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Boston's First Official Skyscraper has Undergone a Long-Awaited Lighting Makeover

Boston's first official skyscraper, the Marriott Custom House Tower, has undergone a long-awaited lighting makeover to reclaim its skyline prominence in a smart and sustainable way. Formerly lit by incandescent-based fixtures that had fallen into disrepair, the Tower has been restored to its fully-illuminated state using LED fixtures that consume just one third the energy of the previous sources.

12 Nov 2008

Sign Companies Report Decline in Neon Due to Energy and Maintenance Savings of LED

The letters still glow bright red, but ComEd's prominent sign atop its Oakbrook Terrace headquarters has gone green. The electric utility recently completed replacing the sign's old neon illumination with LED lights that consume nearly 90 percent less energy, last longer, and require less maintenance.

12 Nov 2008

Cutting-Edge Optical Tweezers May Enable Sensitive Blood Tests

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented "optical tweezers" technique for detecting and measuring very small concentrations of a biological substance-such as a virus on a surface.

12 Nov 2008

LIA Honours Prof. Ostendorf for his Contributions to International Laser Research

Hardly unpacked his bags at the RUB and already receiving honours in the USA: Prof. Andreas Ostendorf, holder of the chair for laser applications technology at the RUB (faculty of mechanical engineering) since 1.10. has recently been appointed a fellow of the renowned Laser Institute of America (LIA).

12 Nov 2008

Tegal Receives Repeat Order for 901ACS Plasma Etch System from Leading Opto-Semiconductor Manufacturer

Tegal Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of LEDs, MEMS, integrated circuits, and nanotechnology devices, announced today that it received another follow-on order for an additional Tegal 901ACS unit from a leading opto-semiconductor / LED manufacturer.

12 Nov 2008

Super-Tough Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Imagine sunglasses that can withstand the severe cold and heat of space, a barrage of radiation and high-speed impacts from small space debris. They don't exist, but Northrop Grumman engineers have created a Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope that can withstand all of those elements.

12 Nov 2008

Consortium to Pursue the Development of the Most Technologically Advanced Bionic Eye

Tens of thousands of people with severe vision loss are set to benefit after the announcement today of a landmark partnership of world-leading Australian research institutes.

12 Nov 2008

ARIA International to License 3DIcon's CSpace 3-D Imaging Technology

3DIcon Corporation (OTCBB: TDCP), a development-stage technology company, announced today it has signed a licensing agreement with ARIA International Incorporated to license 3DIcon's CSpace™ three-dimensional imaging technology in select military and homeland security applications.

12 Nov 2008

State-of-the-Art Imaging Tools Specifically Chosen for Studying Food Microstructure

The National Food Imaging Centre (NFIC) based at the Teagasc Moorepark Research Centre is the first of its kind in Ireland and comprises a suite of state-of-the-art imaging tools specifically chosen for studying food microstructure.

12 Nov 2008

The MiniTower Telescope Mount Named "Hot Products 2009" by Sky and Telescope Magazine

The MiniTower(TM) Telescope Mount developed by iOptron Corporation has been named "Hot Products 2009" by Sky and Telescope Magazine, the world-wide leading publication for amateur astronomy. This is the second year in a row an iOptron product has received such a prestigious award.

12 Nov 2008

Avago Technologies Announces New Line of FieldBus Optical Fiber Transmitter and Receiver Modules

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a new line of FieldBus optical fiber transmitter and receiver modules.

12 Nov 2008

New Competitively Priced Single- and Dual-Digit Displays Ideal for Height Constrained Applications

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a full series of single- and dual-digit seven segment surface mount displays for use in applications where height is constrained.

12 Nov 2008

UT Purchases Three Rigaku XRD Instruments to Establish Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research XRD Facility

Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has purchased three Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments to establish a Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research X-ray Diffraction Facility, which was funded by a Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation (CRIF:MU) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

12 Nov 2008

University of Notre Dame Joins the LED University Program

Cree, Inc., a leader in LED lighting, announces that the University of Notre Dame is joining the LED University(tm) program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs across their campuses.

11 Nov 2008

New Step in the Development of Optical Probes in Chemistry

Prof David Parker from Durham University's Chemistry Department was working with experts from Glasgow University, and a team of international researchers, when they discovered dramatic changes in the way that light was emitted by optical probes during a series of experiments.

11 Nov 2008

Optics & Photonics News

Boston's First Official Skyscraper has Undergone a Long-Awaited Lighting Makeover

Sign Companies Report Decline in Neon Due to Energy and Maintenance Savings of LED

Cutting-Edge Optical Tweezers May Enable Sensitive Blood Tests

LIA Honours Prof. Ostendorf for his Contributions to International Laser Research

Tegal Receives Repeat Order for 901ACS Plasma Etch System from Leading Opto-Semiconductor Manufacturer

Super-Tough Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Consortium to Pursue the Development of the Most Technologically Advanced Bionic Eye

ARIA International to License 3DIcon's CSpace 3-D Imaging Technology

State-of-the-Art Imaging Tools Specifically Chosen for Studying Food Microstructure

The MiniTower Telescope Mount Named "Hot Products 2009" by Sky and Telescope Magazine

Avago Technologies Announces New Line of FieldBus Optical Fiber Transmitter and Receiver Modules

New Competitively Priced Single- and Dual-Digit Displays Ideal for Height Constrained Applications

UT Purchases Three Rigaku XRD Instruments to Establish Cyber-Enabled Teaching/Research XRD Facility

University of Notre Dame Joins the LED University Program

New Step in the Development of Optical Probes in Chemistry

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