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CVI Melles Griot Launches New Compact Laser Head and Universal Controller System

CVI Melles Griot announces the release of its new 26-CRH series compact laser head and universal controller system. In addition to a 50% reduction in footprint over previous versions, this new laser features: three beam size options to simplify optical system design; a true "off" in modulation; and the new Universal Controller and power supply.

6 Oct 2008

Launch of HiPER Project Heralds New Era of Laser Science and Energy Research

A new international research project which could one day lead to a new source of safe, abundant clean energy for Earth was launched today by scientists, engineers and Ministers from across Europe, at a special event and press conference at the Science Museum in London.

6 Oct 2008

Wireless Communications Technology Based on Visible Light

Boston University's College of Engineering is a partner launching a major program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio waves. Researchers expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes, or LEDs, to create "Smart Lighting" that would be faster and more secure than current network technology.

6 Oct 2008

New Graduate Program in Optical Sensing and Imaging Being Established at CU-Boulder

A new graduate program in computational optical sensing and imaging is being established at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall with the awarding of a $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.

6 Oct 2008

New Center will Pursue Innovations in Smart Lighting

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the establishment of five new NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) for the development of interdisciplinary research and education programs in partnership with industry. The NSF ERCs share the goal of advancing knowledge, technology, and innovations that address significant societal problems and provide the workforce and technical foundation for economic competitiveness. NSF will invest approximately $92.5 million in the centers over the next five years.

6 Oct 2008

Extracting Water from the Moon and Mars by Shooting Microwave into their Surface

When astronauts land on the Moon in the not too distant future, it's possible they will be visiting an outpost where they can pick up some fuel and a refreshing container of liquid.

6 Oct 2008

New VFL Field Instrument Quickly and Easily Locates Damages in Optical Fiber

JDSU today announced the release of the pocket-sized FFL-050 (fiber fault locator) and the ruggedized FFL-100 Visual Fault Locators (VFL) for installing and troubleshooting fiber optic cable.

6 Oct 2008

World's First Quantum City

Physicists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Quantum Technology are all set to install a quantum communication security solutionover the eThekwini Municipality fibre-optic network infrastructure propelling the City of Durban to become the world's first Quantum City.

6 Oct 2008

Forum Focuses on New R+D in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy

A special Thin Film Photovoltaics Forum will focus on new developments and groundbreaking research in the field of solar energy during the 5th Annual International Congress of Nano Bio Clean Tech 2008, October 27-30, at the San Francisco Airport Mariott Hotel.

6 Oct 2008

nLIGHT Ranked Third in the Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State

nLIGHT Corporation (nLIGHT), a leading supplier of high-power semiconductor lasers and high-performance fibers, is pleased to announce that Deloitte has recognized nLIGHT as one of the top companies in its prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Washington State.

5 Oct 2008

European X-Ray Laser Project is One Step Closer

A brilliantly bright light source that can examine the detail of atoms at a microscopic level is one step closer, thanks to the adoption of a Europe-wide convention, says a leading scientist from Imperial College London.

3 Oct 2008

Solar Thin Films to Acquire BudaSolar Technologies

Solar Thin Films, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of manufacturing equipment for the production of "thin-film" amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, has, through Kraft Elektronikai Zrt ("Kraft"), its wholly-owned main operating subsidiary, signed a definitive stock exchange agreement to acquire BudaSolar Technologies Co. Ltd. ("BudaSolar"). BudaSolar, headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, designs and markets turnkey systems for the production of "thin-film" amorphous silicon solar modules.

3 Oct 2008

IMEC to Collaborate on Green LED Manufacturing Technology

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (TNSC), a total solution provider in the compound semiconductor field, today announce that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop manufacturing technology for high efficiency LED (light-emitting diode) devices. The agreement marks the first time Taiyo Nippon Sanso collaborates with an advanced research center based in Europe.

From imec Inc. 3 Oct 2008

First-Ever Conference on Photonic Integration Marks Growing Recognition of Key Enabling Technology

Infinera representatives will speak at the OIDA Photonic Integration Forum next week on subjects including the next commercial photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to emerge from Infinera's labs and long-term future applications of photonic integration technology.

2 Oct 2008

Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Depression in Patients Diagnosed with AMD

Researchers at the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University and the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University were recently awarded a $3.7 million grant from The National Eye Institute to study depression in patients diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

2 Oct 2008