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KU and K-State Will Use Dark Fiber For Expansion of Network Systems

A new agreement between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University provides researchers, students and faculty access to an unused fiber optic cable that runs alongside Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas.

11 Oct 2007

Liquid Explosives Can Be Detected by New Laser Technique

One difficulty in detecting potentially dangerous materials like liquid explosives, as reported by Science & Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is the wide variety of packaging in which air travelers can readily concealed these substances.

11 Oct 2007

British scientists Developed Laser Than Can Detect Counterfeit Drugs Through Packaging

A laser that can detect counterfeit drugs through packaging has been developed by British scientists, allowing investigators to check on their authenticity without opening sealed bottles or packs.

11 Oct 2007

QPC Developed Green Laser For Potential Display Applications

QPC,” a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it has demonstrated a green laser based on QPC’s proprietary BrightLase® semiconductor laser technology.

11 Oct 2007

Access to Fastest Most Up-To-Date Broadband Internet Service Available to Bangor and Brewer Businesses

A Maine telecommunications company is about to grant Bangor and Brewer one of their biggest economic development wishes ¡X access to the fastest, most up-to-date broadband Internet service.

9 Oct 2007

Aspheric-Based Eye Treatments Using Laser Technology Revealed Significant Increase in Visual Acuity

A study to evaluate safety, predictability and efficacy of aspheric-based eye treatments using laser technology showed a significant increase in visual acuity among other results.

9 Oct 2007

Recent FDA Clearance of Hand-Held Laser Device to Treat Hair Loss Has Generated Surge in Consumer Interest

The FDA's recent clearance of a hand-held laser device to treat hair loss and grow hair has generated a surge of consumer interest in the new technology - and one U.S. manufacturer is taking the lead by developing the nation's most comprehensive sales and service program to help physicians meet the growing demand.

9 Oct 2007

Doctors Concerned that Outcome of Laser Surgery in the Wrong Hands can be Horrifying

The laser surgery business is booming for treatments like hair, tattoo and wrinkle removal. In 2005, the last year recorded, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery said its members performed nearly 1 million such procedures, about 300,000 more than in 2003.

7 Oct 2007

Researchers in Israel Developed a Safer and Easier Method to Treat Glaucoma

Israeli researchers at a company called IOPtima claim to have developed a safer, easier method to treat glaucoma using a CO2 laser. Since CO2 lasers have the inherent property of losing effectiveness when in contact with liquid, the full penetration of the sclera by mistake is almost impossible.

7 Oct 2007