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 February 2007


NEWS & FEATURES
McMaster Lab Protein Study Targets Huntington's A new bioimaging facility at McMaster University is shedding light on how kinase inhibitors might prevent the protein that causes Huntington's disease from accumulating in the nucleus of brain cells, which could ultimately lead to a treatment for the disorder. Researchers at Dr. Ray Truant’s Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Polyglutamine Expansion Diseases Research at McMaster study how...
Photovoltaic Nanoparticle Eyed for Artificial Retina The first direct electrical link between nerve cells and photovoltaic nanoparticle films has been achieved, a development that could lead to the use of nanoparticles in a wide variety of...
Advanced Liquid Logic Buys Nanolytics Advanced Liquid Logic, a microfluidics “lab-on-a-chip” spinout from Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, announced today it has acquired Nanolytics Inc. Terms were not disclosed. Advanced...
South Pole Telescope Team to Tackle Cosmic Questions Just days before nations around the world were set to begin a coordinated global research campaign called the International Polar Year (IPY), scientists at the South Pole aimed a massive new...
JDSU Acquiring Picolight JDSU today announced it will acquire Picolight Inc. of Louisville, Colo., a manufacturer of optical pluggable transceivers, for as much as $125 million in a stock-and-cash deal. Under the...
Big Mac Ingredient Stabilizes Gold Nanoparticles Researchers have discovered that gum arabic, a plant extract used to stabilize foods such as Big Macs, yogurt and soda, can be used to absorb and assimilate metals and create a "coating" that makes...
'Tricorder' Sensor Has Real-Life Promise A handheld sensing system that its creators liken to Star Trek's "tricorder," which was used on the show to analyze the chemical components of alien worlds, could have down-to-earth applications....
Ultrafast Data Transmit Rates a Hot Topic at OFC/NFOEC Many new breakthroughs and innovations in fiber optics and associated technologies -- such as record-breaking data transmission rates, new fiber light sources for food inspection and faster space...
Researchers Edge Closer to Building Tabletop X-Ray Laser A team of researchers has developed a new technique to generate laser-like x-ray beams, removing a major obstacle in the decades-long quest to build a tabletop x-ray laser that could be used for...
Carbon Nanotube Researcher Wins Women in Science Award Cited for her research on solid-state materials, including conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Mildred Dresselhaus has been named the...
UA Optics, U-M Biomed Buildings Among AIA Awardees The Meinel Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson and the University of Michigan Biomedical Science Research Building in Ann Arbor are among 11 projects selected to...
Nanotube Membrane H20 Flow Controlled By fusing wet and dry nanotechnologies, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team has found a way to control the flow of water through carbon nanotube membranes with unprecedented precision. Their work...
Photonic Laser Thruster Makes Its Debut Einstein's vision of laser-powered rockets whizzing through space may not be realized in the near future, but the idea of humans traveling the cosmos at "warp" speeds came a step closer to reality in...
Fish Navigation System Recreated for Submarines Scientists have artificially duplicated the lateral line, a row of specialized sensory organs found in fish. The device could enhance the ability of submarines and unmanned robots to move underwater...
DHS, NSF Solicit Nuclear Detection Research The US Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently issued a potential $58 million, over five years, in grant...
Agilent to Develop Test System for Raytheon Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it was awarded a $12.6 million contract by Raytheon Co. of Tucson, Ariz., to deliver an advanced automated manufacturing test platform. Raytheon, which said it...
Australia's Bright Idea: Phase Out Incandescent Bulbs In an effort to reduce greenhouse gases, the Australian government announced today it will phase out energy-inefficient incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescents. Australia is...
Lasers Reveal Spintronic Secrets Physicists are using ultrashort pulses of laser light to reveal precisely why some electrons, like ballet dancers, hold their spin positions better than others -- work that may help improve...
Robotic Cameras Join Search for Elusive Woodpecker High-resolution robotic cameras have been installed in the bayous of eastern Arkansas, and researchers hope the devices will help definitively prove the existence of the ivory-billed woodpecker....
Quantum Hall Effect Observed at Room Temperature The world's most powerful magnets have given an international research team a first-time look at the quantum Hall effect at room temperature. A better understanding of the quantum world can help...
'Googling' Brain Proteins with 3-D Goggles The Allen Brain Atlas, a genome-wide map of the mouse brain on the Internet, has been hailed as “Google of the brain.” The atlas now has a companion of the brain’s working...
