NEA Awards Engineers, Educators
Feb. 28, 2005
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Designers of the Corona satillite, inventors of biosensors and educators in...
Intel to Acquire Oplus Technologies
Feb. 28, 2005
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28 -- Intel Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire...
NSF Taps Cornell for X-Ray Source
Feb. 25, 2005
ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 25 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Cornell University $18...
'Plug and Play' Raman Laser Developed
Feb. 25, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 25 -- Engineers and applied physicists have laid the foundations for a new...
ADC, Corning Cable Connect
Feb. 25, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25 -- ADC and Corning Cable Systems have announced a technology transfer...
Verizon to Open Syracuse Support Center
Feb. 25, 2005
DEWITT, N.Y., Feb. 25 -- Verizon said it will open a new customer support center for advanced fiber...
Smiths Awarded $56 M DoD Order
Feb. 24, 2005
WATFORD, England, Feb. 24 --Smiths Detection, a provider of x-ray and trace detection equipment,...
Satellite Sees Mysterious Earth Energy
Feb. 24, 2005
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Scientists using observations from NASA's Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar...
Berliner Glas Acquires Prinz Optics
Feb. 22, 2005
BERLIN, Feb. 22 -- Berliner Glas has acqiured a majority interest in Prinz Optics, of Stromberg, to...
Jmar Receives Soft X-Ray Funds
Feb. 22, 2005
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22 -- Jmar Technologies Inc. announced it has received $3.5 million in funding from...
Oki to Buy TI Display Driver Unit
Feb. 22, 2005
TOKYO, Feb. 22 -- Oki Electric Industry is buying Texas Instruments' (TI's) large-size thin-film...
Alcatel Awarded Sub Cable Contract
Feb. 22, 2005
LONDON and PARIS, Feb. 22 -- Flag Telecom, a provider of international wholesale network transport...
OLED Among 'Top 25 Innovations'
Feb. 21, 2005
EWING, N.J., Feb. 18 -- A recent CNN special report rank organic light-emitting diode (OLED)...
Novel, Energy-Frugal Robots Walk Like Humans
Feb. 18, 2005
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- A new breed of powered, energy-efficient, two-legged robots with a...
Dalsa to Acquire Coreco
Feb. 17, 2005
WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 17 -- Dalsa Corp. announced today it will acquire Coreco Inc. for...
Kopin Awarded Army Contract
Feb. 16, 2005
TAUNTON, Mass., Feb. 16 -- Kopin Corp., a provider of microdisplays for military, industrial and...
Observatory Confirms Black Hole Limits
Feb. 16, 2005
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 16 -- The very largest black holes reach a certain point and then grow no...
Optelecom to Acquire NKF Electronics
Feb. 16, 2005
GERMANTOWN, Md., Feb. 16 -- Optelecom Inc. announced today it has signed a letter of intent to...
W.P. Carey Acquires Finisar, FSI Facilities
Feb. 15, 2005
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 -- Investment firm W.P. Carey & Co. LL has acquired a corporate office of...
SID Technical Symposium Extended
Feb. 15, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 -- The Society for Information Display (SID) announced that its 2005...
Fusion Optix 1st Round Nets $1.1 M
Feb. 15, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15 -- Fusion Optix Inc. announced it has closed on a Series A funding round...
Altair Announces Battery Advance
Feb. 15, 2005
RENO, Nev., Feb. 15 -- Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. said it has achieved a breakthrough in lithium...
BinOptics Receives $10 Million
Feb. 14, 2005
ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 14 -- BinOptics Corp., a developer of integrated microphotonic chips for data...
Verizon to Acquire MCI
Feb. 14, 2005
NEW YORK and ASHBURN, Va., Feb. 14 -- Verizon Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire MCI Inc....
PerkinElmer Acquires Elcos AG
Feb. 11, 2005
WELLESLEY, Mass., Feb. 11 -- PerkinElmer Inc. announced it is acquiring Elcos AG, a European maker...
Sensor System to Gauge Effects of Cosmic Rays on Lunar Explorers
Feb. 11, 2005
BOSTON, Feb. 11 -- Boston University Professor Harlan Spence recently joined five other space...
Laser Institute Invites Abstracts
Feb. 10, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 10 -- The Laser Institute of America (LIA) is seeking abstracts for the 24th...
SEMI Expands Nanotechnology Emphasis
Feb. 9, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9 -- SEMI announced that Lubab L. Sheet has been named senior director of...
CDT, Ilford Launch Joint PLED Project
Feb. 9, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 9 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) has joined forces with Ilford...
Nextreme Raises $8 Million
Feb. 9, 2005
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 9 -- Nextreme Thermal Solutions, a developer of thermoelectric...
Sandia Hosts MEMS Design Competition
Feb. 8, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 8 -- A MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) design competition sponsored...
CenturyTel to Buy Metro Fiber
Feb. 7, 2005
MONROE, La., Feb. 7 -- CenturyTel Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to...
Alcatel, Finmeccanica Space Units to Merge
Feb. 7, 2005
PARIS, Feb. 7 -- Alcatel and Finmeccanica, an Italian high-tech company, have signed a final...
MSI Acquires Polaron Assets
Feb. 7, 2005
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Feb. 7 -- Measurement Specialties Inc. (MSI), a manufacturer of sensors and...
Jacksonville Sports LEDs for Super Bowl
Feb. 4, 2005
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 4 -- OptiLed's light-emitting diode (LED) illumination technology is the...
Corning: FTTP Will Lead Recovery
Feb. 4, 2005
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 4 -- A sustainable recovery in the telecommunications industry will be led by...
Photonics West 2005 Breaks Records
Feb. 4, 2005
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4 -- Photonics West, held last week in San Jose, Calif., drew more than 15,000...
Corning: FTTP Will Lead Recovery
Feb. 4, 2005
CORNING, N.Y., Feb. 4 -- A sustainable recovery in the telecommunications industry will be led by...
Agilent Wins Homeland Security Grant, Consolidates Shanghai Branches
Feb. 3, 2005
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 3 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. was awarded a $930,000 Phase I research...
Innovative Micro Closes $17M Funding
Feb. 3, 2005
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 3 -- Innovative Micro Technology (IMT), a manufacturer of...
NIST Urges Caution in Switch to VOIP
Feb. 2, 2005
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 2 -- Federal agencies and other organizations that are considering...
NIF to Use JDS Uniphase Modulators
Feb. 2, 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 2 -- JDS Uniphase announced it was awarded a contract to provide...
Hitachi Acquiring Fujitsu Stock
Feb. 2, 2005
TOKYO, Feb. 2 -- Hitachi announced today it has reached an agreement with Fujitsu to acquire its...
States Turn to Nanotech for Growth
Feb. 1, 2005
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 -- Massachusetts ranked first among states for economic development from...