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Microphone Listens with Light
Listening to a conference call can leave you on the edge of your seat craning to hear what the person on the other end of the call is trying to say. But, a new sensor developed in Norway could change all that, giving microphones hyper-acute hearing and a sense of direction. MORE >>
Zeiss Acquiring Xradia
Optics and optoelectronics manufacturer Zeiss has announced that it will acquire 3-D x-ray microscope provider Xradia Inc. of Pleasanton and will rename it Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy Inc. The purchase price is confidential. MORE >>

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QD Method Combines Best of Optical, Electron Microscopy
A fast, versatile and high-resolution technique that combines the best of optical and scanning electron microscopy could provide surface and subsurface viewing of features as ...
Lynch Joins Headwall Photonics
Headwall Photonics Inc. is expanding into Europe and has hired Kevin Lynch as European sales manager to support customers and partners in the region.
3-D Maps of Blood Vessels in Brain Reveal Surprises
Blood vessels within a sensory area of a mouse’s brain loop and connect in unexpected ways, a new 3-D map has revealed. The findings could help scientists better explore what ...
Visualant Closes $5M Funding Round
Light-based identification and diagnostics solutions provider Visualant Inc. has completed a funding round in excess of $5 million led by Special Situations Technology Funds o...
Brimrose Awarded 2 Army SBIR Awards
Brimrose Corp. has received two US Army contracts to develop chemical detection sensors based on imaging systems and quantum dots, the global photonics and high-technology com...
New Material Improves Camera Sensitivity
A new material with five times the light sensitivity of current silicon-based sensor technology could yield cameras sensitive enough to capture photos using only starlight.
Jenoptik Receives €5.5M Order from Rheinmetall
The Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems division has received a €5.5 million order from Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany, to supply 62 thermal imaging target a...
Visualant Enters $10M Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize Competition
Chromatic-based identification and diagnostic solutions provider Visualant Inc. has entered into the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, a global competition to revolution...
Optical ‘Antenna-in-a-Box’ Catches Single Molecules
An optical “antenna-in-a-box” capable of detecting and sensing individual molecules at high concentrations could provide a better understanding of biological and biochemical r...
Device Bridges Optomechanics, Microfluidics
Whispering galleries — circular spaces beneath a dome that capture and amplify sound as quiet as a whisper — have inspired numerous scientific discoveries over the past severa...
CLEO Presents Cutting-Edge Research on Optics, Lasers
Smartphone-based cancer detection, a telecom-based time cloak and UV-LEDs that slow food rot are just a few of the cutting-edge applications of optics and lasers that will be ...
Xenon Adds 3 Labs to Printed Electronics Test Network
Pulsed light technology provider Xenon Corp. has announced that three laboratories have joined its Printed Electronics Test Center Network, bringing the total of participating...
Thorlabs Adds Scientific Cameras Through Acquisition
Thorlabs Inc. has expanded its life sciences portfolio with the acquisition of Digital Video Camera Co. (DVC) of Austin, Texas, a manufacturer of digital imaging solutions for...
Firefighter Robot Paints 3-D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers
An image processing technique that allows small Segway-like robotic vehicles to create 3-D thermal images of burning buildings in real time could help firefighters better asse...
Daylight Solutions Licenses Mid-IR Tech to Corning
Daylight Solutions Inc. has licensed its patented mid-infrared technology to specialty glass and ceramics manufacturer Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y. Terms of the agreement wer...
Printing Innovations Improve Organic Electronics
A printing technique that focuses on the physics of the process rather than the chemical makeup of the semiconductor provides a tenfold improvement in organic electronics. The...


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The Perfect Solution for Photoluminescence Studies of Lanthanide-Doped Semiconducting Nanocrystals
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The Measurement of High Optical Densities (up to 8 Abs) in the Near-Infrared
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