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‘Tabletop’ Particle Accelerator Built PASAISEAU, France, Dec. 8, 2006 -- A team of French researchers said they have developed a compact laser-plasma accelerator that uses two colliding laser pulses to produce highly stable and reproducible electron streams. High-energy particle accelerators, which can generate focused beams of highly energetic electrons, currently exist only in large-scale facilities like the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in California, the International Linear Collider (ILC) at Fermilab outside Chicago and CERN, the European...
Supercomputing Equipment to Advance Computational Biology TROY, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2006 -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said they will continue to advance the frontiers of computational science with the help of IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer. Awarded under IBM’s Shared University Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene...
Superstable Glass May Aid Drug Delivery MADISON, Wis., Dec. 8, 2006 -- A new method has been developed for crafting some of the most stable glasses ever formed, materials that are strong and durable like crystal. Its creators hope the superstable glass can one day be used to deliver medicines inside the body. Using...
Laser Pulses Help DNA 'Express' Itself CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2006 -- For the first time, scientists have applied a laser pulse to heat up a protein-DNA complex, and discovered that the dynamics of the bound DNA change in response to the disturbance, with the DNA appearing to bend on its own. Among the many genes...
Pittsburgh Mayor Welcomes Farfield Group Dec 7, 2006 — Representatives of the Farfield Group Ltd., based in Crewe, England, were guests of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mayor Luke Ravenstahl at a reception held last month at his office in downtown Pittsburgh. Farfield Scientific Inc., a supplier of analytical...
Saudi Arabia to Build Separate Women's Science Center JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 7, 2006 -- Saudi Arabia is opening a women's education center in Riyadh for nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology research "as part of the government’s drive to empower women," the Arab News reported this week. The Ministry of Education...
Nanomotor Assessed for Treating AIDS, Cancer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 6, 2006 -- The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a multidisciplinary team $7 million over five years to study the potential use of a nanomotor -- a microscopic biological machine -- in diagnosing and treating diseases such as cancer, AIDS,...
Waves in Ultrashort Laser Pulses Measured, Controlled LONDON, Dec. 6, 2006 -- A technique has been perfected for very accurately measuring and controlling the electromagnetic waves within some of the shortest laser pulses ever made. Scientists need to fully understand and control these laser pulses before they can use them to...
Era of High-Speed Optical Computing Approaching CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 5, 2006 -- Physicists have discovered a way to manipulate the transmission of optical signals in tiny wires, dramatically slowing, stopping or even speeding them up to velocities faster than the speed of light -- a major advance that could open the door to a...
High-Res Scan Reveals Cartilage in 3-D ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2006 -- By combining two existing technologies, researchers have created a new noninvasive, high-resolution way to image cartilage. The technique shows promise in research on the progression and treatment of osteoarthritis, a common degenerative...
Iridex Buying Laserscope Aesthetics Unit MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 4, 2006 -- Therapeutic-based laser systems maker Iridex Corp. announced that it will acquire the laser aesthetics business of Laserscope, a provider of medical laser systems. The $28 million stock-and-cash transaction will nearly double its revenue in 2007,...
Particle Physics Pioneer Dies ITHACA, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2006 -- Particle physics pioneer Bernard Gittelman, 74, Cornell University professor emeritus of physics, died in Ithaca on Nov. 25, the university reported. The cause of death was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease)....
Bruker Awards Scholarships at MRS Meeting BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2006 -- Hsiu-Wen Wang, a geological sciences graduate student at Indiana University (IU), Bloomington, and Christian Long, a doctoral student with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Center for Superconductivity Research at the...
OptoSigma: 'Our High Tech is Our High Touch' SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2006 - Optical thin-film coating specialist OptoSigma Corp. has invested money in a lot of new technologies over its 11-year history, but an automated phone system isn't one of them. "Our people are our best-kept secret," said Sales Manager Michelle...
PerkinElmer Acquiring German Company for $30M WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 1, 2006 -- Health sciences company PerkinElmer Inc. today announced it is acquiring Evotec Technologies GmbH in a cash transaction valued at approximately $30 million. Based in Hamburg, Germany, Evotec Technologies, a subsidiary of Evotec AG, provides high...
'RoboLobster' Part of Smithsonian Exhibit NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2006 -- A biomimetic underwater robot, "RoboLobster," will be one of the innovations featured in the "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" series exhibition, to be held Dec. 8, 2006 through July 29, 2007, at the Smithsonian Institution’s...
Biophotonics Market Predicted to Hit $133 Billion by 2016 Nov 29, 2006 — The biophotonics industry -- a combination of photon-based experimental manipulation and advanced optical imaging to examine biological functions at the cellular level -- is growing at approximately 31 percent annually, with worldwide revenues...
Lasers 'Turn On' Genes in Butterfly Wings BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 29, 2006 -- An innovative tool has been developed that allows scientists studying "nonmodel" organisms to directly test the function of certain genes, even without genome sequencing information. The University of Buffalo (UB) researchers demonstrated their...
Nanoparticles Viewed in 3-D DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 28, 2006 -- A new x-ray microscope has been devised that can, for the first time, examine nanoparticles -- materials smaller in scale than one billionth of a meter -- in three dimensions. The device could be used to make better materials for electronics, optics...
Cutting Edge 'Nanoknife' Made GAITHERSBURG, Md.. & BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 27, 2006 -- Researchers have designed a carbon nanotube knife that, in theory, would work like a cheese slicer, precisely cutting thin slices of cells. The scientists said the "nanoknife" could one day become a tabletop biology tool. The research team from...
French Contingent to Revisit Photonics West SEATTLE, Nov. 27, 2006 -- For the fourth year in a row, French companies have joined forces to attend Photonics West, being held Jan. 20-25, 2007, at the San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau in San Jose, Calif. The French Pavilion will be located in Hall 3 at Booth...
CT Scanner to Check Aircraft Components Nov 21, 2006 — Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. of Tustin, Calif. said its Aquilion LB computed tomography (CT) scanner will by used to help ensure the reliability of aircraft parts as part of Lockheed Martin's nondestructive testing program in Palmdale. The...
Optical Technique Improves 'Virtual Biopsies' BOSTON, Nov. 21, 2006 -- A new optical imaging technique, optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI), can provide three-dimensional microscopic views of the inner surfaces of blood vessels and gastrointestinal organs and could be useful for identifying precancerous lesions and...
Einstein, UAlbany to Make Smallest Cancer Detector BRONX, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2006 -- A $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will enable the study of tumor "microenvironments," where tumors interact with surrounding tissues, cells and chemicals in ways that all too often encourage cancer cells to invade other...
Univ. of Central Florida Laser Center Awarded $4.5M ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17, 2006 -- The University of Central Florida (UCF) laser research center received $4.5 million in funding and a designation as a state Center of Excellence on Thursday. UCF’s Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE) laser technology initiative is one...
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