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A Surprising Twist to Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a remarkable biological process that supports life on earth. Plants and photosynthetic microbes do so by harvesting light to produce their food, and in the process, also provide vital oxygen for animals and people.

11 May 2009

A Material that is More Dense than the Core of the Sun is Being Produced at University of Gothenburg

A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University of Gothenburg. The scientists working with this material are aiming for an energy process that is both more sustainable and less damaging to the environment than the nuclear power used today.

11 May 2009

The Knowledge Foundation Releases Program Update for the 14th Biodetection Technologies Conference

The Knowledge Foundation today released a Program update for the 14th Biodetection Technologies conference which will be held at the Marriott Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD from June 25-26, 2009.

11 May 2009

LED - Emotionalize Your Light

In the "LED - Emotionalize your light" competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the "light enthusiast" community.

11 May 2009

Grant Allows Lyncean to Develop 'Differential Phase Contrast Imaging' with Unique X-Ray Beam

Lyncean Technologies, Inc. has just received a Phase I SBIR grant of $1,296,403 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to develop "Differential Phase Contrast Imaging" using the unique x-ray beam produced by the Compact Light Source (CLS).

11 May 2009

EFRC Focusing on Light-Material Interactions

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). That EFRC will be headed by Harry Atwater, the Howard Hughes Professor and professor of applied physics and materials science.

11 May 2009

SiliconCore Technology Begins Mass Production with SANYO

SiliconCore Technology, a leading fabless analog products company, today announced that one of its Laser Diode Driver (LDD) devices has started mass production with SANYO’s slim type Optical Pick-up Unit (OPU).

11 May 2009

Nanocrystal that Constantly Emits Light

For more than a decade, scientists have been frustrated in their attempts to create continuously emitting light sources from individual molecules because of an optical quirk called "blinking," but now scientists at the University of Rochester have uncovered the basic physics behind the phenomenon, and along with researchers at the Eastman Kodak Company, created a nanocrystal that constantly emits light.

10 May 2009

Hubble Telescope to Receive High-Tech Upgrade

Scientists and engineers now creating new technologies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have realized they can be used to enhance the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the upcoming servicing mission.

8 May 2009

Scientists Develop Efficient Method to Detect Entanglement Shared Among Multiple Parts of an Optical System

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They show how entanglement, in the form of beams of light simultaneously propagating along four distinct paths, can be detected with a surprisingly small number of measurements.

8 May 2009

BluGlass Signs Exclusive Sales and Marketing License Agreement LED Company

BluGlass Limited today announced that it has signed a term sheet outlining the material, terms and conditions to be encompassed in an Exclusive Sales and Marketing License Agreement with BLK CO., LTD (BLK) of Korea.

8 May 2009

New Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Identifies New Pulsar

A massive star can die when its core collapses in on itself, causing an explosion called a supernova. Some of the most important remnants of supernovae are pulsars-extremely dense stars composed mainly of neutrons.

7 May 2009

NREL Solar Cell Wins Federal Technology Transfer Prize

A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funded research.

7 May 2009

Traveling at the Light Speed from Science Fiction to Science

With the new movie ‘Star Trek’ opening in theaters across the nation, one thing movie goers will undoubtedly see is the Starship Enterprise racing across the galaxy at the speed of light. But can traveling at warp speed ever become a reality?

7 May 2009

CIG Implements Discrete Optics With Mindspeed's Burst-Mode Laser Driver to Cost Reduce Optical Network Terminals

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Mindspeed's M02090 laser driver with integrated limiting amplifier and M02015 high sensitivity transimpedance amplifier (TIA) have enabled Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) to implement a bi-directional optical sub-assembly (BOSA) on-board design in dual closed loop configuration, significantly reducing the cost of optical network terminals (ONTs) for fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) applications.

7 May 2009