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Atom Interferometer Tests Redshift
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 19, 2010 - While airplane and rocket experiments have proved that gravity makes clocks tick more slowly – a central prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity – a new experiment in an atom interferometer measures this slowdown 10,000 times...
Photonics West 2010 Sets Records
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2010 — SPIE Photonics West completed its debut at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week with the final attendance count at 18,327, a record for the event. The new venue was a hit with attendees, and provided welcome room for growth. Both the...
IPG Founder Wins LIA’s Top Honor
Nov 10, 2009 — Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman and CEO of high-power fiber laser maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford, Mass., has received the 2009 Arthur L. Schawlow Award, the highest honor given by the Laser Institute of America (LIA). The prize was...
Light Made Audible
NEUHERBERG, Germany, July 1, 2009 -- Using a process that makes light audible, bioengineers in Germany developed a technique that allows 3-D optical and fluorescence imaging of tissue to a depth of several centimeters, allowing whole-body visualization of adult zebra fish.
China Puts Atoms on a Chip
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 16, 2008 -- Researchers in China have successfully developed the country's first atom-chip system -- a milestone in ultracold atom research and quantum information storage technologies -- and at least one Nobel Prize laureate is impressed. A research team...
Clemson Names Optical Science Lab for Nobel Winner
Oct 28, 2008 — Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., has recognized Nobel Prize-winning physicist Charles H. Townes, credited as the father of quantum electronics, by officially naming its optical science laboratories in his honor. The sign for the Charles H....
Particle Physicists Get Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 7, 2008 -- An American and two Japanese physicists whose theoretical insights have provided a deeper understanding of what happens inside the tiniest building blocks of matter will share the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2008, the Royal Swedish Academy of...
Transistor Inventor Dies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 8, 2008 -- Morgan Sparks, inventor of the first practical transistor and a former director of Sandia National Laboratories, has died. Sparks died on Saturday at his daughter's home in Fullerton, Calif., Sandia National Labs said in a statement. He was 91....
Mass Spectrometrist Burnaby Munson Named AIC Chemical Pioneer
Mar 10, 2008 — University of Delaware (UD) mass spectrometrist Burnaby Munson, PhD, has been named a 2008 Chemical Pioneer by the American Institute of Chemists (AIC), the university announced. The award will be presented May 16 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation...
Maiman Tribute Set at CLEO
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 7, 2008 -- A symposium in honor of Theodore Maiman (see also: Laser Inventor Dies at 79), inventor of the first operable laser and twice nominated for a Nobel Prize, will be among topics at CLEO/QELS, to be held May 4-9 at the San Jose McEnery Convention...
Nanotechnologists Win Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9, 2007 -- Two Europeans were awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics today for their discovery of a new technology for reading information stored on hard drives. Their research, one of the first applications of nanotechnology, has allowed the shrinking of...
EURYI Winners Announced
STRASBOURG, France, Sept. 24, 2007 -- Researchers with big plans for molecular optoelectronic nanodevices, antimatter and biological nanomachines are among the 20 winners of the European Young Investigator (EURYI) awards for 2007. The awards are bestowed through scientific peer review...
UCF's Townes Laser Institute to be Dedicated on Friday
May 1, 2007 — The Townes Laser Institute, a new laser technology center of excellence within The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, will be dedicated May 4 in honor of Nobel laureate Charles H. Townes. Townes, 91,...
MRI Creator, Nobel Laureate Paul Lauterbur Dies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 28, 2007 -- Paul C. Lauterbur, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2003 for his pioneering work in the development of magnetic resonance imaging, died Tuesday at his home in Urbana, Ill., from kidney disease. He was 77. Paul C. Lauterbur A member of the faculty at...
'Big Bang' Research Wins Physics Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 3, 2006 -- Two US scientists today received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work, which analyzed background radiation left from the beginnings of the universe and provided researchers with a better understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars....
3 Optics Researchers Win Nobels
Oct 4, 2005 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 4 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics today to three scientists -- two Americans and a German -- working in the field of optics. One half of this year's $1.3 million prize was awarded...
Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Optics Research
Oct 4, 2005 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 4 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics today to three scientists -- two Americans and a German -- working in the field of optics. One half of this year's $1.3 million prize was awarded...
'Halogen Bond' Rediscovered
Jan 13, 2005 — CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 13 -- Biochemists have "rediscovered" and characterized an important type of chemical bond -- the "halogen bond" -- that once formed the basis for a Nobel Prize but has been largely ignored for decades and never explored for...
3 Win Nobel for 'Everything' Theory Work
Oct 5, 2004 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 5 -- Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize today for a "colorful" discovery in the world of quarks, the building blocks of the atomic nucleus. The work, which involves the dominant, or "color," force...
3 Win Nobel for 'Everything' Theory Work
Oct 5, 2004 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 5 -- Three American scientists won the 2004 Nobel physics prize today for a "colorful" discovery in the world of quarks, the building blocks of the atomic nucleus. The work, which involves the dominant, or "color," force...
MRI Researcher Says He Deserved Nobel
Oct 10, 2003 — NEW YORK -- Raymond Damadian, president and founder of Fonar Corp., a Melville, N.Y.-based maker of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, ran ads in newspapers including The New York Times today saying he should have been included in this...
MRI Researchers Share Nobel Prize
Oct 6, 2003 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 -- American Paul C. Lauterbur and Briton Peter Mansfield received the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine today for their discoveries in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Lauterbur, director of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance...
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