Investigators at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created strange optical effects, including corkscrew-like vortex beams, by reflecting light off a flat, nanostructured surface. Credit: Nanfang Yu, SEAS.…
Read MoreSolar power in Germany jumped 76 percent in first six months of 2011. Credit: NREL. According to the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), renewable energy grew—in the first…
Read MoreCredit: Wikipedia. Following up on our Aug. 18 post, “Patent reform working its way through Congress and 8,000,000th patent issued,” the Senate passed the America Invents patent reform legislation yesterday…
Read MoreSEM image of Dysprosium hydroxyfluoride fibers. Credit: PPNL. A few days ago, Xinhua News agency reported that three rare earth mining districts near Ganzhou city have been order to halt…
Read MoreHere’s a plug for a great event coming up in just about a month. The Materials, Science and Technology 2011 Conference & Exhibition will host an outstanding plenary session, “Grasping…
Read MoreCIE chromaticity coordinates of the IPC-I, IPC-II and reference sample, from “Color Tunable Upconversion Emission in Yb, Er Co-Doped Bismuth Titanate Inverse Opal,” JACerS, August 2011. Credit: JACerS. If a…
Read MoreMV Products Multi-Trap. Credit MV Products. Here’s what we are hearing: Asylum Research and Atomic Force DE appoint Rafaël Barbattini for AFM support Français OSRAM celebrates milestone in manufacturing of…
Read MoreCalisolar’s Sunnyvale, Calif., offices. Credit: Calisolar, Wikipedia Back in July, we reported how State of Ohio and federal officials were left scratching their head when Calisolar, a company that has developed a…
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