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Hi-C Imager Captures High-Resolution Images of Million-Degree Solar Corona

Work done in part by The University of Alabama has enabled a group of solar scientists to see into the sun’s corona in unprecedented detail.

25 Jan 2013

NASA to Contribute Infrared Detectors for Euclid Space Telescope

NASA has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

25 Jan 2013

APEX Telescope Helps Astronomers Study Birth of New Stars

In space, dense clouds of cosmic gas and dust are the birthplaces of new stars. In visible light, this dust is dark and obscuring, hiding the stars behind it. So much so that, when astronomer William Herschel observed one such cloud in the constellation of Scorpius in 1774, he thought it was a region empty of stars and is said to have exclaimed, "Truly there is a hole in the sky here!"

24 Jan 2013

Hudson Fiber Network Completes Fastest Fiber Path Between Key Locations

Hudson Fiber Network (HFN), the leading U.S. based transport and IP services provider, announced completion of the fastest fiber path between 755 Secaucus Road, Secaucus, NJ (known as Equinix NY4) and 300 Boulevard East Weehawken, New Jersey. The route sets the new industry standard by reducing latency between these sites by over 25 percent.

24 Jan 2013

Vytran’s Optical Fiber Processing Equipment to be Displayed at Photonics West 2013

Vytran, an innovative supplier of optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, will show a full suite of its high-performance optical fiber processing equipment at the Photonics West 2013 exhibition (booth #411) and at the associated BiOS Expo (booth #8411). The Photonics West exhibition is scheduled for February 5-7; the BiOS Expo from February 2-3, 2013, at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

24 Jan 2013

New Rechargeable Infrared LED Light Tower from Larson Electronics

Larson Electronics has announced today the addition to its extensive line of industrial grade light towers an infrared LED light tower designed for compact transport and fully portable operation. The WAL-LED3W-4S-IR Infrared LED Light Tower provides infrared light output that is ideal for improving the performance of night vision equipment and devices and features fully portable and rechargeable operation.

24 Jan 2013

NASA Suborbital Telescope Gives Clear Evidence of Solar Braiding

A NASA suborbital telescope has given scientists the first clear evidence of energy transfer from the sun's magnetic field to the solar atmosphere or corona. This process, known as solar braiding, has been theorized by researchers, but remained unobserved until now.

24 Jan 2013

SWITCH’s Award-Winning LED Bulbs Now Available at TreeHouse

SWITCH® Lighting, makers of true LED replacement bulbs in 40W, 60W and 75W equivalents, today announced that their award-winning LED bulbs are now available at TreeHouse, an innovative sustainability-focused building supply store based in Austin, Texas. The SWITCH40, SWITCH60, and SWITCH75, can be purchased at TreeHouse’s flagship store in South Austin, or through the company’s website.

24 Jan 2013

New Images of Sun's Corona Will Help Predict Violent Solar Eruptions

A NASA sounding rocket flight in 2012 captured five minutes of the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun's million-degree outer atmosphere, the corona. The new images have provided tantalizing hints of another mechanism that likely contributes to the heating of the solar corona.

24 Jan 2013

New Range of Business Monitors from Samsung

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and number one worldwide brand of professional commercial displays,* today announced three new lines of monitors designed to serve virtually any business need.

23 Jan 2013

HEP Group, ADVA Optical Networking Announce First Deployment of 100G Technology in Croatia

ADVA Optical Networking SE / ADVA Optical Networking and HEP Group Pioneer 100G High-Speed Optical Transmission Network in Croatia. Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

23 Jan 2013

LightPath Technologies to Unveil New Products at Photonics West 2013 Exhibition

LightPath Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of patented optical components and high-level assemblies, today announced it will exhibit at the Photonics West 2013 Exhibition. The show takes place February 5-7 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.

23 Jan 2013

Motorola Mobility Launches New Certified Passive Optical LAN Specialist Program

BICSI Winter Conference & Exhibition – Motorola Mobility today announced the launch of the Motorola Certified Passive Optical LAN (POL) Specialist (MCPS) Program, which provides distributors, integrators, value added resellers and end-customer technology professionals working with Motorola POL solutions the training and certification that differentiates them from their peers and establishes them as experts on the industry's leading GPON based enterprise optical LAN technology.

23 Jan 2013

Fraser Optics and B+H Photo-Video Sign Distribution Agreement

Fraser Optics is pleased to announce that it has entered into a distribution agreement with B&H Photo-Video, the world renowned place to go for photo, video and imaging needs.

23 Jan 2013

Ophir Photonics Launches Industry's First Laser Beam Profiling System, Photon M2-1780

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the newest version of the Photon M2-1780, the industry's only laser beam profiling system that measures beam quality in real-time.

From Ophir Photonics Group 23 Jan 2013