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New Advance in Cellular Imaging Allowing Scientists to Track Movement of Cells

A new advance in cellular imaging is allowing scientists to better understand the movement of cells in the area around tumors, also known as the tumor microenvironment. In a recent article published in Disease Models + Mechanisms (DMM), dmm.biologists.org, Zena Werb and colleagues used optimized methods of laser microscopy to track the movement of live cells in a mouse model of breast cancer.

17 Sep 2008

Cary Gunn Honored for Innovative Development in Laser Light Technologies

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced that the German private foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung awarded L. Cary Gunn, co-founder and chief technology officer for Luxtera, with the international prize Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis. The jury selected Gunn for his innovative work in the development of laser technology with specific advancements in Silicon CMOS Photonics.

16 Sep 2008

Next Generation Precision Reflectometer for Increased Throughput in Optical Manufacturing

Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, will demonstrate an economical, ultra-high resolution reflectometer, the PR(TM) 4400, at the 2009 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC). This portable, user-friendly instrument is a state-of-the-art tool for measuring reflections as a function of distance and return loss (RL) in a fiber optic system.

16 Sep 2008

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Rare Alignment Between Two Spiral Galaxies

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal tentacles of dust can be seen extending beyond the small galaxy's disk of starlight.

16 Sep 2008

Next Step in Flexible LCD Technology

Kent Displays Inc. (KDI), a Kent State University partner, yesterday took delivery of a roll-to-roll production line which enables the manufacture of flexible displays, representing a significant change in the way liquid crystals will be used in everyday products. This production line, the first of its kind in the world, will increase the supply of flexible, low-power displays for unique product applications such as credit cards, curved surfaces, product tags, and other ePaper applications.

16 Sep 2008

More Powerful Intelligent Microscope Control and Image Analysis from Carl Zeiss

Users in the fields of life sciences and materials microscopy can benefit
from faster, easier-to-use and intelligent microscope control and image evaluation
with the launch of AxioVision 4.7 image analysis software from Carl
Zeiss.

16 Sep 2008

Carl Zeiss Launches Axio Scope.A1 Microscope

Life science research and routine applications will benefit from the outstanding flexibility and adaptability brought to the market by the Axio Scope.A1 microscope from Carl Zeiss. The modular design allows users to configure a microscope to their precise needs, safe in the knowledge that changes and upgrades can be implemented easily and quickly if demands change.

16 Sep 2008

Nikon Instruments Launches New Online Game "Identify the Image"

Nikon Instruments is giving the public the chance to test its skills and interact with microscopic images typically only viewed by scientists with its new online game, "Identify the Image." The game gives playe...

16 Sep 2008

1.2m Telescope Allows Amateurs to Peer into the Heavens at Professional Levels

NJIT physics professor Andrew Gerrard hopes by the end of October to be able to peer through what will be the second largest optical telescope east of Texas. Under his direction, a 1.2-meter diameter, fully-steerable Itek optical telescope will soon be installed far from city lights atop Jenny Jump Mountain, Hope. The site, 1100 feet above sea level, is one of the few dark sky locations left in New Jersey.

15 Sep 2008

Report Addresses Emerging Thin-Film and Organic Photovoltaics Markets

Manufacturing capacity for thin-film and organic photovoltaics is expected to grow from approximately 2 GWp (Gigawatts at peak sunlight) this year to 29 GWp by 2015 according to a new report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here.

15 Sep 2008

MultiSync LCD8205 Ensures Companies Make a Statement

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading stand-alone provider of professional LCD and plasma displays and projectors, announced today its largest LCD yet, the expansive 82-inch NEC MultiSync LCD8205. The professional-grade LCD provides unsurpassed quality, and the ability for companies and organizations to showcase brand messages in an eye-catching, large format, with rich color and amazing clarity.

15 Sep 2008

Veeco Becomes Charter Member of Global Organization that Supports CPV Development

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has become a charter member in the CPV Consortium, a global industry organization that supports the development and long-term success of the concentrator photovoltaics industry, with the goal of providing a low-cost, reliable source of renewable energy.

From Veeco 15 Sep 2008

Technologies Meeting Growing Demands in Organic Photovoltaic

Nano-C, Inc., leading developer of nanostructured carbon materials, today announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover the manufacture of Nano-C's core products, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.

15 Sep 2008

Revolutionary Instrument Wins 2008 R+D 100 award

Hinds Instruments, a leading global supplier of photoelastic modulators (PEMs), today announced it was awarded a 2008 R+D 100 award from R&D Magazine for its Two Modulator Generalized Ellipsometry Microscope (2-MGEM) Optical Anisotropy Factor Measurement System.

12 Sep 2008

Step Forward to One of Mankind's Biggest Dreams and Challenges - Invisibility

A research group of the Departments of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism of the University of Granada(Spain), directed by Professors Jorge Andrés Portí, Alfonso Salinas and Juan Antonio Morente, have taken a step forward with regard to one of mankind's biggest dreams and challenges, often tackled by fiction writers and film makers: invisibility.

12 Sep 2008