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ESA Signs Agreement Allowing Supply of Satellite-Based Earth Observation Data

ESA and the European Commission have signed a €48 million grant that will allow the space agency to ensure the coordinated and timely supply of satellite-based Earth Observation data for the preoperational phase of GMES from 2008 to 2010. The signing of the grant marks the first real cooperation between the two in the GMES framework.

19 Dec 2007

Advancements in Emerging Field of Plasmonics Yield Revolutionary Technologies

Harry Potter may not have talked much about plasmonics in J. K. Rowling's fantasy series, but University of Maryland researchers are using this emerging technology to develop an invisibility cloak that exists beyond the world of bespectacled teenage wizards.

19 Dec 2007

New Material Revolutionise Solar Cell Technology

A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionise the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If so, even ordinary households can benefit from solar electricity and save money in the future.

19 Dec 2007

EMCORE Acquire Intel's Optical Platform Division

EMCORE Corporation and Intel Corporation today announced a definitive agreement for EMCORE to acquire the telecom-related portion of Intel's Optical Platform Division for $85 million.

19 Dec 2007

Viaspace Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement for Laser Based Humidity Sensor

VIASPACE Inc. announced that fuelcellmaterials.com of Lewis Center, Ohio and VIASPACE have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for North, Central and South America for VIASPACE Energy products, beginning with VIASPACE Energy's new HS-1000 VIASENSOR, a laser based humidity sensor for gas based fuel cells that provides in-situ readings every 1.5 seconds.

19 Dec 2007

Astronomers Able to Reconstruct Site of Flare on Solar-Like Star

Flare found on ultra-fast rotating star puzzles astronomers Using observations from ESO’s VLT, astronomers were able for the first time to reconstruct the site of a flare on a solar-like star located 150 light y...

19 Dec 2007

Chelsio Communications Announces Availability of Newest Storage Accelerator

Chelsio Communications Inc., a leading provider of 10-Gigabit Ethernet unified wire solutions, today announced general availability of S310E-SR+, a new version of its best-in-class Storage Accelerator supporting the emerging small form factor pluggable (SFP+) optical module. The space-saving SFP+ module form-factor is gaining momentum as the new multi-source agreement (MSA) standard for next-generation 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE).

19 Dec 2007

Researchers Illuminates How Environment Regulates Distributions of Ecological Species

Tiny photosynthetic plankton less than a millionth of a millimeter in diameter numerically dominate marine phytoplankton. Their photosynthesis uses light to drive carbon dioxide uptake, fueling the marine food web over vast areas of the oceans. A new study published in this week’s PLoS ONE by post-doctoral researcher Dr Christophe Six and a team of scientists from Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, illuminates how the environment regulates the distributions of these ecologically important species.

19 Dec 2007

Study Suggests Lack of Sunlight Causes Increased Risk in Lung Cancer

Lack of sunlight may increase the risk of lung cancer, suggests a study of rates of the disease in over 100 countries, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

19 Dec 2007

JDSU Lastest OTDR Provides Unique Testing Capability

JDSU today introduced the Short-Range LAN (SRL) OTDR for the T-BERD/MTS-6000 and T-BERD/MTS-8000 that provides a unique testing combination of up to five wavelengths in both multi-mode and single-mode.

19 Dec 2007

Lasers Helping Smokers to Kick the Habit

January 1, 2008 will mark the ritualistic day of New Year's promises as many vow to stop smoking. The New Year also brings added pressure to smokers as January 1 marks the first day of the Illinois Smoking Ban.

19 Dec 2007

Single-Photon Interference Leads to Faster X-ray Interferometers

By means of X-ray interferometers, lengths down to the mm range can be measured with a resolution of less than one nm. The low translation velocity of the interferometers, which made their use in practice more difficult, could now be increased by a factor of 100 by exploiting the temporal correlation of singly interfering X-ray photons.

19 Dec 2007

QPC Lasers Introduces Lastest High Power Laser Offering Increased Power and Brightness

QPC Lasers, Inc., announced today release of the Ultra-500, a new product family based on its proprietary semiconductor laser chip technology that offers increased power and industry leading brightness for medical surgical, high power defense, and industrial micro-welding applications. The Company has won multiple orders for the new product and recently shipped initial units to customers.

18 Dec 2007

Materials Today Announces Top Ten Advances in Materials Science

What are the defining discoveries and great developments that are shaping the way we use materials and technologies today? Elsevier¡¦s Materials Today magazine has compiled a list of the top ten most significant advances in materials science over the last 50 years.

18 Dec 2007

PI Releases Large-Angle Steering Mirror Platforms Provide Precise Larger Angles, High Bandwidth & Stability

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. - a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and piezo-based precision motion-control equipment for bio-nanotechnology, photonics and semiconductor applications-has extended the S-330 high-dynamics piezo tip/tilt platform family by several new large-angle models.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 17 Dec 2007