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U.S. Army Awards CACI Task Orders to Support Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate

CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded three new task orders, totaling an estimated $57.4 million in value, under its Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract with the U.S. Army. The awards support the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

3 Dec 2007

Completion of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

A preliminary design review has concluded and verified the integrated performance of all subsystems in the Optical Telescope Element on NASA¡¯s James Webb Space Telescope.

3 Dec 2007

Engineers Design Microparticles Using UV Lights

MIT engineers have used ultraviolet light to sculpt three-dimensional microparticles that could have many applications in medical diagnostics and tissue engineering. For example, they could be designed to act as probes to detect certain molecules, such as DNA, or to release drugs or nutrients.

3 Dec 2007

World's First Ground-Layer Adaptive Optics System

A team from the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in collaboration with scientists from Durham University in the United Kingdom and from the University of Leiden and the ASTRON institute in The Netherlands have developed and commissioned at the William Herschel Telescope on the island of La Palma the first ground-layer adaptive optics system in the world that can be used for general astronomical observations.

3 Dec 2007

XsunX Provides Progress Updates to Establish TFPV Manufacturing Infrastructure

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build- out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar module manufacturing facilities, today provided progress updates on its efforts to establish its TFPV manufacturing infrastructure.

3 Dec 2007

Cymer Shows 100W Extreme UV Burst Power

Cymer, Inc., the world's leading supplier of excimer laser light sources used in semiconductor manufacturing, announced the company reached its goal of demonstrating 100 watts of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) burst power at the 2007 International EUVL Symposium held recently in Sapporo, Japan.

3 Dec 2007

Report Highlights Optoelectronic Sensor Technologies, Competition and Potential Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Fiber Optic Sensors to its offerings.

2 Dec 2007

Infinera Director of Advanced Optical Technologies Named IEEE Fellow

Infinera Director of Advanced Optical Technologies, Dr. Radha Nagarajan, has been honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) as an IEEE Fellow for his key role in the development of Infinera’s large-scale photonic integrated circuits.

1 Dec 2007

Nokia Siemens Constructs High-Performance Fiber Optic Network

Communications network builder Nokia Siemens has won a contract from Italian operator Eutelia to build a high-performance fiber optic carrier network capable of meeting the growing demand for network capacity in Italy.

30 Nov 2007

Measuring Infrared Radiation Levels Scientists Discovers Infant Planets

Astronomers at the University of Michigan have found what are believed to be some of the youngest solar systems yet detected.

30 Nov 2007

Lantis Laser Wins Popular Science Magazine Award

Lantis Laser Inc., a New Jersey-based company specializing in the commercialization of advanced dental technology, recently won a Popular Science Magazine 2007 Best of What’s New award for its newly developed Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Dental Imaging System™. Lantis’ proprietary OCT System is a diagnostic aid that provides real-time, high-resolution chairside imaging of dental tissue for the early detection of tooth decay and other oral diseases.

30 Nov 2007

Health Consequences of Having Too Many CT Scans

Computed Tomography (CT) scans are an increasingly used X-ray-based tool for providing a three-dimensional view of a particular organ or tissue. The value of CT scanning to diagnose injury, cancer and other health problems is undisputed. But are these scans being used too frequently, in some cases unnecessarily" What are the health consequences of having too many CT scans over the course of a person’s life"

29 Nov 2007

Latest Nikon Software Offers Unifying Platform for Fully-Integrated Microscopy Imaging

Nikon Instruments, Inc. today announced the launch of the latest version of its industry-leading microscopy acquisition and analysis software -- NIS-Elements. When paired with Nikon's new Eclipse Ti inverted microscope series, NIS-Elements' latest version enables exceptional image data throughput and multi-dimensional image capture routines that advance productivity and minimize photobleaching and cell phototoxicity.

29 Nov 2007

New Nikon Camera Represents an Evolution to High Resolution Microscopy

Nikon Instruments, Inc. today unveiled the latest entry in its Digital Sight line of cameras for microscopy, the DS-Ri1 camera, designed for high resolution color documentation applications. It is an evolution to the DXM1200 series of cameras, retaining several of the DXM1200's key features while adding several improvements in connectivity, color rendition and performance.

29 Nov 2007

Major US-Multinational Defense Contractor Awards Contract to Laser Energetics

Laser Energetics, Inc. announced today that the Company has received a contract from a major US-multinational defense contractor regarding its new, all solid- state Alexandrite BrightStar(TM) Laser. This contract is in support of the U.S. Army's initiative to develop an all solid-state laser for the next generation of chemical warfare agent sensor technology currently being developed.

29 Nov 2007