Infinera Buys Little Optics Digital optical network systems provider Infinera announced yesterday it has acquired University of Maryland startup company Little Optics, a maker of planar lightwave circuits for optical...
Student Awarded for Handheld ’T-ray’ Device Terahertz rays, or T-rays, have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to the field’s potential. Enter Brian...
Ultrathin Silicon Filter Sorts Single Molecules A recently developed porous silicon membrane that is thousands of times thinner than similar filters used today sorts objects as small as proteins and has potential applications ranging from fuel...
Halma Acquires Labsphere Safety, health and sensor technology group Halma plc, parent company of optical sensing and spectroscopy solutions provider Ocean Optics, has acquired Labsphere Inc. for $15.4 million in cash, the...
Manual for a Molecular Nose An artificial nose could be a real benefit at times: This kind of biosensor could sniff out poisons, explosives or drugs, for instance. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research...
Laser Mirror Could Greatly Improve Optical Devices Engineers have created a high-performance mirror that is thinner, operates across a wider spectrum of light and is easier to make than current high-grade mirrors. The development could overcome the...
Syntax-Brillian Reports 303% Growth Syntax-Brillian Corp. reported record revenue of $242.5 million, up 303% from the year-ago quarter. The maker of LCD and LCoS HDTVs announced its financial results Thursday for its fiscal 2007 second...
Nanoparticle Used to Discover Disease-Causing Proteins A complex molecule and snake venom may provide a more reliable way to diagnose human diseases and develop new drugs. Purdue University researchers bound a complex nanomolecule, called a...
euroLED 2007 to be Europe's Biggest Lighting Show Yet euroLED 2007, the fourth annual solid-state lighting conference and exhibition, will be the biggest yet, with the show attracting more exhibitors, speakers and participants than ever before. The...
Alivisatos, Bawendi Among Lawrence Award Winners Material scientists Paul Alivisatos and Moungi Bawendi are among eight winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman has announced. The award honors...
Rice Gets $1.4M to Probe Quantum Matter The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded Rice University $1.4 million to probe one of the most elusive and mysterious areas of modern physics -- the bizarre world of high-temperature superconductors,...
Alcatel-Lucent to Reduce Staff by 12,500 Alcatel-Lucent will cut 12,500 jobs -- 16 percent of its staff -- as a result of its recent merger and lower-than-expected first-quarter profits, it said today in a statement. Workers at...
LumaSense Acquiring Mikron Infrared for $65M Sensing instrumentation maker LumaSense Technologies is acquiring Mikron Infrared Inc. in a deal worth $65 million, it was announced today. Under terms of the agreement, Mikron Infrared will...
Answer Found for Nanowire Conductance Variations A physics group has discovered how and why the electrical conductance of metal nanowires changes as their length varies. Determining the structural properties of nanowires is a big challenge facing...
RPI Prof ('Mr. Physics') Philip Casabella Dies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) said this week that the lecture halls and classrooms of its physics, applied physics and astronomy department will never be the same since the death of Philip...
Corning to Expand Japan Plant Corning Inc. announced today it will invest $160 million to expand its capacity to manufacture large-size glass substrates for active-matrix LCDs at its Shizuoka, Japan, facility. The expenditure...
Kodak to Cut Up to 3000 More Jobs In a bid to complete its transition from traditional film to digital photography in 2007, Eastman Kodak Co. will cut up to 3000 more jobs, the company announced today at a meeting with investors in...
Light Changed to Matter, Then Stopped and Moved By converting light into matter and then back again, physicists have for the first time stopped a light pulse and then restarted it a small distance away. This "quantum mechanical magic trick"...
THz Lasers Small Enough for Screening Devices It might not be science fiction for long: Miniaturized terahertz laser technology may enable the use of a revolutionary new technique that detects dangerous materials through analysis of their unique...
'Optics on a Chip' Melds Photonic Circuitry, Silicon Using microphotonics, researchers have split the light from an optic fiber in an integrated, on-chip way, controlled the random polarization of the two beams and then reconnected them. The...
Bruker BioSciences Prices Stock Offering X-ray technology and molecular analysis tool maker Bruker BioSciences said today it priced a public offering of 10.4 million shares of its common stock at $7.10 per share. That represents a discount...
Study: Nanotech Hiring Climbs; Talent Lacking Companies, universities, governments and economic development groups are "keenly focused" on nanotechnology’s potential to create new products and services -- and the jobs that come with them -- but...
