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Large Hadron Collider smashes energy record again The LHC's tunnel runs for 27km under the Franco-Swiss border The Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest physics experiment, has broken its own particle beam energy record. On Friday morning, the machine created two beams of ...
Exotic Antimatter Detected at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider An international team of scientists studying high-energy collisions of gold ions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a 2.4-mile-circumference particle accelerator located at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
Dr. Michael Buscher appointed as new CEO of Oerlikon Pf ffikon SZ, 10 February 2010 - The Board of Directors of Oerlikon Group has appointed Dr. Michael Buscher to take on the position as CEO of the company. It is expected that Dr. Buscher will join Oerlikon in May 2010. Mr. Hans ...
Novel sensor array is the first to detect single molecules produced by living cells Carbon Nanotube Array. Image Credit: IOP. MIT researchers have built the first sensor array that can detect single molecules emitted by a living cell. Their sensor targets hydrogen peroxide and ...
Oerlikon Leybold Vacumm develops vacuum pumps for PV applications Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, a German supplier of vacuum systems, has developed a new range of dry vacuum pumps. The DRYVAC pumps from Oerlikon Leybold Vacumm are suitable for processes in the photovoltaic (PV) ...
Physicists build quantum amplifier with single artificial atom Quantum amplification by an artificial atom. Part (a) shows a sketch of a three-level artificial atom in which population inversion can be created by pumping the atom from the ground state to the second excited state. ...
Trapping Sunlight with Silicon Nanowires A photovoltaic cell comprising 36 individual arrays of silicon nanowires featuring radial p-n junctions. Image Credit: Photo from Peidong Yang. Solar cells made from silicon are projected to be a prominent factor in future renewable green ...
Big Bang Collider restarts at Cern in bid to discover origins of the universe Technicians install electric cables at the heart of the ATLAS detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider, which was restarted last night Scientists have restarted the world largest atom smasher over...
Researchers analyze performance of first updatable holographic 3D display In 2008, researchers from the University of Arizona created a holographic 3D display that could write and erase images, making it the first updatable (or rewritable) holographic 3D display ever demonstrated...
Potential for low-cost fabrication of ultra-high-efficiency light-emitting diodes Schematic illustration of the sample. Image Credit: AIST. AIST researchers have succeeded in extracting light from a semiconductor into air with the highest efficiency. For this purpose, ridges were ...
Ballot results from the 37th Annual Shareholders Meeting Pf ffikon SZ / Lucerne, May 18, 2010 - The 37th Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Pf ffikon was held today in Lucerne. The focus of the meeting were the Group's financial restructuring ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum conducts harmonious Annual Shareholders Meeting in Wetzlar * All administration proposals adopted by clear majorities * Another high dividend distribution * Guidance for fiscal 2010 and equity investment announced The Annual Shareholders Meeting of Pfeiffer Vacuum ...
Big Bang in the Protein Universe? Example of a 3-D structure of a protein (Myoglobin). (Credit: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Researchers at Spain's Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) demonstrate evidence in support of the common ancestry of life, thanks to a new computational ...
Carl Zeiss Designates Varian Vacuum Technologies as a Supply Chain Partner OBERKOCHEN, Germany May 11, 2009. Carl Zeiss SMT, global leader in light, electron and ion-optical technologies for industry and R&D, has designated Varian Vacuum Technologies as a Carl Zeiss SMT Supply ...
High efficiency concentrator solar cells and modules Dr. Andreas Bett and Dr. Frank Dimroth (left to right) working on highest-efficiency solar cells and concentrating solar modules to make solar energy cheaper. ( Fraunhofer / Dirk Mahler) Solar energy will play a crucial role in ...
Nanotech discovery could lead to breakthrough in infrared satellite imaging technology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Shan-Yu Lin has developed a new nanotechnology-based microlens that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new ...
New nano tech developed Korean researchers have developed an advanced high-density nano material that eventually could be transformed into a next-generation memory device, a state-run research foundation said yesterday. The National Research Foundation of Korea said a team led by ...
Fiber optics technology to replace semi-conductors Dr. Koby Scheuer's plastic "switch" for use in fiber optics cables.. Image Credit: American Friends Tel Aviv University. AIST researchers have succeeded in extracting light from a semiconductor into air with the highest ...
Oerlikon announces two further candidates for the Board of Directors As announced last week in the invitation to the 37th ordinary General Meeting, the Board of Directors of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Pf ffikon, has nominated two further independent candidates for the Board of ...
Graphene transistor could advance nanodevices Graphene transistor. Image credit: Peking University For years, scientists and researchers have been looking into the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene for use in nanoelectronics. "There is no real mass application of ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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