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Researchers Demonstrated World's Smallest Microwave Oven

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and George Mason University have demonstrated what is probably the world's smallest microwave oven, a tiny mechanism that can heat a pinhead-sized drop of liquid inside a container slightly shorter than an ant and half as wide as a single hair.

12 Nov 2007

New Technique Makes Imaging Individual Atoms 100 Times Faster

Using an existing technique in a novel way, Cornell physicist Keith Schwab and colleagues at Cornell and Boston University have made the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) -- which can image individual atoms on a surface -- at least 100 times faster.

12 Nov 2007

Laser Marking Fully Compliant with FDA Requirements

DSM said this week that its Micabs laser marking additive is now fully compliant with the food contact requirements of the US FDA and EU framework directive 1935/2004.

12 Nov 2007

Hi-Tech Helmets For Fighter Pilots with X-Ray Vision

Pilots flying the next generation of jet fighters will use futuristic, Star Wars-style helmets, the Ministry of Defence has revealed.

12 Nov 2007

Glaucoma as Manifestation of a Larger Disease

Glaucoma has long been considered a disease of the eye. For most of the 20th century, it was equated with elevated intraocular pressure. Yet, over the past two decades, an increasing number of non-pressure-dependent risk factors have been identified, suggesting that glaucoma can be broadly defined as the final common pathway of a number of different disorders that affect the eye.

12 Nov 2007

First-Ever Success in Peering Closely at Radioactive Decay of Isotope

Radioactivity, discovered more than 100 years ago and studied by physicists ever since, would seem to be a relatively closed subject in science. However, since the 1960s, the pursuit of at least one open question about how nuclei spontaneously eject various particles has continued to nag experimentalists, largely because of an inability to make precise measurements of fleeting, exotic nuclei.

12 Nov 2007

Fiber Optics to Help Boost Solar Efficiency

Energy Focus said Friday it won a $1 million contract to help develop high-efficiency solar cells.

12 Nov 2007

Dominar Acquired Optical Technology Company

Dominar, a designer and manufacturer of optical coatings, has completed a total acquisition of Ellis Optical Technologies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

12 Nov 2007

Diamond Anvils to View Oxide Glass Structures Under Pressure

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used a uniquely-constructed perforated diamond cell to investigate oxide glass structures at high pressures in unprecedented detail.

12 Nov 2007

Cosmic Ray Mystery Source - Supermassive Black Holes

The most energetic particles in the universe - ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays - likely come from supermassive black holes in the hearts of nearby active galaxies, says a study by scientists from nearly 90 research institutions worldwide, including the University of Utah.

12 Nov 2007

BIOLASE Granted Two New U.S Patents

BIOLASE Technology, Inc., the world's leading dental laser company, announced today that it has been granted two new U.S. patents for technologies that can enhance the functionality and usability of the Company's Waterlase MD all-tissue laser system. The first patent covers laser delivery technology for ablating tissue while simultaneously providing the clinician visual images of the target tissue using an integrated camera. The second patent covers the automatic detection of different types of fiber tips that can be used in a variety of procedures without the need for input from the clinician, which can make the laser more flexible and easier to use.

12 Nov 2007