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Code for unbreakable quantum encryption generated at record speed over fiber
Raw code for 'unbreakable' encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).   view more (2006-04-19)

University of Ulster Helping Change The Face of Healthcare
University of Ulster researchers are working with clinicians at one of Northern Ireland's leading hospitals on novel ways to harness information and communication technology to provide a better service to patients.   view more (2004-12-15)

Award for ecological product design
This year, the Lillehammer Award was given to the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM for its contribution to the EUREKA CARE project (Ageing and Materials). Helle Hammer, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, presented the award to Hansjörg... view more (2002-07-22)

Press Invitation: Imperial College Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices Open Day
The Centre was established in October 1997 and encompasses the research activities in electronic materials and devices which are currently being pursued in various departments of the College.   view more (1999-04-18)

Terror warning over laptops
DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE, WASHINGTON DC AIRLINERS could be brought down by terrorists using modified versions of almost any personal electronic equipment, a security expert has warned. He says passengers should be barred from carrying any electronic gadgets onto aircraft until planes are able to detect... view more (2002-09-11)

The inside dope
Often, things can be improved by a little 'contamination.' Steel, for example is iron with a bit of carbon mixed in. To produce materials for modern electronics, small amounts of impurities are introduced into silicon - a process called doping.   view more (2007-07-27)

Royal Society of Chemistry Retrodigitisation Project
For many reasons (including library space, degeneration of paper issues and the wider availability of data), there is an increasing demand for electronic access (including searching capability) to all chemical research archived by the Royal Society of Chemistry and for this content to be linked to... view more (2003-04-14)

Building blocks of the future
Structure and properties of carbon nanostructures The discovery in 1985 of fullerenes, tiny carbon balls of nanometer dimensions, ushered in a new era in international science. Only a few years later (1991) scientific interest also started to focus on so-called carbon nanotubes. The discovery of... view more (2002-12-05)

Sodium loses its luster: A liquid metal that's not really metallic
When melting sodium at high pressures, the material goes through a transition in which its electrical conductivity drops threefold.   view more (2007-09-27)

Researchers set sights on data transmission world record - Photon02
A research team, led by Dr Stuart Walker from Essex University, claims to have developed a data transmission method which can achieve world record telecommunications data rates, of over a terabit (one trillion binary digits) per second, on optical fibres which already exist in the majority of... view more (2002-08-30)

The Lightness of Electrons in a Twisting Metal Crystal
A team of researchers at Princeton University's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center has observed electrons moving through a crystal of bismuth metal behaving like light.   view more (2008-07-28)

Smell of success for nanobiosensors
Modern-day doctors may soon start using smell to detect the early warning signs of different illnesses thanks to technology that replicates-and improves upon-the human olfactory system thanks to tiny bioelectronic sensors.   view more (2006-05-15)

Scientists reveal how a novel ceramic achieves directional conduction
An international team led by UCL (University College London) scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology has unravelled the properties of a novel ceramic material that could help pave the way for new designs of electronic devices and applications.   view more (2006-04-20)

Traditional books provide more positive parent-child interaction
Parents and pre-school children have a more positive interaction when sharing a reading experience with a traditional book as opposed to an electronic book or e-book.   view more (2006-11-09)

Remarkable new clothing may someday power your iPod
Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a shirt that harvests energy from the wearer's physical motion and converts it into electricity for powering small electronic devices worn by soldiers in the field, hikers and other users.   view more (2008-02-14)

New non-executive chairman for Institute of Physics Publishing
Mike Boswood has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, the wholly owned publishing company of The Institute of Physics, an international learned society and professional body. Mr Boswood, who is the first person to be appointed to this post from outside... view more (2004-06-02)

UW-Madison team invents fast, flexible computer chips on plastic
ew thin-film semiconductor techniques invented by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials.   view more (2006-07-19)

On the Energy Trail: Berkeley Researchers Find New Details Following the Path of Solar Energy During Photosynthesis
Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.   view more (2008-04-28)

Model for the assembly of advanced, single-molecule-based electronic components developed at Pitt
Researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh have created the best method so far of assembling wire-like structures only a single molecule wide, a significant step in science's increasing attempts to reduce the circuitry size of electronic devices to the single molecule scale and provide... view more (2007-09-27)

A system that makes the work of animal farming easier
The INKOA company has devised an intelligent system for the electronic identification of animals which eliminates the errors of current systems for animal and meat product identification. The new technology enables the automation of on-line processes in animal husbandry, abbatoirs, quartering... view more (2003-05-29)

Many cancer patients receive insufficient pain management therapy
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of cancer patients, yet many of them do not receive adequate therapy for the pain caused by their disease or treatments, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of... view more (2008-09-10)

Concerns over commercial control of medical research
In response to concerns about the increasing influence of sponsors in medical research, several international medical journals, including the BMJ, have taken steps to restrict the publication of research that is not independent. The agreement follows several cases in which researchers have not... view more (2001-09-07)

Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices
A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers a low-cost way to mass produce large arrays of organic electronic transistors on... view more (2008-02-20)

Leading experts in organic solar cells say the field is being damaged by questionable reports
In the latest issue of Elsevier's Materials Today the leading magazine for researchers in areas of advanced materials science, Dr. Gilles Dennler of Konarka Austria GmbH and twenty other experts warn that an unseemly race to report organic solar cells (OSCs) with world record efficiencies is... view more (2007-10-16)

Wales hosts world workshop for better conservation
These special scientists, known as taxonomists are members of BioNET International, the brainchild of Professor Tecwyn Jones of Cardiff University. They are skilled in the science concerned with identifying, classifying and understanding the relationships of the myriad species of organisms which... view more (1999-08-16)

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