FiberGrade Acquired by PXIT
Jun. 30, 2004
BOSTON, June 30 -- FiberGrade Inc., a Boston startup developer of optical transmission monitoring...
Jmar to Develop X-Ray Microscope
Jun. 29, 2004
SAN DIEGO, June 29 -- Jmar Technologies Inc. announced it is developing an x-ray microscope (XRM)...
EU Nanotech Council Launched
Jun. 29, 2004
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 29 -- The European Union (EU) has launched the European Nanoelectronics...
GE Opens Technology Center in Germany
Jun. 28, 2004
GARCHING, Germany, June 28 -- General Electric opened a European Global Research Center today in...
Hitachi and NEC Announce Joint Venture
Jun. 25, 2004
TOKYO, June 25 -- Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. announced today they have signed an agreement to join...
Hitachi, NEC Announce Joint Venture
Jun. 25, 2004
TOKYO, June 25 -- Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. announced today they have signed an agreement to join...
InVision Approves GE Acquisition
Jun. 25, 2004
NEWARK, Calif., June 25 -- InVision Technologies Inc. said its shareholders approved General...
Spire to Develop THz Laser Technology
Jun. 24, 2004
BEDFORD, Mass., June 24 -- Spire Corp., a Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic module...
Bookham to Reincorporate in US
Jun. 24, 2004
OXFORDSHIRE, England, June 24 -- Bookham Technology plc, a provider of optical components, modules...
Konarka Raises $18 Million
Jun. 24, 2004
LOWELL, Mass., June 24 -- Konarka Technologies Inc., a developer of polymer photovoltaic products...
Fuse Satellite Marks 5th Anniversary
Jun. 24, 2004
BALTIMORE, Md., June 24 -- NASA's far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer (FUSE) satellite reachd a...
Microsoft, Lucent Announce Digital TV Collaboration
Jun. 24, 2004
CHICAGO, June 24 -- Microsoft Corp. and Lucent Technologies today this week they are collaborating...
Spire to Develop Terahertz Laser Technology
Jun. 24, 2004
BEDFORD, Mass., June 24 -- Spire Corp., a Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic module...
Verizon Uses Packet Switches for Local Service
Jun. 23, 2004
NEW YORK, June 23 -- Verizon announced yesterday it is deploying advanced packet-switching...
Universal Display, PARC to Collaborate
Jun. 23, 2004
EWING, N.J. & PALO ALTO, Calif., June 23 -- Universal Display Corp., a developer of organic...
Comlase Receives Venture Funding
Jun. 22, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 22 -- Comlase, a Stockholm-based developer of process technology and...
CTI Acquiring Concorde Microsystems
Jun. 22, 2004
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 22 -- CTI Molecular Imaging Inc., a provider of positron emission tomography...
DARPA Funds Photonics Center
Jun. 22, 2004
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 22 -- The University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign has received a...
DARPA Funds Photonics Research Center
Jun. 22, 2004
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 22 -- The University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign has received a...
Global Satellite Communications Demand Rising
Jun. 22, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22 -- Satellite operators have experienced a significant increase in US...
AXT Cuts Jobs at Fremont Plant
Jun. 21, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., June 21 -- AXT Inc. announced today it is reducing the workforce at its Fremont,...
OnFiber Acquires C2C Fiber Assets
Jun. 21, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas, June 21 -- OnFiber Communications Inc., an Austin, Texas-based metro network...
Laser-Based Water Sensors in the Works
Jun. 21, 2004
SAN DIEGO, June 21 -- Jmar Technologies Inc. said it will collaborate with The LXT Group to produce...
Evident, RPI to Develop 'Qdot' LEDs
Jun. 18, 2004
TROY, N.Y., June 18 -- Evident Technologies, a Troy, N.Y., maker of nanocrystals also known as...
Exploiting the Weird Quantum Behavior of Atoms
Jun. 18, 2004
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 18 -- Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of...
Raytheon to Produce Navy SATCOM Systems
Jun. 18, 2004
MCKINNEY, Texas, June 18 -- Raytheon Co. will produce additional submarine high-data-rate (sub HDR)...
Essex to Buy GIS Business PGI
Jun. 17, 2004
COLUMBIA, Md., June 17 -- Essex Corp. has announced it will acquire Performance Group Inc. (PGI), a...
L-3 Announces 2 Acquisitions
Jun. 17, 2004
NEW YORK, June 17 -- L-3 Communications announced today it is acquiring two companies, Cincinnati...
