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Corning raises 2Q glass volume forecast again

Technology / Business

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Tuesday it is getting a big lift from rising sales of flat-screen televisions, most notably in China.


Intel, Corning to Develop Extreme Ultraviolet Photomask Substrates for 32nm Node

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created Jul 06, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel Corporation and Corning Incorporated have entered into an agreement to develop ultra low thermal expansion ULE glass photomask substrates required for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology. These substrates are needed to develop low defect EUV photoma ...


Light speed communications for supercomputers

Light speed communications for supercomputers

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (51) | comments 3

The performance of tomorrow’s supercomputers will be dictated by their ability to exchange large volumes of data instantly between the hundreds of thousands of processors of which they are built.


Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum key distribution (QKD) could be the next commercial success of quantum physics, and a recent study has taken the field a step closer to this reality. Researchers from the University ...


U. of Ariz. has telescope work contract

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 02, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The University of Arizona will get $3 million for polishing the 4.3-meter mirror of a new $40 million telescope partially funded by the owners of the Discovery Channel.


Versatile coating for biomedical devices lets them interact with live cells

Chemistry /

created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new type of plastic coating made from vapor could lead to better biomedical devices such as stents and catheters that are "bioactive," meaning they can interact with the living cells around them in unique ways.


Electrofluidic Display Technology puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin

Electrofluidic Display Technology puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics ...


Inventors inducted into Hall of Fame '06

Technology / Other

created May 08, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Helium-neon laser inventor Ali Javan and Internet founders Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame over the weekend.


Spinning at the nanoscale: Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power, more

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- In his office, MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge keeps a small piece of fabric that at first glance resembles a Kleenex. This tissue-like material, softer than silk, is composed of fibers ...


Probing Question: What should I call my boss?

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created Jun 23, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Picture this: You've just been handed your much-needed morning cappuccino by the blue-smocked barista at the office coffee cart. You pivot for your cubicle, only to find yourself face to face with Barkley Bragg, the company ...


Engineers Closing the Gap Between High-Speed Data Transmission and Processing

Engineers Closing the Gap Between High-Speed Data Transmission and Processing

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have achieved world-record speeds for real-time signal processing in an effort to meet ambitious goals set by the Defense Advanced ...


Schematic of a fabricated  4X4 electrical biosensor array

Silicon Nanotechnology to Combat Biowarfare Agents

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created Sep 06, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In fall 2001, several letters containing deadly spores were sent to targeted spots across the county. The documents threatened the lives of postal workers, government administrative workers, officials and others. ...


Molecular scale resolution achieved in polymer nanoimprinting technique

Nanotechnology /

created Jan 21, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists using molds derived from carbon nanotubes have approached the ultimate resolution – defined by molecular scale dimensions – in a widely used polymer nanoimprinting technique. By accurately replicating features with ...


Milestone Reached In Construction Of Discovery Channel Telescope

Space & Earth /

created Jul 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications broke ground yesterday on the versatile, 4.2-meter Discovery Channel Telescope.


3 Americans share 2009 Nobel Prize in physics (AP)

'Masters of light' win Nobel Physics Prize

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith won the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for pioneering "masters of light" work on fibre optics and semiconductors, the Nobel jury said.