Nikon's New LV-UDM Provides Universal Optical Technology on Single Microscope Platform for Industrial, Biological and Crossover Use

Nikon Instruments has introduced the LV-UDM Universal Design Microscope, a breakthrough universal microscope platform able to meet the demands of the academic and industrial fields.

7 Aug 2007