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MIT Researchers Design World’s Slowest Fastest Camera

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a novel imaging system that has the capability to make light look “slow”.

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2011

Research and Markets Adds Book on Micro- and NanoOptics to its Offering

Research and Markets has declared the addition of John Wiley and Sons’ latest book ‘Introduction to Micro- and Nanooptics’ to its collection.

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2011

AstraZeneca Radiopharmaceutical Imaging Candidate Licensed by Neoprobe for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

Neoprobe has declared that it has in-licensed AstraZeneca’s global exclusive rights to AZD4694, the latest radiopharmaceutical imaging candidate that will support the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2011

LED Lamps and Luminaires Determine Increased Growth Trends in India

India faces issues like energy sustainability, energy deficiency, lack of electricity in rural areas, which lead to the demand for energy conserving lighting technologies and the development of alternate technologies.

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2011

TRW Automotive Holdings Supplies Video Camera Sensor for Commercial Trucks

TRW Automotive Holdings has received its first contract for delivering its video camera sensor to a major European company manufacturing trucks to enable sensing capabilities such as automatic emergency braking (AEB) and lane departure warning (LDW) as required by the European Union directive.

By Andy Choi 14 Dec 2011

Next Generation Digital Microscopes from Leica Microsystems

Digital microscopes by Leica Microsystems are successfully established as analytical instruments in applications such as pharmaceutics, materials research, and electronics production.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 13 Dec 2011

Pittcon Announce Recipients of 2012 Awards for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

The Pittcon 2012 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 11 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.

From Pittcon 13 Dec 2011

European Research Council Awards Grant to Researcher for Quantum Field Theory Project

Tobias J. Osborne, who serves as a Professor of theoretical physics at the Leibniz Universitat Hannover’s Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Cluster of Excellence, Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research (QUEST), has received a €1.34 million grant for the coming five years from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project titled ‘Quantum Field Theory, the Variational Principle, and Continuous Matrix Product States’.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2011

‘The Future of Light’ Event Held for 25th Anniversary of Architectural Lighting Magazine

Lumenpulse, a producer of architectural LED-based lighting solutions for business, economic and sophisticated environments, has created an interactive light display for the event of the 25th anniversary of Architectural Lighting magazine.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2011

NEC Display Solutions Upgrades Digital Cinema Projector Series

America’s NEC Display Solutions, a supplier of commercial projectors and LCD display solutions has declared that the company has upgraded its Series 2 digital cinema projector line in order to be compatible with the high frame rates to be introduced in the digital cinema industry.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Versatile Optical Chip Capable of Controlling Quantum Phenomena

A research team at the Centre for Quantum Photonics of the University of Bristol has developed a versatile optical chip that produces, measures, and controls two important quantum phenomena, mixture and entanglement, paving the way for developing quantum computers.

By Andy Choi 13 Dec 2011

OxySense Release New Optical Oxygen Monitoring Systems

OxySense, Inc., the leading supplier of optical oxygen monitoring systems announced the release of a high temperature and low temperature version of its state of the art OxySense 5000.

12 Dec 2011

Carl Zeiss Extend the Capabilities of Their Award Winning Confocal Microscope

The award winning LSM 780 from Carl Zeiss has an almost doubled rate of sensitivity and counting and increased speed and image quality that lets the user analyze single molecules at a new level.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 12 Dec 2011

Researcher Designs AVOID Volcanic Ash Camera for Passenger Aircrafts

Fred Prata, a Senior Scientist at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), demonstrated the novel AVOID, a volcanic ash camera, to the European media, after performing successful flight experiments across Stromboli and Mount Etna volcano in Italy for 10 days.

By Andy Choi 12 Dec 2011

Rigid Industries Selects Marketing Agent for its Marine Series LED Lighting Array

Rigid Industries, a provider of high performance LED lighting devices has declared that Northwest Marine Group and Great Lakes Marine Marketing have been selected to represent its Marine Series LED lighting array.

By Andy Choi 12 Dec 2011