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AAO-APAO 2012: Carl Zeiss Meditec Introduces New Family of OCT Products

Medical technology manufacturer Carl Zeiss Meditec introduced a new family of OCT products spanning the full spectrum of multi-modality imaging for retinal disease and glaucoma at the 2012 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in Chicago.

19 Nov 2012

IES Recognizes Hubbell Lighting’s Advancements in Art and Science of Lighting

Hubbell Lighting, a market leader in lighting technology for over a century, leads the lighting fixture manufacturing industry again with 20 acceptances in the prestigious Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) 2012 Progress Report.

19 Nov 2012

Optogenetics Helps Isolate Pathways Relevant to Depression

Whether you are an apple tree or an antelope, survival depends on using your energy efficiently. In a difficult or dangerous situation, the key question is whether exerting effort — sending out roots in search of nutrients in a drought or running at top speed from a predator — will be worth the energy.

19 Nov 2012

OptiMedica to Commercialize Cataract Surgery Laser System with $35M Financing

OptiMedica Corp. has announced the closing of a $35 million growth round of financing. Proceeds will be used to continue the rapid global commercialization of the company’s Catalys® Precision Laser System for cataract surgery, support the development of innovative system enhancements, and fuel a next-generation portfolio of additional products.

19 Nov 2012

Dynasil’s Optometrics Subsidiary Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Dynasil Corporation of America today announced that its Optometrics Corporation subsidiary of Ayer, Massachusetts has become ISO 9001:2008 certified. Optometrics is a worldwide supplier of high quality optical components including gratings, lenses, filters, laser optics, monochromators, and specialized optical systems and software.

From Dynasil Corporation 19 Nov 2012

CSA Group Acquires LED and Lighting Metrology Testing Company, Orb Optronix

CSA Group, a leading global product certification and testing organization today announces that it has acquired Orb Optronix, a privately-held, industry-leading LED test and measurement, products and engineering services company located in Kirkland, Washington, near Seattle.

19 Nov 2012

Albiva to Acquire Optical Products Provider Enablence Technologies’ Swiss Subsidiary

Enablence Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of optical components and subsystems for telecommunication access, metro and long-haul markets and enterprise and other applications, provides an update on the sale of its wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary, Enablence Switzerland AG ("ENA Switzerland") first announced in July 2012.

17 Nov 2012

Drexel University Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its image.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Telescopes

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Find Evidence for Born-Again Event

Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years.

17 Nov 2012

Groundbreaking Discovery into Optimization of Light Sources to Human Vision

Vision researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery into the optimization of light sources to human vision. By tuning lighting devices to work more efficiently with the human brain the researchers believe billions of dollars in energy costs could be saved.

16 Nov 2012

World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser Used to Supercharge an Atom

Supercharging is a technique no longer confined to automotive enthusiasts.

16 Nov 2012

Optical Data Reveals Oxygen, Hydrogen and X-ray Emissions in Planetary Nebula Abell 30

These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects. The inset image on the right is a close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data showing optical emission from oxygen ions in orange.

16 Nov 2012

Hubble Space Telescope and A Cosmic Zoom Lens Uncover Farthest Known Galaxy

By combining the power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and one of nature's zoom lenses, astronomers have found what is probably the most distant galaxy yet seen in the Universe. The object offers a peek back into a time when the Universe was only 3 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years.

16 Nov 2012

DILAS Introduces SF1000/400 Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser System

DILAS Diode Laser, Inc, the diode laser company, announces today the next generation fiber-coupled system which was developed to suit the needs for volume production in industrial applications. The DILAS SF1000/400 is capable of delivering up to 1-kilowatt output from a 400-micron fiber at 976nm, at a single wavelength.

16 Nov 2012