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Fiber-optic Maker Received Research Grant to Develop Fiber That Can Transmit One terabit of Data per Second

An Upper Macungie Township maker of fiber-optic components is one of 69 companies to receive research grants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

11 Oct 2007

KU and K-State Will Use Dark Fiber For Expansion of Network Systems

A new agreement between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University provides researchers, students and faculty access to an unused fiber optic cable that runs alongside Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas.

11 Oct 2007

Liquid Explosives Can Be Detected by New Laser Technique

One difficulty in detecting potentially dangerous materials like liquid explosives, as reported by Science & Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is the wide variety of packaging in which air travelers can readily concealed these substances.

11 Oct 2007

British scientists Developed Laser Than Can Detect Counterfeit Drugs Through Packaging

A laser that can detect counterfeit drugs through packaging has been developed by British scientists, allowing investigators to check on their authenticity without opening sealed bottles or packs.

11 Oct 2007

QPC Developed Green Laser For Potential Display Applications

QPC,” a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it has demonstrated a green laser based on QPC’s proprietary BrightLase® semiconductor laser technology.

11 Oct 2007

Micron-Scale Metallic Marking Grid Could Improve Understanding, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Other Diseases

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging techniques in a way that could lead to improved understanding, diagnosis, and possibly treatment of a variety of disease conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. The Laboratory has filed a U.S. provisional patent application for the invention.

11 Oct 2007

Exotic Form of CO2 Could Affect How Greenhouse Mechanism Works on Venus

Planetary scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have tracked down a rare molecule in the atmospheres of both Mars and Venus. The molecule, an exotic form of carbon dioxide, could affect the way the greenhouse mechanism works on Venus.

11 Oct 2007

As Demand for Fiber Optics Takes Off, Investors Cashes In

Despite the countless miles of unused fiber-optic cable laid during the dot-com bubble, demand for the high-capacity lines has been rising. And that bodes well for the stocks of companies that produce not only the cable but also the equipment that runs it.

10 Oct 2007

BTI Named Third Fastest-Growing Company in Canada in 2007

BTI Photonic Systems, a global supplier of Agile Optical Edge microWDM networking solutions for the delivery of gigabit services, today announced that it has been named the third fastest-growing company in Canada in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. This is BTI's second consecutive year to be included.

10 Oct 2007

Konarka Technologies Awarded Advanced Technology Program to Develop Transparent Flexible Solar Modules

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has been selected, along with Air Products (NYSE:APD), by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Technology Program (ATP), to conduct research and development on transparent, flexible solar modules for windows and other building integrated applications.

10 Oct 2007

For the First Time Scientists Observed So-Called Ferrotoroidic Domains

Scientists in Bonn and Berlin for the first time observed so-called ferrotoroidic domains. They were able to discern two different types, depending on magnetic spin direction.

10 Oct 2007

Holy Grail of the Illumination Industry - A White LED

Scientists in India are reporting an advance toward discovering a Holy Grail of the illumination industry ¡X a white LED, a light-emitting diode that produces pure white light suitable for interior lighting of homes, offices and other buildings. Their study is in the Sept. 9 issue of ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a weekly publication.

10 Oct 2007

LED traffic lights - An Economic and Safety Improvement

Roading and solid
waste manager Tom Greenwood said the upgrade to light-emitting diode (LED) traffic
lights was an economic and safety improvement.

10 Oct 2007

Outdoor Weathering Stations Being Set Up to Test Solar Modules

Solar modules must stand up to UV radiation, rain, snow and heat. To find out where their weak points lie, outdoor weathering stations are being set up at sites exposed to extreme climatic conditions: in the tropics, in the desert, and on top of Germany¡¦s highest mountain.

10 Oct 2007

Increase in FTTx Projects Likely to Drive Significant Demand for Fiber Optic Testing Equipment

Worldwide fiber to the x (FTTx) projects continue to increase due to triple play service's huge requirement for bandwidth and the rising demand for last mile and access networks, reports Frost & Sullivan.

9 Oct 2007