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Significant Milestone For the Hubble Space Telescope Successor

A significant milestone for the Hubble Space Telescope successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is on course to be reached before Christmas with the testing of the verification model of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

6 Dec 2007

Laser Light Switches Ultrafast Optical Shutter

It’s a rare case of all light and no heat: A new study reports that a laser can be used to switch a film of vanadium dioxide back and forth between reflective and transparent states without heating or cooling it.

6 Dec 2007

Supercomputers Fits Into a Laptop PC Thanks to Breakthrough by IBM Scientists

Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor "brains" connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, thanks in part to a breakthrough by IBM scientists announced today.

6 Dec 2007

UK's Improved Radiotherapy Strategies Uses Charged Particles Rather Than X-Rays

The University of Surrey welcomes the Government’s announcement today (3 December) that improved radiotherapy strategies are going to be at the forefront of government policy in the fight against cancer. This announcement is extremely timely, but it is extremely sad that the UK currently has no plans for the newest type of radiotherapy which uses charged particles rather than X-rays.

6 Dec 2007

Seoul Semiconductor Files for Unfair Importation and Sales of Laser Diode Products

Seoul Semiconductor Co, Ltd. filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Nichia Corporation engaged in unfair trade practices through the importation and sales of Gallium Nitride (GaN) based laser diode products that infringe Seoul Semiconductor`s U.S. Patent No. 5,321,713 (`713 patent).

6 Dec 2007

Pixelplus Announces Co-Development of 'System-on-a-Chip' Image Sensors

Pixelplus Co., Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company in Korea that designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensors for various consumer electronics applications, today announced that the Company engages in the co-development of 'System-on-a-Chip' ("SoC") image sensors with Sharp Corporation of Japan ("Sharp").

6 Dec 2007

New Scientific Insights About Earth's Van Allen Belts

A new NASA project will use more than 40 high altitude balloons to return new scientific insights about Earth's Van Allen Belts. The type of radiation in the belts can be hazardous to astronauts, orbiting satellites and aircraft flying in high altitude polar routes.

6 Dec 2007

LumaSense Releases Lastest Fiber Optic Temperature Measurement Systems

LumaSense Technologies, a leading provider of temperature and gas sensing solutions to industrial, semiconductor, optoelectronics, medical, and electric power industries, today announced the release of its Luxtron 800 series fiber optic temperature measurement systems for temperature monitoring in harsh EMI, RF, MRI, microwave and high voltage environments.

6 Dec 2007

Ionatron Delivers Pulsed Laser System to US Navy

Ionatron, Inc., the Laser Guided Energy (LGE(R)) Company, today announced that it has delivered an advanced Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser "Transportable Demonstrator" system to its customer, the US Navy.

6 Dec 2007

CFE Leases 20,000 KM Fiber Optic Network to AXTEL

Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V., a fixed-line integrated telecommunications company, and Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), announced today the signing of an agreement through which CFE will lease its fiber optic network to AXTEL, thus increasing AXTEL's integrated services capabilities.

5 Dec 2007

DRDC Awards Obzerv to Supply Electro Optical Imaging System for Canadian Arctic Surveillance

Obzerv Technologies announces today that it has been awarded a $600k contract by DRDC-Valcartier (Defense Research and Development Canada) to supply an Electro Optical imaging system incorporating the ARGC-2400 for the Department of National Defense (DND) Technical Demonstration (TD) Project named Northern Watch.

5 Dec 2007

Highly Sophisticated Laser-Based Sensors to Study Biofuel Combustion

Let's say a fuel derived from biomass produces too much soot when it's burned in a combustion chamber designed for fossil fuels.

5 Dec 2007

NASA's GLAST Satellite Arrives for Testing Before Launch in 2008

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington for its final round of testing.

5 Dec 2007

MTS Expands Next Generation Fiber-Optic Network to Newfoundland

MTS Allstream, one of Canada’s leading national communication solutions providers, recently announced that it has expanded its facility-based IP broadband network to Newfoundland. This expansion was the final leg of a coast-to-coast national fibre-optic network designed to provide MTS Allstream customers with cost effective, advanced IP-based products and services.

5 Dec 2007

FARO's All-New Laser ScanArm V3 with Enhanced Accuracy and Lighter in Weight

FARO Technologies, Inc., the world market leader in portable computer-aided measurement arms and laser tracker sales, announced it has released an all-new Laser ScanArm V3. Among the enhancements, the new technology is 30-percent more accurate, 33-percent lighter in weight, and offers better performance in scanning dark or reflective surfaces than the Company's V2 models.

5 Dec 2007