ATLANTA, March 10, 2008 -- A sensor necklace that records the exact time and date when pills are swallowed and reminds the user if doses are missed could help the one in three adults in the US who fail to take their medicines as prescribed, or anyone else who occasionally forgets. "Forgetfulness is a huge problem, especially among the elderly, but so is taking the medication at the wrong time, stopping too early or taking the wrong dose," said Maysam Ghovanloo, assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of...

Mar 10, 2008 — Laser technology developer Aculight Corp. of Bothell, Wash., and fiber laser maker Koheras of Birkerød, Denmark, announced they have signed a joint marketing agreement for Aculight's Argos single-frequency, continuous-wave, multiwatt tunable optical...

Mar 10, 2008 — LightWorks Optics Inc., a Tustin, Calif., developer of optical systems, announced it has opened a high-volume production facility in Vista. The new 10,000-sq-ft facility will provide space for expanded diamond-turning capability, assembly...

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...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., March 10, 2008 -- Noise in graphene-based semiconductor devices can, in fact, be suppressed, it has been discovered. IBM scientists said they have found a way to suppress unwanted interference of electrical signals created when shrinking graphene -- a...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 10, 2008 -- A more flexible way of making diagnostic chips may hold the key to producing tiny medical devices capable of testing for viruses or cancer. The new fabrication method, bottom-up manufacturing, was developed by an interdisciplinary team at...

Mar 10, 2008 — Opnext Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. announced the first wide-temperature range operation of 1310-nm 25 Gb/s EA-DFB (electro-absorption modulator with integrated distributed feedback) lasers for 100 Gigabit Ethernet 10-km, single-mode fiber (SMF)...

Mar 7, 2008 — High-power semiconductor laser manufacturer nLight Corp. of Vancouver, Wash., announced that fiber-optic industry veteran Heikki Ihalainen has been named general manager of Liekki Corp., its fiber division in Lohja, Finland. Ihalainen was most...

Mar 7, 2008 — M-Wave Inc., a provider of custom electronic components and other products from Southeast Asia used in commercial and industrial electronics and contract manufacturing, announced it will move from Franklin Park, Ill., to Itasca, a Chicago suburb....

SALEM, N.H., March 7, 2008 -- With StockerYale’s leading role in doped fiber production for fiber lasers, increasingly important role in providing specialized illumination for machine vision, and ever-increasing sales in medical instrumentation markets, the future looks...

Mar 6, 2008 — Semiconductor components manufacturer Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, announced it has formed an independent division, Aptina Imaging (www.aptina.com), for its CMOS sensor business. Operating independently provides Aptina with more...

Mar 6, 2008 — Robotics companies Adept Technology Inc. of Livermore, Calif., and UK-based Prosurgics announced they will collaborate on developing systems for image-guided and navigated neurological and soft-tissue surgery. The companies cited a BCC Research...

Mar 6, 2008 — The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign physics department has ordered a Triple Seven Ti: sapphire laser and a resonant frequency doubler from Zecotek Photonics Inc., of Vancouver, Canada, for use in quantum research. The tandem device can...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 6, 2008 -- Single-particle electron cryomicroscopy, also known as cryo-EM, has been used to capture a 3-D image of a virus with near atomic-level resolution, the highest level of detail achieved for a living organism of that size. A team led by Wen Jiang,...

Mar 6, 2008 — Biocitech, a life science technology park in Paris, announced it now has an 80 percent occupancy rate with two new rental agreements from Roowin, a maker of specialty chemicals, and Cellectis, a rational genome engineering company. Roowin was...

Mar 6, 2008 — Leadis Technology Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., a developer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced that flat panel display industry veteran I-Wei Wu, PhD, had been elected to its board of directors....

Mar 5, 2008 — KLA-Tencor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., announced that Jeffrey Hall has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective March 31, to pursue another opportunity. Also effective March 31, the company's board of directors...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 5, 2008 -- The kilogram is losing weight, and many in standard-measurement circles believe it should be redefined.  The kilogram is the unit of mass in the International System of Units (abbreviated as SI, from the French Le Système International d'Unités)....

BOULDER, Colo., March 5, 2008 -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $42 million research and development contract to study laser effects on missiles for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the company announced today. The contract will...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 5, 2008 -- Eastman Kodak Co. announced it is acquiring Connecticut-based workflow software developer Design2Launch Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Design2Launch's system of integrated modules is designed to save pharmaceutical, food and beverage,...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 5, 2008 -- The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world's most powerful pulsed neutron spallation source. The SNS recently ramped up beam power to more than 300 kWs in...

Mar 5, 2008 — Zecotek Laser Systems Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Zecotek Photonics Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, has signed an agreement with Fujikura Ltd. Japan to develop, manufacture and commercialize Zecotek and Fujikura laser products, components and...

LONDON, March 4, 2008 -- A device that combines magnetic nanoparticles with an extremely sensitive magnetic microscope could make early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The device was developed by a team from University College...

Mar 4, 2008 — Andor Technology's new Shamrock SR-500 and SR-750 spectrographs are among products it is exhibiting at Pittcon 2008 (Booth 4104), being held this week in New Orleans. Andor said the new Shamrock models, both based on Czerny-Turner optical...

Mar 4, 2008 — Verizon recently announced it will invest $200 million in new broadband technology for Massachusetts in 2008, extending its FiOS TV service to an additional 30 communities and its DSL Internet service to 23 other communities in western...