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Georgia Tech Expands it's Global Horizons into Ireland

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will establish a research enterprise in Athlone, Ireland to focus on industry research and development needs.

13 Jul 2007

New Technology to Improve Spectrometers

Being the delicate optical instruments that they are, spectrometers are pretty picky about light.

13 Jul 2007

Dual-Modality Microbeads Identify Disease Biomarkers

Analyzing human blood for a very low virus concentration or a sample of water for a bioterrorism agent has always been a time-consuming and difficult process.

13 Jul 2007

New X-ray Microscope Technique Observes Nano-Scale Features

Argonne National Laboratory scientists in collaboration with Xradia have created a new X-ray microscope technique capable of observing molecular-scale features, measuring less than a nanometer in height.

8 Jul 2007

New Biophotonics Center

A new science 'biophotonics' has a new center of operations. Quarters for the National Science Foundation-funded UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology were dedicated Monday in the Oak Park Research Building at 2700 Stockton Blvd.

8 Jul 2007

Wavefront Technology Benefits Patients with Presbyopia

For those who've reached the age when reading a newspaper means holding it at arm's length or fumbling for reading glasses, wavefront-optimized lens technology may offer a better solution, according to data presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2006 Joint Meeting.

8 Jul 2007

Advanced Electronic Packaging Second Edition Published

Advanced Electronic Packaging has helped thousands of students and practicing engineers understand the complex task of connecting integrated circuits and other electronic components to make virtually every electronic device, including cell phones, video games, computers and military- and medical-imaging equipment.

8 Jul 2007

Australian-Based Researchers Perform Real-Time Cell Surgery in California Via Internet

In an effort to combine sophisticated laser and Internet technologies, scientists in Australia have successfully performed laser surgery and "optical trapping" in a Southern California laboratory via the Internet.

8 Jul 2007

New Laser-Surgery Technique for Cornea Transplants

A UC Irvine ophthalmologist and his team have invented a new laser-surgery technique to perform cornea-transplant surgery that can replace the use of traditional handheld surgical blades and potentially improve recovery time for patients.

8 Jul 2007

New Method for Using Laser Beams to Accelerate Ions

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Germany, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany, have developed a new method for using a laser beam to accelerate ions.

8 Jul 2007