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Dow Corning Turns to Solar Energy to Lower C02 Emissions

Dow Corning has turned to renewable forms of energy to help power one of its largest manufacturing sites in Europe. More than 1,000 square meters of solar panels, installed on the roof and facades of office and production buildings, are expected to generate the amount of energy needed to satisfy the annual electricity needs of 35 households.

20 Aug 2007

Chemically Sensitive MRI Could be Used to Detect Progression of Diseases Non-Invasively

A new chemical compound which could remove the need for patients to undergo certain invasive diagnostic tests in the future has been created by scientists at Durham University. Research published in the academic journal...

20 Aug 2007

Silicone Hydrogels Contact Lenses Offer Improved Comfort for Wearers

Polymer Technology Group a preeminent biomaterials company, announced today that its President and CEO, Robert S. (Bob) Ward, along with Jean Jacob, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology at Louisiana State University Health ...

20 Aug 2007

High Power Laser with Single Mode Beam for Seeding Fiber and Solid State Lasers

AMS Technologies introduces Quintessence Photonics’ (QPC) new laser designed to deliver high power in a single mode beam for seeding fiber and solid state lasers and for use in direct applications. The seed las...

20 Aug 2007

New Ultrafast Thermal Measurement Technique

Global warming isn't the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport and switch electrons.

9 Aug 2007

Two RSC Awards for Bristol University Chemists

Two staff members in the School of Chemistry at University of Bristol have won Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) industrially sponsored awards.

9 Aug 2007

Astronomical Thermal Emission Camera Unveils Extremely Distant Galaxy

By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, teams of scientists, including University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomers, have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe.

9 Aug 2007

Biological Imaging with Fourth-Generation Light Sources

Most people think of Sir Isaac Newton as the father of gravity.
But for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Henry Chapman and his colleagues, Newton's 'dusty mirror' experiment served as a launching pad for them to keenly watch the X-ray induced explosion of microscopic objects.

9 Aug 2007

Nikon's New LV-UDM Provides Universal Optical Technology on Single Microscope Platform for Industrial, Biological and Crossover Use

Nikon Instruments has introduced the LV-UDM Universal Design Microscope, a breakthrough universal microscope platform able to meet the demands of the academic and industrial fields.

7 Aug 2007

New SPNovaLED Product Range

With the on going demand of highly efficient light source, extremely long life hours of source are required. DOMINANT Semiconductors' SPNovaLED product range has proven track record to produce this ideal light source in various lighting applications such as architecture and general lighting.

7 Aug 2007

World's Largest 'Thermometer Camera'

The world's largest bolometer camera for submillimetre astronomy is now in service at the 12-m APEX telescope, located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes. LABOCA was specifically designed for the study of extremely cold astronomical objects and, with its large field of view and very high sensitivity, will open new vistas in our knowledge of how stars form and how the first galaxies emerged from the Big Bang.

6 Aug 2007

JDSU Introduces New Color-Shifting Capability of High-Performance Pigment

JDSU has taken a color-generating cue from nature. The company, a leading enabler of broadband and optical innovation, today introduced ChromaFlair ColorShift Glitter, a new color-shifting flake that gives paints, coatings, plastics, textiles and packaging the ability to exhibit a wide range of hues when viewed from different angles.

30 Jul 2007