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Philips Research reveals ultra-thin backlight technology for TVs
Aug 28, 2008 |
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In the Future Zone of this year’s IFA trade fair in Berlin, Philips Research will demonstrate its thinnest 32’’ liquid crystal display (LCD) prototype on show. With a 1mm light guide, Philips Research has ...
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Using light to move and trap DNA molecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible ...
Scientists use bubbles to future-proof fibre optics
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They're tiny, are rarely thought about by the people who use them, but are essential to how we access information, communicate with one another and live our everyday lives.
Scientists control living cells with light; advances could enhance stem cells' power
Aug 11, 2009 |
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University of Central Florida researchers have shown for the first time that light energy can gently guide and change the orientation of living cells within lab cultures. That ability to optically steer cells could be a major ...
2008 fuel consumption guide released today
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Shopping for a new vehicle that saves money on fuel and also helps the environment just got easier. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, ...
Astronomer's new guide to the galaxy: Largest map of cold dust revealed
Jul 01, 2009 |
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This new guide for astronomers, known as the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL) shows the Milky Way in submillimetre-wavelength light (between infrared light and radio waves). Images ...
Silk-based optical waveguides meet biomedical needs
Aug 31, 2009 |
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There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications - from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of ...
Multi-laboratory study sizes up nanoparticle sizing
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2009 |
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As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in solutions. The study, which ...
Scientists predict nongreen plants on other planets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2007 |
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NASA scientists believe they have found a way to predict the color of plants on planets in other solar systems.
Laser technology creates new forms of metal and enhances aircraft performance
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 15, 2009 |
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AFOSR-funded researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology that will help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic ...
The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner ...
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