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Monolithic LED Arrays Significantly Contribute to Smart Lighting Systems

LEDs enable adjustment of the color and intensity of light, and it is therefore possible to use them as efficient and intelligent light sources.

2 Feb 2016

Pushbroom Imaging Spectrometer Design Could Improve Landsat Images

For more than 40 years, Landsat satellites have provided a wealth of data that has informed our understanding of Earth features, phenomena, and environments as diverse as coral reefs, urbanization, tropical deforestation, and glaciers.

2 Feb 2016

NASA to Construct First Integrated-Photonics Modem for High-Speed, Laser-Based Communications

A research team at NASA team is planning to construct a unique type of communications modem, which will utilize an advanced, potentially radical technology capable of impacting numerous industries ranging from medical imaging, telecommunications, and national defense to advanced manufacturing.

1 Feb 2016

Brandon Eye Associates Buys Lumenis Selecta Duet Laser to Treat Patients with Glaucoma

Brandon Eye Associates has purchased a Lumenis Selecta Duet Laser to treat glaucoma patients. According to the Glaucoma Foundation, up to 3 million Americans have glaucoma, but may be unaware as the disease can develop with few symptoms.

1 Feb 2016

Advanced Wavefront Shaping Method Uses Unique Optical Fibres to Provide Images at High Resolution

Super-sharp images from within the human body made through tiny endoscopes have come a step closer to reality thanks to joint research by scientists from the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute, the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), FOM and Carl Zeiss AG.

1 Feb 2016

Illumina Uses Advanced Mass Spectrometry Imaging Technologies to Analyze Molecules Produced by Living Cells

Findings by Adriana Romero determined that fungi in Alaska begin to adapt to high temperatures, speeding up their metabolism, growing and reproducing at a faster pace.

1 Feb 2016

New Laser Frequency Combs Could Help Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planets

Promising new calibration tools, called laser frequency combs, could allow astronomers to take a major step in discovering and characterizing earthlike planets around other stars. These devices generate evenly spaced lines of light, much like the teeth on a comb for styling hair or the tick marks on a ruler—hence their nickname of "optical rulers." The tick marks serve as stable reference points when making precision measurements such as those of the small shifts in starlight caused by planets pulling gravitationally on their parent stars.

By Adam Hadhazy 30 Jan 2016

Remicade Co-Developer Donates $500,000 to Fund New Microscopy Facility at Scripps Florida

The co-developer of Remicade®, one of the three top-selling drugs in the world, has donated more than $500,000 to fund what will be known as the Iris and Junming Le Foundation Super-Resolution Microscopy Facility on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).

30 Jan 2016

Researchers Work on Development of Ultra-Low-Threshold Laser Device Operating at Room Temperatures

Researchers at the University of Valencia are working on a new semiconductor laser that is up to 1000 times more energy-efficient than laser devices currently in use, earning them a spot in Optica journal’s top 30 breakthroughs in 2015.

29 Jan 2016

Cree’s IG Garage Luminaires and KR LED Downlights Ready for Bulk Shipment

The IG Series parking garage luminaires and KR Series LED downlights by Cree, Inc. are now available to ship in volume. Both series feature cutting-edge Cree® WaveMax™ Technology, an optical platform with a revolutionary combination of control, uniformity and efficiency to deliver a superior visual experience in new form factors that are intelligent in both design and function.

From WOLFSPEED, INC. 29 Jan 2016

Artist Leo Villareal Relights San Francisco’s Bay Bridge with Philips LEDs

This Saturday, the non-profit arts organization, ILLUMINATE, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and world-renowned artist Leo Villareal will officially re-light The Bay Lights, an iconic LED lighting installation on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, using equipment developed by Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting.

29 Jan 2016

New Bandwidth Variable Transmitter Could Improve Data Transmission in Optical Networks

All the world's data – pictures, video, sounds, and text – has to traverse complex networks of optical fibers that crisscross cities, regions, and countries. To better handle the glut of information, a research team from NOKIA Bell Labs, have developed a new device that could become a crucial component of new flexible and optimized networks.

29 Jan 2016

Eaton’s New Ephesus LED Systems to Illuminate NHL and AHL All-Star Games

Power management company Eaton today announced that the biggest names in the National Hockey League (NHL®) and American Hockey League (AHL) will play their all-star events this weekend under its innovative and energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) digital lighting system.

29 Jan 2016

Sweet Packaging: Detecting Packaging Flaws with EyeVision

Flawless packaging: to avoid errors, when packing sweets and also live up to Industry 4.0, a German company uses inspection systems from EVT.

28 Jan 2016

Larson Electronics Introduces New EPL-48-4L-LED Explosion Proof Fixture

Larson Electronics announces the release of a new Class 1 Division 1 integrated LED light fixture for areas where flammable chemical and petrochemical vapors exist or have the potential to exist.

28 Jan 2016