NanoSensors Acquiring DKL International Nanotechnology company NanoSensors Inc., a developer of instruments and sensors to detect explosives, chemical and biological agents, announced it will acquire privately-held DKL International...
'Maxwell's Demon' Becomes a Reality An idea conceived by an eminent scientist nearly 150 years ago has finally been realized with a tiny machine that could eventually lead to lasers moving objects remotely. James Clerk Maxwell, who...
IPG Photonics and Newport Settle Patent Lawsuit Laser industry rivals IPG Photonics Corp. and Newport Corp. today announced that the two companies have settled patent infringement claims made against IPG Photonics by Spectra-Physics Inc., a...
NSF Requests $6.43 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. proposed today an investment of $6.43 billion in fiscal year 2008 for agency programs to advance frontiers of research and education in...
X-Ray System Aims to Show Skeletal Movement in 3-D A new technology is being created that will allow doctors and scientists to do the seemingly impossible: See inside living humans and animals and watch their bones move in three dimensions as they...
Artificial Atoms Make Microwave Photons Countable Using artificial atoms on a chip, physicists have taken the next step toward quantum computing by demonstrating that the particle nature of microwave photons can now be detected. Quantum theories...
Method Quickly Judges Nanotube Purity A sensitive new method has been developed for quickly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial tests show that the method is not only faster than the standard technique but also screens...
Emerging Technology and Trends on Tap at OFC/NFOEC The future of optical communications, including broadband, fiber-to-the-home and growing bandwidth demands, as well as cutting-edge technology and industry trends, will be discussed at the 2007...
Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Biosensors A novel approach to synthesizing nanowires (NWs) allows their direct integration with microelectronic systems for the first time, as well as their ability to act as highly sensitive biomolecule...
Triangle Leads Funding for Laser Startup Klastech Klastech Karpushko Laser Technology GmbH announced it has received €2.1 million in its Series A funding round, led by Triangle Venture Capital Group, which focuses on university and research...
ACQUISITIONS
NanoSensors Acquiring DKL International Nanotechnology company NanoSensors Inc., a developer of instruments and sensors to detect explosives, chemical and biological agents, announced it will acquire privately-held DKL International Inc. of Vienna, Va., in a cash and stock deal. DKL International is a supplier of passive detection technology and related products to the homeland security, defense, military, law enforcement, security,...
PRODUCTS
FlexProbe FlexProbe is a fiber-optic extension for First Defender systems. First Defender, Ahura’s lightweight, rugged handheld instrument for field-based chemical identification, is now available with FlexProbe, an optional one-meter fiber-optic extension probe. Applications include: Accurate measurements in hard-to reach locations Insertion into drums, pails and waste containers In situ analysis of...
Thermo Scientific
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First Defender Chemical ID System The First Defender handheld chemical identification system is the only lightweight, rugged handheld instrument for the immediate identification of unknown solids, liquids and mixtures even through...
Thermo Scientific
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GeminEye Dual Modular Day/Night Imaging System QuickSet's GeminEye modular imaging system. GeminEye delivers high-performance in a small package and is designed to be configurable to different applications. Based on the company's new QPT-LT dual...
Moog Inc.
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Conduction-Cooled, Fiber-Coupled Multibar Module MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- A series of conduction cooled, multibar-based, fiber-coupled diode laser modules from Dilas produce up to 200-W continuous wave (CW) power and have potential applications in solid-state and fiber...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
PulseLife CCP Lasers SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2007 -- A new series of conductively cooled semiconductor laser bars from laser-based solutions provider Coherent Inc. offers both high power and extended lifetime, even under adverse operating conditions,...
Coherent Inc.
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NIRX-SR 'Super Range' Spectrometers TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 23, 2007 -- StellarNet Inc., a maker of miniature fiber-optic spectrometers and accessories for spectroscopic and optical measurements, has announced the NIRX-SR, a "super range" series of spectrometers for the...
StellarNet Inc.
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NIR Conduction-Cooled Diode Lasers MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Dilas's new conduction-cooled, near-infrared (NIR) diode laser emits 60 W continuous-wave (CW) power at 808 and 980 nm from a single 19-emitter bar. Available in the industry-standard (25 mm x 25 mm)...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
CXR-FS Fluorescence System TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 23, 2007 -- StellarNet Inc., a maker of miniature fiber optic spectrometers and accessories for spectroscopic and optical measurements, has announced the CXR-FS, a low-cost system for fluorescence spectroscopy....
