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Aspheric-Based Eye Treatments Using Laser Technology Revealed Significant Increase in Visual Acuity

A study to evaluate safety, predictability and efficacy of aspheric-based eye treatments using laser technology showed a significant increase in visual acuity among other results.

9 Oct 2007

Astronomer Developed World's Largest and Most Advanced Digital Camera for a Telescope

The University of Hawaii astronomer who led development of the world's largest and most advanced digital camera for a telescope on Haleakala, Maui, says he is "shocked at how well it's going."

9 Oct 2007

Light-Emitting Flexible Semiconductors Unraveled by Researchers in U.S.

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors.

9 Oct 2007

Low-Cost Dose Sensors to be Developed by SMI For Use in Cancer Therapy

Structured Material Industries, Inc., (SMI) will develop compact low-cost dose sensors for use in ion beam and proton beam cancer therapy. High energy beams of ions and protons have been investigated for cancer treatment over the past four decades. Proton beam cancer therapy is fast becoming a mainstream technology in the US, offering the potential for successful cancer treatment, with minimal side effects and minimum damage to adjacent healthy tissue.

9 Oct 2007

Recent FDA Clearance of Hand-Held Laser Device to Treat Hair Loss Has Generated Surge in Consumer Interest

The FDA's recent clearance of a hand-held laser device to treat hair loss and grow hair has generated a surge of consumer interest in the new technology - and one U.S. manufacturer is taking the lead by developing the nation's most comprehensive sales and service program to help physicians meet the growing demand.

9 Oct 2007

Boeing Ordered 15 FARO Laser Tracker Units

FARO Technologies, Inc. , the world market leader in portable computer-aided measurement arms and laser tracker sales, announced the receipt of an order for 15 FARO Laser Tracker Xi units from The Boeing Company for Commercial Airplanes Tooling in the Puget Sound area.

9 Oct 2007

Teamwork Matters - Solar Cells Joined Together Using Laser Welding

A single solar cell produces a relatively low output ¡V it¡¦s a case of strength in numbers. Tiny strips of metal are used to link cells together. If the laser soldering temperature is too high, the solder joint may fracture. A new system provides automatic temperature regulation.

9 Oct 2007

Complex Nanoscale Structures Fabricated on Various Substrates using Nanoimprint Lithography

Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) has developed into a key technique for the fabrication of polymer nanopatterns and three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures.

8 Oct 2007

LBO Announced Closing a US$26 Million Funding Round for High-Volume Manufacture of Miniature Projection Systems

Light Blue Optics (LBO), the industry-leading developer of holographic laser projection technology, today announced closing a US$26 million Series 'A' funding round, led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Capital-E. Existing investors 3i plc, who led LBO's US$3.5 million seed-funding round, and NESTA also participated.

8 Oct 2007

ESA to Put the Largest Space Telescope Into Orbit

The European Space Agency offered a preview look Thursday at its powerful Herschel, which, when launched next year, will be the largest space telescope yet put into orbit.

8 Oct 2007

Contrinex Developed Diffuse Fibre Optic Sensor Designed for High-Performance Manufacturing Machinery

A 'unique' multiple beam, diffuse fibre optic sensor, designed to solve the problem of capturing, counting and controlling small components produced by modern high-performance manufacturing machinery, has been developed by Contrinex.

8 Oct 2007

Cheshire to Become Headquarters to Co-Ordinate Next Generation Radio Telescopes

Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire is to become the headquarters of a global plan to co-ordinate the next generation of radio telescopes.

8 Oct 2007

Innovative Way of Making Nanomaterials Resulted in Advanced Materials with Exceptional Optical Properties

An innovative and inexpensive way of making nanomaterials on a large scale has resulted in novel forms of advanced materials that pave the way for exceptional and unexpected optical properties. The new fabrication technique, known as soft lithography, offers many significant advantages over existing techniques, including the ability to scale-up the manufacturing process to produce devices in large quantities.

8 Oct 2007

Desk-Sized Miniaturized Test Facility to Measure Paint's Resistance to Stress

Does paint still have the same glossy appearance after squeezing its way through all the pumps, pipelines and valves in the factory finish shops and finally reaching the component to which it is applied? A desk-sized miniaturized test facility can supply the answer.

8 Oct 2007

Distant Strip of Universe Available As Part of Google Sky

A global project to map a distant strip of the universe is releasing its data today to scientists and the public to be used as part of Google Sky, a new feature of Google Earth, according to Eurekalert, the news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

8 Oct 2007