Painted-over Portrait Probed
Jul. 31, 2008
An international research team has used synchrotron x-rays from a particle accelerator to reveal...
Tight Squeeze on Light
Jul. 31, 2008
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to squeeze light through an...
Hot Topics in Optics at FiO
Jul. 30, 2008
This fall's platform for the latest trends in optics is the Frontiers in Optics 2008 and Laser...
Intevac Nets $1M Contract
Jul. 30, 2008
Intevac Photonics, a division of Intevac Inc., announced today that its DeltaNu business unit has...
Corning Forecasts Weaker 3Q
Jul. 30, 2008
Specialty glass and ceramics maker Corning Inc. today announced second-quarter net income of $3.2...
KLA-Tencor Buying Vistec Unit
Jul. 30, 2008
KLA-Tencor, a maker of equipment to detect defects in integrated circuits, today announced it will...
On-chip Microscope Developed
Jul. 29, 2008
Computer chip technology has been combined with microfluidics to create a tiny lenseless microscope...
NEMS Scale Weighs Gold Atom
Jul. 29, 2008
A nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) has been fashioned that can function as a scale sensitive...
SC Laser Beam Sharpened
Jul. 28, 2008
A highly directional semiconductor (SC) laser has been developed that could be used for long range...
Lockheed Acquiring Aculight
Jul. 28, 2008
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. announced today it will acquire privately held laser maker...
Telescope Embedded in Lens
Jul. 28, 2008
A wide-field telescope made of straight and curved mirrors and embedded into what appears to be a...
Flexible Display Flaw Fixed
Jul. 28, 2008
A critical flaw to producing transistors for flexible displays from networks of carbon nanotubes --...
The Dancing Aurora Borealis
Jul. 25, 2008
Space scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) believe they have solved some...
PGT, CyOptics to Merge
Jul. 25, 2008
Pirelli Group's photonics company, PGT Photonics, will merge with privately held optical components...
Corning Selling Steuben
Jul. 24, 2008
Specialty glass and ceramics maker Corning Inc. said it will sell its 90-year-old Steuben glass...
Wrong Laser Aimed at Crowd
Jul. 24, 2008
A powerful pulsed laser intended for overhead use only was pointed into a crowd attending a music...
Boeing Designs Laser Weapon
Jul. 24, 2008
Boeing has successfully completed the preliminary design of their beam control system for the U.S....
Image Sensors Snag IEDs
Jul. 22, 2008
Researchers at University of California, San Diego, are using statistical pattern recognition and...
Laser Dentist Drill
Jul. 21, 2008
The dreaded dentist drill may have finally met its match. Thanks to a team of researchers at King’s...
LEDs Created on Silicon
Jul. 21, 2008
By using inexpensive silicon wafers instead of pricey sapphire as a foundation for creating LEDs,...
Subsurfaces Seen Sharply
Jul. 21, 2008
The high penetration power of x-rays has been combined with diffraction imaging to create a novel...
Purdue Panel Finds Misconduct
Jul. 18, 2008
A Purdue University panel has found that two allegations against a scientist who claims to have...
X-Ray Lightning
Jul. 17, 2008
According to the National Weather Service, an average of 62 people are killed each year by...
Mobile MRI Images Arctic Ice
Jul. 16, 2008
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, familiar to many as the gigantic, expensive machines...
NY Nanotech Nets $1.5B
Jul. 16, 2008
Significant new investments by IBM and the state of New York will accelerate its leadership in...
Laser Blamed, Drugs Eyed
Jul. 16, 2008
Moscow ophthalmologists are questioning Russian officials' determination that retina damage in...
Revellers' Retinas Wrecked
Jul. 15, 2008
More than 30 audience members at a techno music festival may have permanently lost much of their...
PV & Semiconductor Synergy
Jul. 15, 2008
Today marks the beginning of Semicon West 2008, North America’s largest event dedicated to the...
Entegris Buying Poco
Jul. 14, 2008
Entegris, a maker of products for semiconductor and flat panel display processes, today announced...
Gooch Acquires General Optics
Jul. 14, 2008
Gooch & Housego, a maker of optical components and systems, announced it will acquire General...
Stained Glass Solar Panels
Jul. 11, 2008
As Photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to evolve there are two obvious focal points that...
Galactic Theory of Relativity
Jul. 10, 2008
Turns out Einstein was right - go figure. His general theory of relativity has recently been...
High-end Hybrid Goes Solar
Jul. 8, 2008
Amid record high oil prices and the global push to reduce carbon emissions, Toyota Motor is...
Fine-lined Lithography
Jul. 8, 2008
Researchers at MIT have made a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology. They have...
Photovoltaic Valley
Jul. 7, 2008
SVTC Technologies' solar business unit has launched the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development...
Gas Laser Pioneer Dies
Jul. 7, 2008
William R. Bennett Jr., a physicist and inventor who helped develop the first gas laser nearly 50...
Seeing an Invisible Frontier
Jul. 3, 2008
Simply by default, NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft detected never-before-seen particles from the far...
ISP Optics Buys Coatings Unit
Jul. 3, 2008
Infrared optical components maker ISP Optics Corp. announced this week it has acquired the infrared...
Dynasil Acquires RMD for $20M
Jul. 3, 2008
Photonics company Dynasil Corp. of America announced July 2 that it acquired advanced instruments...
Staff Exposed to Plutonium
Jul. 3, 2008
Medical tests have indicated internal plutonium exposure in a small number of personnel at the...
Carbon-detecting Laser
Jul. 2, 2008
Acquiring carbon offsets is an essential component for reducing global warming. As more...
Light Pulse Speed Record Set
Jul. 2, 2008
Researchers have set a new record in ultrafast metrology, producing the first light pulses lasting...
Oerlikon Divests Magnetic IP
Jul. 1, 2008
Switzerland-based high technology company Oerlikon Balzers Ltd. is selling its magnetic media...