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Research Group First to Track Magnetic Processes within Storage Device

A research team led by Dr Alan Drew (University of Fribourg, Switzerland and Queen Mary, London) and Dr Elvezio Morenzoni (Paul Scherrer Institute - PSI, Switzerland) is the first one to have tracked the magnetic process...

24 Nov 2008

Physicists Finds Easier Method to Produce Cloaking Devices

Two physicists may have found an easier way to make things invisible. Cloaking devices, which are a form of advanced stealth technology, are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek. So far all methods for invisi...

24 Nov 2008

Siemens Introduce New Laser Scanner Designed for Transfer Carriages

In addition to the standard safety functions for personnel protection, the new Simatic FS670 laser scanner for motion monitoring reliably calculates positioning distances and speeds. It monitors as many as six different speeds and, if necessary, automatically corrects the selected protection zone.

23 Nov 2008

Graphene Device to Kickstart Revolution in Data Storage

A team at Rice University has figured out that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can be broken with a jolt of electric current -- and repaired with another. Over and over.

23 Nov 2008

The Social and Ecological Sustainability of Biofuels Open to Debate

A conference on the social and ecological sustainability of biofuels and the impact of their production on the forests of Central and South America will take place on Friday, Dec. 5, in Panama City, Panama. The confe...

23 Nov 2008

“Rurban” Sustainable Roof Developed as New Construction Material

A Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings. This type of roof is a “rurban”, ...

23 Nov 2008

Carl Zeiss Sets New Benchmark Record in Microscopy Using Scanning Helium Ions

Carl Zeiss SMT has set a new record resolution benchmark for scanning electron and ion microscopy – pushing scanning beam technologies beyond its current limits.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 23 Nov 2008

Scientists Provides New Explanation for Superconductivity in Non-Traditional Materials

In a November 20 Nature letter, research led by Tuson Park and Joe D. Thompson describes a new explanation for superconductivity in non-traditional materials—one that describes a potentially new state of matter in which ...

23 Nov 2008

Custom-Designed Nanoparticles Boost Platinum-Based Anticancer Therapy

A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center for Nanotechnology Excellence has custom-designed nanoparticles that can deliver the anticancer drug cisplatin specifically to prostate ...

21 Nov 2008

Cypress New Proximity Sensing Solution Delivers Industry-Leading Detection Range

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today announced that its proximity detection solution enables a best-in-class proximity detection range of 25 cm. Based on the market-leading CapSense™ touch-sensing technology...

21 Nov 2008

Dow’s Foam Granulation Technology Used in Development and Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Drugs

Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates, today announced that a second drug candidate developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) will use Dow’s Foam Granulat...

21 Nov 2008

Scientists Proves Quantum Computers to Outperform Conventional Simulation of Chemical Reactions

Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

21 Nov 2008

Researchers Developing Revolutionary High Speed Environmentally-friendly Packaging Process

Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled materials and reduce the amount of plastic used, cutting the waste that goes into landfill.

21 Nov 2008

Scientists Reached Ultimate Goal - They've Made Electronics that can Stretch

Electronic components historically have been flat and unbendable because silicon, the principal component of all electronics, is brittle and inflexible. Any significant bending or stretching renders an electronic device useless.

21 Nov 2008

eSilicon Strengthens Market Position with Establishment of New Operations Center in Shanghai

eSilicon Corporation, a leading Value Chain Producer (VCP) for the semiconductor industry, announced today that in support of the company's growing business, it has opened a new operations center in Shanghai, China. ...

21 Nov 2008