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Putting a Freeze on Oscillator Vibrations

University of Oregon physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally occurring mechanical vibrations to a near standstill.

17 Jun 2009

Scientists Produce New Type of Acoustic Laser

It was an idea born out of curiosity in the physics lab, but now a new type of 'laser' for generating ultra-high frequency sound waves instead of light has taken a major step towards becoming a unique and highly useful 21st century technology.

17 Jun 2009

Fluoptics' Industry-First Optical Imaging System Enhances Detection and Helps Surgery

Leti, a leading global research center committed to creating and commercializing innovation in micro- and nanotechnologies, announced today that it has launched a new company, Fluoptics, that will improve surgery of some types of cancers.

17 Jun 2009

Light Emitting Probes Represent Significant Step in Scrutinizing the Behaviors of Proteins

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created bright, stable and bio-friendly nanocrystals that act as individual investigators of activity within a cell.

16 Jun 2009

Increasing the Power of X-Rays

Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of Russian institutes.

16 Jun 2009

Zecotek Photonics Announces Market Response to New Continuous Wave Narrow-Band Ti: Sapphire Laser

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the market response to its new Continuous Wave Narrow-Band Ti: Sapphire Laser, the Tisarius-D-scan narrow-line laser, endorses Zecotek's growing reputation as a provider of leading edge photonic research tools.

15 Jun 2009

Lightwave Logic Re-Confirms Previous r33 Test Results of its 'Next Generation Electro-Optic Material Platform'

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG), a development stage company, moving toward prototype demonstration and commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets, announced today current tests results support the earlier results (r33) of its Perkinamine class materials.

14 Jun 2009

Researchers Develop New 'Electronic Glue'

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies.

11 Jun 2009

Belgian Researcher Wins First Prize in DSM Science + Technology Awards

Belgian researcher Peter Dedecker has won the first prize in the DSM Science & Technology Awards (North) 2009. An international judging committee, chaired by DSM Chief Technology Officer Dr Jos Put, selected Peter Dedecker, who received his doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) for his PhD thesis entitled "The Photophysics of the Photoswitchable Fluorescent Protein Dronpa and its Applications in Diffraction-unlimited Fluorescence Microscopy".

11 Jun 2009

Guide Provides an Overview of Current Technologies

Our everyday lives are dictated by technical developments, and we will be increasingly moulded and changed by them. We can only actively help to shape the future if we know what awaits us.

10 Jun 2009

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