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Researchers Analyze Planet’s Atmosphere Using Multi-Object Spectroscopy

When astronomers discovered planet GJ 1214b circling a star more than 47 light-years from Earth in 2009, their data presented two possibilities. Either it was a mini-Neptune shrouded in a thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, or it was a water world nearly three times the size of Earth.

19 Feb 2013

Princeton Instruments IsoPlane Spectrograph Wins Prestigious Prism Award for Photonics Innovation

Princeton Instruments is pleased to announce the company’s IsoPlane imaging spectrograph has won SPIE’s Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the category of Detectors, Sensing, Imaging and Cameras.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 18 Feb 2013

Researchers Demonstrate Capabilities of 2D UV Spectroscopy in Study of Heme Proteins

Unravelling electron and energy transfer processes of amino-acid residues in bio-systems

14 Feb 2013

Princeton Releases New Microscope Interface for IsoPlane Imaging Spectrograph

Princeton Instruments (Trenton, New Jersey, USA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new microscope interface designed for exclusive use with the company’s recently introduced aberration-free IsoPlane® imaging spectrograph. The Princeton Instruments MicroSpec® microscope interface allows researchers to easily acquire quality images and spectra of their samples with one pre-engineered system.

From Teledyne Princeton Instruments 13 Feb 2013

AstraNet Launch New Low Volume Spectrophotometers for Life Science

AstraNet Systems Ltd (Cambridge, England), a manufacturer of analyser systems based on fibre optic coupled spectrophotometry, is pleased to announce the availability of another new product for the Life Sciences market.

From AstraNet Systems Ltd. 6 Feb 2013

Advantest Develops Two New Spectroscopy Systems

Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), a global leader in test and measurement sciences, has developed two new spectroscopy systems and a new transmittance polarization analysis module for its TAS7500 product series of systems, which employ terahertz waves to perform non-destructive imaging and analysis of samples.

5 Feb 2013

Researchers Demonstrate Nanoscale Photonic Device for Optical Spectroscopy

By bringing nanophotonics technology to traditional optical spectroscopy, a new kind of optical spectrometer with functions of sensing and spectral measurement has been recently demonstrated by a research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

30 Jan 2013

Royal Astronomical Society Honors Durham University Academics

Two rising young stars in the world of astronomy research have been awarded prestigious prizes by the Royal Astronomical Society.

19 Jan 2013

Ultraviolet Telescope Combined with Imaging Spectrograph to Study Sun's Atmosphere

NASA's next Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to study the little-understood lower levels of the sun's atmosphere has been fully integrated and final testing is underway.

19 Jan 2013

Astro Lighting Use GL Optic Mini-Spectrometer and Integrating Sphere from Analytik for High Precision Light Assessment

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, partner with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of handheld and laboratory based spectroradiometers and integrating spheres for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace. Here, Analytik reports on how Astro Lighting makes use of this product in their development of new LED lighting.

10 Jan 2013