Corning Disputes 'Dumping' Allegation
Jun. 16, 2004
CORNING, N.Y., June 16 -- Corning Inc. announced today it has received a preliminary determination...
DRS Awarded $31 M for Navy Displays
Jun. 16, 2004
PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 16 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced today it has been awarded new orders...
Coherent Wins Laser Contract
Jun. 15, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 -- Coherent has been selected to supply a custom ultrafast amplified...
Cornell Dedicates 'G-Line' Facility
Jun. 15, 2004
ITHACA, N.Y., June 15 -- A facility producing some of the world's most intense x-ray beams for...
Applied Materials Acquires Torrex
Jun. 15, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 -- Applied Materials Inc., a supplier of wafer fabrication solutions...
4 Win Europhysics Prize for 'Qubit' Work
Jun. 15, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 -- The European Physical Society (EPS) has awarded the 2004 Agilent...
CLEO Papers, Attendance Increased
Jun. 14, 2004
WASHINGTON, DC, June 14 -- Attendance at the 2004 Conference on Lasers and...
Adaptive Optics Exposes Visual Defects
Jun. 14, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 14 -- Adaptive optics, originally developed to help astronomers see more...
CLEO 2004 Papers, Attendance Increase
Jun. 14, 2004
WASHINGTON, DC, June 14 -- Attendance at the 2004 Conference on Lasers and...
Nanotechnology Among SPIE Topics
Jun. 11, 2004
BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 11 -- Innovations in nanotechnology and organic material will be among the...
Precision Photonics Awarded Grant
Jun. 11, 2004
BOULDER, Colo., June 11 -- Precision Photonics Corp., a manufacturer of ultraprecise optics and...
Imaging Study Shows Brain Maturing
Jun. 11, 2004
BETHESDA, Md., June 11 -- The brain's center of reasoning and problem solving is among the last to...
SIA Calls for Nanoelectronics Research
Jun. 10, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) this week called for...
OIF Announces Demo Participants
Jun. 9, 2004
FREMONT, Calif., June 9 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) said today that fifteen...
Osram Files Patent Infringement Suit
Jun. 9, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 -- Osram Opto Semiconductors, a maker of solid-state LED devices,...
Infrared Window Grant Awarded
Jun. 9, 2004
BUFFALO, N.Y., June 9 -- MetaMateria Partners (MMP), a Columbus, Ohio, subsidiary of nanomaterials...
IEEE, SEMI to Collaborate
Jun. 9, 2004
PISCATAWAY, N.J. & SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9 -- Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International...
Nextrom Acquires Bular Soot Technology
Jun. 8, 2004
MORGES, Switzerland, June 8 -- Nextrom (USA) Inc., Nextrom Holding SA and Bular LLC, of Camarillo,...
Sanmina-SCI and Kailight Collaborate
Jun. 7, 2004
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 -- Sanmina-SCI Corp., an electronics contract manufacturing services (EMS)...
Report: Ethernet Drives Fiber Access Market Gain
Jun. 4, 2004
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 4 -- The fiber access equipment market is poised for growth, spurred by a...
Fischer Imaging Patent Funds Paid
Jun. 3, 2004
DENVER, June 3 --Fischer Imaging Corp. announced today it has reached an agreement with Thermo...
Verizon to Upgrade UMass Memorial Network
Jun. 3, 2004
WORCESTER, Mass., June 3 -- UMass (University of Massachusetts) Memorial Health Care, a health...
eOn Acquires Majority Interest in Cortelco Shanghai
Jun. 3, 2004
ATLANTA, June 3 -- eOn Communications Corp., a provider of voice, E-mail and Web-based...
Report: Engineering Profession Must Adapt
Jun. 2, 2004
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Engineering education in the US must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic...
Report: Engineering Must Adapt
Jun. 2, 2004
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Engineering education in the US must anticipate and adapt to the dramatic...
Carl Zeiss, Cornell to Collaborate
Jun. 2, 2004
NEW YORK -- Biomedical microscopic imaging deep inside living tissue with unprecedented clarity...
Newport to Buy Spectra-Physics
Jun. 1, 2004
IRVINE, Calif., June 1 -- Newport Corp. announced today it will buy Spectra-Physics, the optical...
Applied Image Adds Sine Patterns
Jun. 1, 2004
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1 -- Applied Image Group has added photonics firm Sine Patterns LLC to its...
DOE Funds Fusion Science Centers
Jun. 1, 2004
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Department of Energy has selected the University of Maryland/University...