Seeing the Sky in 3-D
Aug. 29, 2008
Meteorologists in western Switzerland will now use light to detect temperature and humidity in the...
Janos Acquired by Fluke
Aug. 29, 2008
Precision infrared optics manufacturer Janos Technology of Keene, N.H., announced today it has been...
Breathalyzer for Cancer
Aug. 28, 2008
Studies have shown that dogs can detect cancer by smelling certain gasses on the breath of...
Coherent Lays Off 144
Aug. 28, 2008
According to documents filed with California’s Employment Development Department, Coherent Inc....
StockerYale Loses Virtek Bid
Aug. 27, 2008
StockerYale’s cash bid for Virtek Vision International Inc. has been rejected for the third time...
Lab to Reopen After Injury
Aug. 27, 2008
Three weeks after one of its senior engineers was seriously injured, the Laboratory for Laser...
Newport Unit to Cut 80 Jobs
Aug. 27, 2008
Newport Corp.'s Spectra-Physics facility in Tucson has laid off 29 of its 200 workers and will let...
Seeing an Extreme Universe
Aug. 27, 2008
Passing its first orbital checkpoint with flying colors, NASA’s Gamma-Ray Large Area Space...
Virtual Fitting Rooms
Aug. 26, 2008
Fitting rooms may soon become a thing of the past. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for...
Photolysis Extracts Hydrogen
Aug. 26, 2008
Hydrogen is the most plentiful gas in the universe and having only one proton, it is the simplest...
Semicon Europa Relocates
Aug. 25, 2008
Semicon Europa trade show has a new home in Silicon Saxony, Europe’s leading microelectronics...
Micro Manufacturing Show
Aug. 22, 2008
The MMLive 2008, the first ever micro manufacturing machine show in England, will be held October...
Motorized Nano-Positioners
Aug. 22, 2008
Engineers at Purdue University have created a monolithic comb drive, a tiny motorized positioning...
Cutting Cancer by Color
Aug. 21, 2008
The key to a successful cancer surgery is the removal of all of the diseased tissue, but sometimes...
Lasers Tune Quantum Dots
Aug. 20, 2008
In what could be a key development in cryptography applications, researchers from the National...
Nanochain Faster Than Light
Aug. 20, 2008
According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all...
Laser Fits Fresco Fragments
Aug. 19, 2008
A new approach that combines a laptop computer, flatbed scanner, and a turntable with a laser...
X-ray Laser Progress Updated
Aug. 19, 2008
Progress toward producing the first-ever functioning x-ray laser in Ireland is being presented this...
Cancer Probe Trials Funded
Aug. 19, 2008
A new grant will allow a researcher to continue developing and testing a device that uses light to...
Bruker AXS Buying AFM Maker
Aug. 18, 2008
Analytical x-ray systems manufacturer Bruker AXS GmbH of Karlsruhe, Germany, announced it will...
Eyeing the Biological Clock
Aug. 18, 2008
Our biological clock tells us when to eat, sleep, and when to wake up. Though we have evolved to...
Nano Shock Absorbers
Aug. 15, 2008
The market is hot with ultratiny electronic devices. Cell phones, mp3s, and cameras, for example,...
Tiny Pen Prints Olympic Logo
Aug. 14, 2008
Nanoscientists have created a lithography technique that can print on the nanometer, micrometer and...
SPIE Show Soars
Aug. 14, 2008
This year’s SPIE Optics+Photonics symposium was the largest meeting of the annual symposium thus...
Optrode Detects Toxin Traces
Aug. 13, 2008
You may never look at caviar the same way again: Researchers have created a fiber optic tool...
Lockheed Buys Nanotech Unit
Aug. 13, 2008
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it has acquired the government business unit of...
Solar Cotton & Castor Beans
Aug. 13, 2008
After being held in the utmost secrecy for 18 months, BioSolar Inc. has unveiled a protective...
Plexus Closing Mass. Plant
Aug. 12, 2008
Plexus Corp. announced today it will close its Ayer, Mass., manufacturing facility by March 2009,...
UAV Measures Olympic Smog
Aug. 12, 2008
Perhaps one of the most spectacular Olympic venues, Beijing is also marred by some of the world’s...
Closing in on Invisibility Cloak
Aug. 11, 2008
The idea of an invisibility cloak certainly pushes the edge of plausible, however a group of...
The Incredible, Edible Optic
Aug. 11, 2008
Sophisticated optical devices currently under development could allow you to safely eat that piece...
Graphene Atomic Balloon
Aug. 8, 2008
The world’s thinnest balloon is just one atom thick. Developed by researchers at Cornell...
Serious Injury Closes Lab
Aug. 8, 2008
Operations have been suspended at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics...
Engineer Hurt in Laser Lab
Aug. 7, 2008
A senior lab engineer at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was...
Event Adds Investment Forum
Aug. 7, 2008
A technology investment forum arranged in partnership with the Photonics Cluster (UK) will be one...
Harmonic Oscillators
Aug. 6, 2008
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) researchers have made a major breakthrough in...
Silicon Camera Mimics Eye
Aug. 6, 2008
The human eye's ability to use a curved surface to capture images has stumped research groups...
Ultracold Atomic Gases
Aug. 6, 2008
A newly discovered method of photoemission spectroscopy may soon help create a more efficient...
QD Laser Maker Secures $13M
Aug. 5, 2008
Innolume, a maker of quantum dot (QD) -based lasers and laser modules, said it has secured...
Light Project Awarded $1.5M
Aug. 5, 2008
A Stanford University researcher has received a $1.5 million grant to support his project aimed at...
Micron-sized X-ray Holograms
Aug. 4, 2008
A group of scientists have produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic...
LightPath Raises $2.9M
Aug. 4, 2008
LightPath Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of precision optical products, announced that it has...
Corning Buying Component Biz
Aug. 4, 2008
Specialty glass and ceramics giant Corning Inc. will acquire Optimum Manufacturing Corp. for its...
Priceless Nanojewels
Aug. 1, 2008
Before light even reaches our eyes, it has to go through a submicroscopic maze of nanostructures in...
Inventor Mulls Widening Case
Aug. 1, 2008
An inventor who holds the sole patent covering a method of producing LEDs and laser diodes widely...
Frozen Smoke in 3-D
Aug. 1, 2008
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to perform high-resolution x-ray diffraction...