An international research team at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia, and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., has created an extremely energy-efficient optical switch that could replace electronic transistors in a new generation of computers manipulating photons rather than electrons.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Pennsylvania State University have devised and tested a new, highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., have developed a new technique based on coherent X-ray diffraction imaging for revealing defects in nanostructured vanadium oxide, a widely used transition metal with many potential applications including electrochemical anodes, optical applications, and supercapacitors.
National Technical Systems Inc., Anaheim, Calif., added a new ETS I1045 shaker system with a 480kVA amplifier to its laboratory in Tempe, Ariz.
Tescan Orsay Holdings a.s., Czech Republic, announced the first installation of its new UniTOM HR dynamic micro-CT system at the KU Leuven XCT Core Facility, Belgium.
