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InVisage to Commence Manufacturing of Quantumfilm Image Sensors with Series D Venture Funding

InVisage Technologies, Inc. -- a Silicon Valley-based start-up that is revolutionizing the image sensor market -- today announced it has received its Series D round of venture funding, led by GGV Capital and including Nokia Growth Partners. The undisclosed amount will be used to begin manufacturing the company's QuantumFilm image sensors, which are currently being evaluated by phone manufacturers. Devices incorporating the technology are expected to ship in Q2 2014. GGV and Nokia Growth Partners join InVisage's existing investors RockPort Capital, InterWest Partners, Intel Capital and OnPoint Technologies.

14 Feb 2013

Study Demonstrates Existence of Topological Insulators Based on Organic Materials

University of Utah engineers demonstrated it is feasible to build the first organic materials that conduct electricity on their edges, but act as an insulator inside. These materials, called organic topological insulators, could shuttle information at the speed of light in quantum computers and other high-speed electronic devices.

14 Feb 2013

Study on Detection of Majorana Fermion Wins Newcomb Cleveland Prize

A paper in the prestigious journal Science coauthored by University of Pittsburgh physicist Sergey Frolov has garnered him and his colleagues the 2012 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, an annual honor awarded to the author or authors of the best research article or report appearing in Science, which is published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The prize carries with it a cash award of $25,000.

14 Feb 2013

Distorted Supernova Remnant May Contain Recent Black Hole

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explosion in which matter is ejected at high speeds along the poles of a rotating star.

14 Feb 2013

Scientists Resolve Controversy about Structure of Liquid Water

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have confirmed the original model of the molecular structure of water and have thus made it possible to resolve a long-standing scientific controversy about the structure of liquid water.

14 Feb 2013

Three NASA-Nominated Science Teams to Study Dark Energy and Dark Matter

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected three NASA-nominated science teams to participate in their planned Euclid mission, including one led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

13 Feb 2013

Astrophysicists from Johns Hopkins Join Euclid Project to Probe Mysteries of Dark Energy

Johns Hopkins astrophysicists Brice Ménard and Charles L. Bennett have been appointed to the Euclid Consortium, the international team of scientists overseeing an ambitious space telescope project designed to probe the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter. NASA, a partner in the mission, recently announced their selection to the research team for Euclid.

13 Feb 2013

Researchers Employ Quantum Capacitance Spectroscopy to Investigate Graphene

Writing in PNAS, University of Manchester graphene researchers found that sandwiching a layer of the wonder material between boron nitride could produce highly-accurate capacitors.

13 Feb 2013

Soraa Honored for Development of LEDs with High Peak Internal Quantum Efficiency

Soraa, the world’s leader in the development of GaN on GaN LED technology, announced today that it received an award from the U.S. Department of Energy for its outstanding work in the development of high-efficiency m-plane LEDs grown on low-defect density bulk GaN substrates.

13 Feb 2013

QMC Introduces Cadmium-Free, Non-Heavy Metal Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Quantum Materials Corporation (QMC) announces a new class of cadmium-free, non-REE, non-heavy metal tetrapod quantum dots (NHM-TPQD) developed to meet worldwide concerns regarding nanoparticle biocompatibility and sustainability.

13 Feb 2013

UMD Microfluidic Device Manipulates and Positions Quantum Dots

Finding ways to see, position, measure, and accurately manipulate nanoscale objects is an ongoing challenge for researchers developing the next generation of ultra-compact electronics, sensors and optical devices. Even the most advanced conventional microscopes are limited by diffraction of the shortest wavelength of visible light, about 400 nanometers, rendering them unable to produce images or measurements of objects that are significantly smaller than this threshold.

12 Feb 2013

Novel Matter Wave Interferometer Enables New Quantum Studies

Experiments on the quantum wave nature of atoms and molecules have enabled researchers to precisely measure tiny forces and displacements as well as to shed light onto the unexplored zone between the microscopic realm of quantum physics and our everyday world.

12 Feb 2013