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Technology Strategy Board Awards Nanoco and UCL Grant to Advance Cancer Diagnostics Using Quantum Dots

Nanoco Group plc, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, today announced the Company, together with the University College London (UCL), has been awarded more than $500,000 in funding from the Technology Strategy Board to further its investigation of cancer diagnostics using quantum dots.

11 Jun 2014

Astronomy Professor Talks About Unresolved Cosmic Mysteries

Rachel Bean shared some of the most recent discoveries about the history of the cosmos with a packed room of alumni June 7 during Reunion 2014. The associate professor of astronomy also talked about unresolved cosmic mysteries and encouraged young attendees to consider a career studying the heavens.

11 Jun 2014

Researchers at CQT Contribute to Quantum Nonlocality Review

CQT researchers are among the authors of a 60-page review article on Bell's theorem published in the April-June issue of Reviews of Modern Physics. "Bell's theorem has deeply influenced our perception and understanding of physics, and arguably ranks among the most profound scientific discoveries ever made," the authors write.

10 Jun 2014

Colloidal Quantum Dots Hold Promise for More Flexible Solar Cells

Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour's roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again.

10 Jun 2014

Emerging Opportunities in the Field of Quantum Dots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "New Insights and Opportunities in the Global Quantum Dots in Lighting and Displays Market" report to their offering.

10 Jun 2014

Gravity Research Foundation Announces Winners of 2014 Awards for Essays

Arizona State University professors Lawrence Krauss and Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek have been named first place winners of the 2014 Awards for Essays from the Gravity Research Foundation, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

10 Jun 2014

Insertable b-Layer Sensors Installed into ATLAS detector of Large Hadron Collider

Last month, ATLAS, the particle detector that helped find the Higg’s boson, got an upgrade. Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN added a new set of sensors, called the Insertable b-Layer, or IBL, into the core of the detector.

9 Jun 2014

Direct, High-Precision Measurement of Proton’s Magnetic Moment Conducted Successfully

Physicists succeeded in the first direct high-precision measurement of a fundamental property of the proton / Results will contribute to a better understanding of the matter/antimatter asymmetry

9 Jun 2014

Exotic Dibaryon Made up of Six Quarks do Exist

For decades, physicists have searched in vain for exotic bound states comprising more than three quarks. Experiments performed at Jülich's accelerator COSY have now shown that, in fact, such complex particles do exist in nature. This discovery by the WASA-at-COSY collaboration has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

9 Jun 2014

Microwave Undulator Built at SLAC Produces Shorter Wavelengths of Light

SLAC scientists have found a new way to produce bright pulses of light from accelerated electrons that could shrink "light source" technology used around the world since the 1970s to examine details of atoms and chemical reactions.

9 Jun 2014

First CERN Beam Line for Schools Competition Announced

CERN today announced the winners of its first beam line for schools competition. Following almost 300 submissions from school groups around the world, two teams have been selected to come to CERN to carry out their own experiments at a CERN beam line. The winners are the “Odysseus' Comrades” team from Varvakios Pilot School in Athens, Greece and the “Dominicuscollege” team from Dominicus College in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

9 Jun 2014

NWO Honors Experimental Physicist with Spinoza Prize

Experimental physicist Dirk Bouwmeester, archaeologist Corinne Hofman, environmental technologist Mark van Loosdrecht and migratory bird ecologist Theunis Piersma have received the NWO Spinoza Prize 2014 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. This was announced today by Jos Engelen, chair of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

9 Jun 2014