Light Drives Nanomachines
Nov. 26, 2008
By combining two emerging fields -- nanophotonics and nanomechanics -- researchers have shown that...
EU Unveils Astronomy Plan
Nov. 26, 2008
Thanks to the world’s most successful optical observatory, European Southern Observatory’s (ESO)...
PV Power Boosted by 50%
Nov. 25, 2008
New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are emerging from...
Plasmas Made From Molecules
Nov. 24, 2008
A new technique for making ultracold plasmas out of molecules instead of trapped atoms brings...
Light Activates Cancer Drug
Nov. 24, 2008
A Swedish research team has developed a light-activated drug as an easy and inexpensive way to...
Raydiance Round Raises $20M
Nov. 24, 2008
Raydiance announced that it has secured $20 million in new funding that will allow it to further...
EU Project Tops PV Record
Nov. 21, 2008
Scientists of the European Commission-financed project, Fullspectrum, have developed photovoltaic...
Soliton Milestone Achieved
Nov. 21, 2008
Since the 1980s, dispersive waves have been studied in the concept of solitons (waves that maintain...
Market Challenges on Agenda
Nov. 20, 2008
Future challenges in the photonics market and the lack of a qualified European photonics industry...
'Nano-riot' Triggered by Light
Nov. 20, 2008
When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically...
Atomic Changes Seen in 4-D
Nov. 20, 2008
A new technique dubbed four-dimensional (4-D) electron microscopy allows the real-time, real-space...
Corning Sees Sales Slumping
Nov. 20, 2008
Citing declining LCD glass demand, specialty glass maker Corning Inc. has withdrawn its previously...
Samsung’s Patent Woes
Nov. 19, 2008
Samsung Electronics is facing patent infringement issues, including complaints filed by Eastman...
KLA-Tencor to Cut 900 Jobs
Nov. 19, 2008
In response to current market conditions, KLA-Tencor Corp. announced Tuesday that it plans to...
A-10 Drops Laser-guided Bomb
Nov. 18, 2008
Flying an A-10C Thunderbolt II, Major Matthew Domsalla made the first ever drop of a Laser Join...
'Nanobamas' Crafted
Nov. 18, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama's face seems to be everywhere these days, on 24-hour news channels,...
Laser Pulse Produces Positrons
Nov. 18, 2008
More than 100 billion particles of antimatter have been created by using a short-pulse,...
Laser Maker Spins Off Solar
Nov. 18, 2008
Industrial laser maker Laser Photonics has spun off its solar division into a separate entity named...
Optical Tweezer Spots Virus
Nov. 17, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented “optical...
Rocket to Study Solar Storms
Nov. 14, 2008
Some time between the end of November and the beginning of December, Jøran Moen, professor at the...
Price-Fixers to Pay $585M
Nov. 13, 2008
Three leading electronics manufacturers will plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for their...
Edmund Optics Order Tops $2M
Nov. 13, 2008
Optics, imaging and photonics technology provider Edmund Optics (EO) has been awarded $2.32 million...
Bionic Eye Fast-Tracked
Nov. 13, 2008
A consortium of Australian research institutes aims to develop the world's most technologically...
1st SSL Weapon Introduced
Nov. 13, 2008
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. today introduced the Firestrike, the first solid-state...
Ultrafast Oscilloscope
Nov. 12, 2008
Researchers at Cornell University have discovered a new method that uses an ultrafast optical...
Vermeer Etched With Proteins
Nov. 12, 2008
A novel laser technology that can encourage finicky nerve cells to grow has also been used to etch...
PerkinElmer Shifting Focus
Nov. 11, 2008
PerkinElmer Inc., which has promoted itself as a health sciences and photonics business, announced...
Mass Production of Graphene
Nov. 11, 2008
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a method for mass...
StockerYale Nabs $2M Order
Nov. 10, 2008
StockerYale Inc., manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical...
Gold Nanostars Shine Bright
Nov. 7, 2008
Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to...
Q1 Losses Mean Cuts at JDSU
Nov. 6, 2008
In light of continuing economic uncertainty and following the posting of its third consecutive...
IPG's Revenue Up 29 Percent
Nov. 6, 2008
Fiber laser and amplifier maker IPG Photonics Corp. reported Thursday that revenue for the third...
Anadigics Reduces Workforce
Nov. 6, 2008
Anadigics Inc., provider of semiconductor solutions in the wireless and wireline communications...
Chip Makers Slicing Staff
Nov. 6, 2008
Silicon Valley chip makers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intersil and Anadigics announced workforce...
Coating Boosts Solar Power
Nov. 5, 2008
A new antireflective coating boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows...
Lasers Mending Broken Hearts
Nov. 4, 2008
A new scaffold approach developed by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Qioptiq Sells Coatings Unit
Nov. 3, 2008
Optical systems, modules and components maker Qioptiq SAS has sold its Plymouth, England-based...
Method Uses Blurry Images
Nov. 3, 2008
A novel technique under development uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope and a set of...
Emerging Applications Eyed
Nov. 3, 2008
With the ever-increasing presence of optoelectronics in most aspects of daily life, significant...
Nanoscale Torsion Resonator
Nov. 3, 2008
Researchers at Boston University, working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea, have...