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Promise shown for data encryption and data storage using holograms
The rapidly developing digital age demands greater processing power, data storage and data encryption for computer based technologies. Recent developments point towards optical information processing as a great leap forward.   view more (2006-03-28)

Harvard University engineers demonstrate laser nanoantenna
Engineers and applied scientists from Harvard University have demonstrated a new photonic device with a wide range of potential commercial applications, including dramatically higher capacity for optical data storage.   view more (2006-09-07)

Patent Granted For A Chemical Compound That Acts As A Molecular Switch
The University Jaume I (UJI), together with researchers from the CSIC and the Universitat Polite'cnica de Vale'ncia, has patented a new compound whose physico-chemical characteristics open up a wide range of technological applications. The compound is one of the metallodendrimers, which are... view more (2004-06-30)

Optical Atomic Clock: A long look at the captured atoms
Optical clocks might become the atomic clocks of the future. Their "pendulum", i.e. the regular oscillation process which each clock needs, is an oscillation in the range of the visible light.   view more (2008-02-06)

Doh! New format could store all of Homer's life on one optical disk
Physicists at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk with so much storage capacity that every episode of The Simpsons made could fit on just one.   view more (2004-09-24)

An aerial for light
Austrian physicists report unusual light-metal interaction A team under Professor Franz Aussenegg at the University of Graz in Austria is looking into unusual interactions between light and submicroscopic metal particles. The physicists' findings represent a major advance towards the development of... view more (2003-02-17)

The world on a postcard
Keeping up with the information flood demands storage media that are as dense and durable as possible. A solution being developed by researchers in Dresden uses modified films containing diamond-like carbon, resulting in fifty times more storage capacity than the best disk drives. The basic... view more (2004-05-14)

A plum assignment
Plums: they're sweet, juicy, and packed with beneficial antioxidants and dietary fiber. Although there are many varieties available to consumers, there are two main types of the small, purple fruit: Japanese plums and European plums.   view more (2008-09-30)

Magnetic nanoparticles assembled into long chains
Chains of 1 million magnetic nanoparticles have been assembled and disassembled in a solution of suspended particles in a controlled way.   view more (2005-10-21)

Geophysical Research Letters Highlight for 1 October 2001
American Geophysical Union Geophysical Research Letters European Highlight of This Issue - 1 October 2001 ******************** Contents I. Highlight II. Authors and their institutions III. Notes, including ordering information for science writers ********** I. Highlight 7. New method investigates... view more (2001-09-21)

UAB Scientists break the hard drive miniaturisation limit
Magnetic memory-based information storage systems are getting smaller and smaller, while their capacities are getting larger. However, there is a limit to how small they can get. If the tiny magnets used to store information are smaller than around five nanometres (millionths of a millimetre),... view more (2003-07-10)

Diatoms discovered to remove phosphorus from oceans
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans -- its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into an element that's used for reproduction, energy storage and structural materials in every... view more (2008-05-05)

Pellets of power designed to deliver hydrogen for tomorrow's vehicles
Hydrogen may prove to be the fuel of the future in powering the effi cient, eco-friendly fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow.   view more (2007-08-22)

Polarization holographic device using photoreactive polymer liquid crystals
Photo-control of molecular orientation of polymer materials is of great interest for the development of highly functionalized holographic optical devices.   view more (2005-10-19)

UCSB researchers develop hybrid silicon evanescent laser
In what promises to be an important advance, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a novel laser by bonding optical gain layers directly to a silicon laser cavity.   view more (2005-11-16)

Nano-competence for hard thin films
The good old magnetic disk drive is holding up well in the face of competition from optical storage media like CD-ROM and DVD and semiconductor flash and smart cards. Major advances are still being made, with typical storage densities doubling roughly every year and a half. When IBM launched the... view more (2003-01-23)

Prepare CO2 capture and storage now for greater environmental benefit later
CO2 capture and storage can make a major contribution to CO2 reduction in the Netherlands. By the mid-21st century 80 to 110 million tonnes of CO2 per year could be avoided in the sectors energy, industry and transport. This is half of the current CO2 emission. Moreover, this can be realised... view more (2007-04-16)

Absorbent materials for the storage of hydrogen
A research team from the Public University of Navarra has started a study of the design and development of absorbent materials that enable the storage of hydrogen, a clean fuel that can be used as an alternative to those derived from fossil fuels, such as petrol and diesel.   view more (2005-06-28)

Hanover Trade Fair 2003: Getting to grips with optical fibres
A vacuum gripper mounts optical waveguides exactly right on the micrometre Microtechnological precision components from the production line - up to date, the realisation of this vision lacked the tools and technologies for automated manufacturing. Therefore, the aim of the research project... view more (2003-04-07)

New Optical Antenna Brings Massive Benefits to Wireless Networks, Household Electronics and Longer Distance Data Transfer
A new optical antenna, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick, will bring significant benefits to credit card payments, wireless networks, household electronics and longer distance data transfer. The device was developed by Professor Roger Green and Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, in the... view more (2002-11-07)

Physicists demonstrate storage and retrieval of single photons between remote memories
A series of publications in the journal Nature highlights the race among competing research groups toward the long-anticipated goal of quantum networking.   view more (2005-12-08)

A technological breakthrough for radio astronomy - Astronomical observations via high-speed data link
To carry out simultaneuos observations with several telescopes and transform the combined data into pictures from distant galaxies has so far been a cumbersome procedure which often has taken a long time. Now a breakthrough has been achieved by way of the installation of optical fibre links... view more (2004-01-26)

Activation of a protein solidifies fear memory in the brain
When activated, a specific protein in the brain enhances long-term storage of fearful memories and strengthens previously established fearful memories.   view more (2006-01-25)

CT colonoscopy has 90 percent agreement rate with optical colonoscopy
Nearly 90% of colon polyps greater than or equal to 6 mm in size detected at CT colonoscopy were demonstrated to represent true polyps at subsequent optical colonoscopy (the traditional method of viewing the colon and removing precancerous growths).   view more (2007-05-07)

Electric Nudge toward Self-organization
In search of materials with nonlinear optical properties Window panes and eyeglass lenses that get darker as it gets brighter are especially great in the summer. Their secret lies in optical properties that change as the light intensity changes - nonlinear optical properties. Such materials are... view more (2002-03-07)
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