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Researchers Becomes First to Use Laser Light to Turn Motor

The researchers are working on a laser-driven motor that may, in future, provide pinpoint mechanical control even in places where electric motors normally do not work.

28 Nov 2007

Chalmers Integrates Receiver for High Frequency Applications

As the first research group in the world, researchers at Chalmers have succeeded in combining a receiver for high frequencies with an antenna on a small chip.

28 Nov 2007

Bruker AXS Announces Recipient of 2007 Excellence in XRD Scholarship

During the 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting now taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Bruker AXS, a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for life and advanced materials sciences, announced the recipient of its 2007 Excellence in X-ray Diffraction (XRD) scholarship -- based on unique experiments performed by university students.

28 Nov 2007

US Patent Office Allows Application for Spectral Imaging of Deep Tissue by CRi

Cambridge Research & Instrumentation (CRi) announced today that the United States Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance for their patent application number 10/669,101, for Spectral Imaging of Deep Tissue.

28 Nov 2007

Sophisticated CT Scan Diagnoses Chest Pain in Emergency Department

In the future, patients who arrive at a hospital Emergency Department complaining of chest pain may be diagnosed with a sophisticated CT scan. If the diagnosis is negative, the patient can go home—and the total time at the hospital will be much shorter than it is today.

28 Nov 2007

NIST Laser-Based Ranging System to Test Performance of Automobile Collision Warning Systems

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and tested a laser-based ranging system to assess the performance of automobile collision warning systems.

28 Nov 2007

Navy Awards Raytheon Multi-Million Contract for Hunting Mines

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company a $52 million contract for the low rate initial production of nine new AN/AQS-20A sonar mine detecting sets, spares and their accompanying kits.

28 Nov 2007

Telecommunication Companies Introduces First Gigabit Passive Optical Network in HK

Alcatel-Lucent and Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited announced today the deployment of the first Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) in Hong Kong. The collaboration contract also includes network maintenance. Alcatel-Lucent's Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) solution will enable HKBN to deliver advanced triple play services to its subscribers and enlarge its FTTH network coverage in Hong Kong. The new network is expected to be in service in January 2008.

28 Nov 2007

Veeco Announces Availability of Table-Top Optical Profiling System

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of the Wyko(R) NT9100(TM) Optical Profiling System, which delivers the performance and many of the capabilities of Veeco's full-sized profiling systems in a convenient and affordable table-top footprint. The new system is ideal for many applications in research, industrial, quality control, and failure analysis.

From Veeco 28 Nov 2007

Carmanah Supplies Solar-Powered LED Airfield Lights for US Department of Defense

Carmanah Technologies Corporation, has supplied an order through Goldwings Supply Service Inc. - its authorized distributor in Hawaii - to provide solar-powered LED (light emitting diode) airfield lights for a US Department of Defense installation in Hawaii.

28 Nov 2007

Sunlight and Glucose to Power New Type of Fuel Cell

A new type of fuel cell powered with glucose derived from biomass is described in the latest issue of the Inderscience Publication International Journal of Global Energy Issues. The experimental device works by using sunlight to convert the glucose into hydrogen to power the cell, which produces several hundred millivolts.

28 Nov 2007

Research Predicts Global Market for Photonic Crystals to Worth $666 million in 2013

According to a new technical market research report, Photonic Crystals: Technology and Global Markets (AVM059A) from BCC Research, the global market for photonic crystals will be worth $13.9 million in 2007. This will increase to $32 million in 2008 and $666.4 million by 2013, a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 84%.

28 Nov 2007

Ultrafast Electron Microscopy to Observe Switchable Nanochannels

Ultrafast electron microscopy reveals switchable nanochannels in materials Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close-on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Such switchable nanochannels could be useful for future nanoelectronics and nanoscopic “machines”.

27 Nov 2007

3D Photonic Crystals to Revolutionise Telecommunications

A team of European scientists has published the details of its research into three-dimensional photonic crystals which they believe could revolutionise the world of telecommunications.

27 Nov 2007