Pittsburgh, PA. June 27, 2014. The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce its 2015 Wallace H. Coulter Lecture, “Plasmonics: Shedding Light on Cross-cutting Science and Technologies,” which will be presented by Naomi J. Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The lecture will take place during the Pittcon Opening Session on Sunday, March 8, 2015, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

There is no disputing graphene is strong. But new research by Rice University and the Georgia Institute of Technology should prompt manufacturers to look a little deeper as they consider the miracle material for applications.

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Rice University technique able to analyze conformations of complex molecular machines

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An array of tiny diving boards can perform the Olympian feat of identifying many strains of salmonella at once.

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