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Wellness Center USA to Acquire Phototherapy Device Maker, Psoria-Shield

Wellness Center USA has signed a share exchange agreement to purchase Florida-based Psoria-Shield, an innovator and producer of UltraViolet (UV) phototherapy devices for effectively treating skin diseases.

25 Jun 2012

Study Results Pave Way to Use Plasmons to Process and Transmit Information

A multi-institute team of researchers has imaged and shown the propagation of surface plasmons on graphene using an infrared light beam and demonstrated a way to control them utilizing a basic electrical circuit.

22 Jun 2012

New Way to Change and Control Transmission of Terahertz and Infrared Waves

A team of researchers from the Rice University and Osaka University’s Institute of Laser Engineering has discovered a way to manipulate the transmission of electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths between terahertz and midinfrared.

16 Jun 2012

Jenoptik to Present DUV Microoptics-Related Solutions at SEMICON West 2012

Jenoptik will exhibit microoptics-based homogenizers in CaF2, at SEMICON West 2012 at Moscone Center, San Francisco, from July 10th to 12th.

15 Jun 2012

Lumerical Solutions Files Provisional Patent on Prototyping Optical Response

Lumerical Solutions reports the filing of a provisional patent application entitled ‘System and Method for Transforming a Coordinate System to Simulate an Anisotropic Medium.

From Lumerical Solutions, Inc. 15 Jun 2012

Hydrophobic Nature of Lotus Leaves Fosters Development of Optical Displays

For several years, scientists have been devising methods to learn the hydrophobic nature of the lotus leaf. Directed by Aalto University, an international research team has resolved a new concept of scripting and displaying information on surfaces with water. The unique property of a trapped layer of air, and its effect on a lotus-based dual-structured water-repelling surface immersed in water, supported the research.

15 Jun 2012