StellarNet Inc.
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Dual Detector Spectrometers TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 22, 2007 -- The DUAL-DSR spectrometers from miniature fiber optic spectrometer maker StellarNet Inc. are fiber optically coupled instruments that cover a "super range" from 0.2-2.3 µm for spectroscopy...
StellarNet Inc.
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10-kW Diode Laser System with Homogenized Beam MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- A new 10-kW diode laser system from Dilas has a homogenized tophat beam profile and targets applications in materials testing and surface treatment. Dilas said the 10-kW laser head is built from its...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
Fiber-Coupled Conduction-Cooled Diode Laser Bars MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Dilas has introduced fiber-coupled conduction-cooled diode laser bars at 880 and 976 nm. The 880 nm fiber coupled bar can deliver up to 30W of continuous (CW) high power out of a 400-µm output...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
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1470-nm Fiber-Coupled Module MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Dilas has introduced a high-brightness 1470-nm, single-wavelength, fiber-coupled module that produces up to 80 W continuous wave (CW) power from a very compact package. A high-brightness, compact...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
LFx40 Diode Laser System MAINZ, Germany, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Dilas has introduced a line focus 400 W diode laser system, (LFx40) that supports a wide variety of applications in the field of material processing, such as simultaneous or mask welding of plastics,...
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH
LIBS2500 Spectroscopy System DUNEDIN, Fla., Feb. 22, 2007 -- The LIBS2500, the next-generation laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system from optical sensing solutions provider Ocean Optics, takes LIBS technology to the next level, permitting instant...
Ocean Optics - Part of Ocean Insight
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Optical Elements for Lasers MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 21, 2007 -- Elk Industries LLC announced the release of its patented optical elements for lasers, a four-sided pyramid made of optical material that the company said can replace many optical elements with a...
Elk Industries, R-K Manufacturing
Volume Phase Holographic Diffraction Gratings Kaiser Optical Systems' UltraSpec volume phase holographic gratings, especially suited for telecom applications, have high dispersion, low PDL and very high efficiency and are not affected by...
Endress+Hauser Optical Analysis Inc.
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KTX Shortwave Infrared Camera SUI (Sensors Unlimited Inc.), part of Goodrich Corp., offers a high-sensitivity shortwave infrared (SWIR) SU320KTX-1.7 RT camera for easy system integration. The ultracompact (less than 3.8 in.)...
Sensors Unlimited Inc. - A Collins Aerospace Company
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Amber, Orange & Yellow Power DomiLED MELAKA, Malaysia, Feb. 13, 2007 -- LED maker Dominant Semiconductors introduces the brightest single-chip high-power amber, orange and yellow LED in a PLCC-4 package, which produces maximum light output of 7.4 lm at an operating...
DOMINANT Opto Technologies
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Optical Fiber and Capillary Tubing Online Polymicro Technologies offers prepackaged optical fiber and capillary tubing, which can be ordered online: capillary tubing in 10-, 25- and 50-meter spools and optical fiber in 10-, 25-, 50 -and...
Molex - Polymicro
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Pulsed Seeder Laser Unit BERLIN, Feb. 7, 2007 -- Lumics GmbH, a manufacturer of laser diode and fiber laser assemblies, announced the release of the LU1064K1001 pulsed seeder laser unit with an optical output of 1 W peak power from single-mode...
Lumics GmbH
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VectorMark 5-HP Workstation FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 5, 2007 -- Trumpf will introduce its VectorMark 5-HP workstation, a high-performance version of the VectorMark 5, to the North American market at the MD&M West medical design and manufacturing conference...
TRUMPF Inc.
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XLamp XR-E LEDs DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 5, 2007 -- Cree Inc., a maker of LED solid-state lighting components, announced that flashlight maker Favour Light Enterprise Ltd. of Hong Kong has selected Cree's new XLamp XR-E power LEDs for its LED camping...
Wolfspeed Inc.
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3CCD Remote-Head Camera IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 2, 2007 -- High sensitivity (800-line resolution) and interchangeable heads make a new 3CCD remote-head IK-TU51 camera system from Toshiba Imaging Systems Div. ideal for a variety of industrial, entertainment...
CANON MEDICAL COMPONENTS U.S.A., Video Sensing Devices
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