Feature Articles | December 2007
The introduction of very large scale integration dramatically cut the cost of electronic devices, driving the development of a wide range of new...
According to the latest official mining statistics, from 2003 to 2006, more than 20,000 people died from coal mining accidents in China. Death tolls...
Demand for increasingly sophisticated measurement tools is on the rise in oil and gas as well as in civil-structure industries, among others....
Glass optical fibers typically are manufactured with a polymer buffer or coating that protects the glass from scratches that would severely reduce...
Access to the core of an optical fiber is required for many applications, including evanescent wave sensing. Direct access to the core of...
Although extremely simple in concept, successful photovoltaic devices for solar energy production will require the optimization of many different...