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First 3-D Metamaterial Achieving Negative Refractive Index at Optical Frequencies

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical imaging, nanocircuits for high-powered computers, and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible to the human eye.

11 Aug 2008

A New Type of Scanning Electron Microscope Developed by Hitichi

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has developed the SU8000, a new type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that features a newly developed top detector. The SU8000 was introduced on August 1.

7 Aug 2008

Scientists Developed Biologically Active and Biodegradable Optical Devices

Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for a year, then dissolve.

7 Aug 2008

First LED Streetlight from BetaLED Rolled Off Production Line

The first production run of the revolutionary LEDway Streetlight from BetaLED, using the latest in light-emitting diode (LED) technology, rolled off Beta Lighting’s manufacturing line Tuesday, August 5.

6 Aug 2008

A Milestone in Experimental Quantum Mechanics

In a paper published in the July 17 issue of the journal Nature, UCSB physicists Max Hofheinz, John Martinis, and Andrew Cleland documented how they used a superconducting electronic circuit known as a Josephson phase qubit, developed in Martinis's lab, to controllably pump microwave photons, one at a time, into a superconducting microwave resonator.

5 Aug 2008

Solar Cells of the Future May Look Totally Black to the Human Eye

Solar cells of the future may look totally black to the human eye because they absorb light so efficiently. That's the promise of new research from an interdisciplinary team at the University of Virginia being funded by a new U.Va. Collaborative Sustainable Energy Seed Grant worth about $30,000.

5 Aug 2008

Carl Zeiss SMT Introduces ORION PLUS Helium Ion Microscope

At the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 meeting and exhibition being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, introduced a new, improved Helium Ion Microscope called the ORION® PLUS.

4 Aug 2008

Third Column Makes NVision 40 Even More Versatile

To enable the production of highly polished TEM lamellas Carl Zeiss SMT now offers an additional Argon ion beam column to its successful NVison 40 CrossBeam workstation.

4 Aug 2008

New Class of SEM Centered on Unique GEMINI Technology

At the Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting and Exhibition being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carl Zeiss SMT is introducing a new class of SEM: SIGMA. Growing customer demand for ease of use and class leading X-ray and analytical geometry took center stage when the product was developed.

4 Aug 2008

Carl Zeiss SMT Redesign Vacuum System of LIBRA 120 EFTEM

At the Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting and Exhibition being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carl Zeiss SMT is introducing a major upgrade of its LIBRA® 120 Energy Filter Transmission Electron Microscope (EFTEM).

4 Aug 2008