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Optical Satellite Produces New Image of Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

In this latest image acquired by ESA’s Envisat on Thursday at 16:23 UTC, oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as a dark blue swirl advancing toward the Louisiana coast.

3 May 2010

Technology Insights Issues Report on OptiSol Solar Concentrator Applications

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB:INKN) (OTCBB:INKND), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that Frost & Sullivan's Technology Insights has issued an independent report entitled “Nanotech Technology Alert” on the OptiSol™ Solar Concentrator technology, a proprietary and disruptive nanotechnology-based solar energy concentrator that is being commercialized by wholly-owned subsidiary Shrink Solar LLC, an operating subsidiary of Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.

3 May 2010

Shrink Files Additional Patent Applications on Solar Concentrator Technology

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that in addition to the solar concentrator application which was filed by its major California public university licensor, Shrink has filed new additional patent applications on its landmark solar concentrator technology.

3 May 2010

Motionless Positronium Atoms Can Lead to Development of Gamma Ray Laser

Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium, a brand-new substance, in the laboratory.

3 May 2010

Researchers Study Mechanism of Artificial Muscles Using Atomic-Force Microscopes

Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of "artificial muscles"—how do they work? Their results could influence the design of future specialized robotic tools.

30 Apr 2010

Nuclear Physicist Discovers New Attribute in Electron Cryogenic Emission Using Photomultipliers

Science is detective work so it was not unexpected that new questions would follow old ones as Indiana University Bloomington nuclear physicist Hans-Otto Meyer's work progressed on testing a fundamental symmetry of nature that could lead to understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe.

30 Apr 2010

3-D: Research on This Fantasy Technology

Richard Grunberg, Professor in Ryerson’s School of Radio and Television Arts, is conducting groundbreaking work on audience members’ responses to 3-D and other high definition image formats.

30 Apr 2010

Arecibo Telescope Captures Images of Near-Earth Asteroid

A near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 – on the list of potentially dangerous asteroids – was observed with the Arecibo Telescope’s planetary radar on April 19, 2010 when it was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth, which is about 6 times the distance to the moon, according to Michael Nolan, director of the Arecibo Observatory.

30 Apr 2010

New Reference Designs from IXYS Feature Zilog MCUs for Advanced LED Lighting Control

IXYS Corporation (Nasdaq: IXYS), a leader in power semiconductors, Mixed signal ICs and MCUs for improved power management, energy efficiency and renewable energy, announced today the introduction of new reference designs that will be demonstrated at the PCIM Europe 2010 show in Nuremberg, Germany, in IXYS Booth 12/401.

30 Apr 2010

NTT Honored for Development of KTN Voltage Controlled Laser Beam Scanner

The CLEO/QELS: 2010 co-sponsors (APS, IEEE Photonics Society, OSA) and Laser Focus World today announced NTT Advanced Technology Corporation as the winner of this year’s CLEO/Laser Focus World Innovation Award.

30 Apr 2010

OSA to Debut New Biomedical Optics Express Journal

The Optical Society (OSA) today announced the editorial board members and feature issue line-up for its newest journal, Biomedical Optics Express, which is now open for submissions.

30 Apr 2010

Latest Report Shows Packet Optical Networking as Cost Saving Method

Though product sales are not yet enormous, packet optical networking is being positioned as a way to realize strong capex and opex savings for network operators, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Insider, a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading.

30 Apr 2010