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e2v's CCD Imaging Sensors to be Installed in Akatsuki Spacecraft

e2v Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging sensors are due to be launched into space on board the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (formally known as PLANET-C) to study the planet Venus.

18 May 2010

New Light-Directed Technique Helps to Study Protein Function

A precise understanding of cellular growth and movement is the key to developing new treatments for cancer and other disorders caused by dysfunctional cell behavior. Recent breakthroughs in genetic medicine have uncovered how genes control whether cellular proteins are turned 'on' or 'off' at the molecular level, but much remains to be understood about how protein signaling influences cell behavior.

17 May 2010

Report on Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XI

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XI" report to their offering.

15 May 2010

Laser Innovation of Raytheon

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is proud to recognize the 50th anniversary of the laser and to celebrate the many innovations that emerged since Theodore Maiman of Hughes Research Labs developed the first working laser May 16, 1960.

15 May 2010

Garmin-Transitions Cycling Team Compete in Amgen Tour of California Wearing Transitions Lenses

Team Garmin-Transitions, the elite American professional cycling team, is set to compete in the Amgen Tour of California, May 16-23, while wearing the latest, most advanced adaptive lens technology available from Transitions Optical.

15 May 2010

KVH Secures New Order for Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Tactical Navigation System

KVH Industries, Inc., announced today that it has received a $2 million order for its TACNAV® II tactical navigation system for use by an international customer.

15 May 2010

Lens Manufacturers Benefit from Taylor Hobson’s Optics Metrology

Drastic manufacturing yield improvements are being gained by manufacturers of high precision optics.

14 May 2010

Semrock Introduces New Quad-Band Set Comprising Hard-Coated Optical Filters

Semrock announces the first complete quad-band fluorescence filter set for simultaneous four-color imaging by eye or with a color camera using broadband illumination.

14 May 2010

Abrisa to Showcase Optical Coating Solutions at SID 2010

Abrisa, a global leader in complete glass and coating solutions for display applications, will be showcasing a wide variety of front glass, optical coatings for display, silkscreened glass panels, precision-machined glass edges, and other lenses and glass at the 48th annual SID International Exhibition, May 25-27, 2010 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA.

14 May 2010

Single Rubidium Atom Controls Light Transmission Through Optical Cavity

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) describes the effect, that the interaction of an atomic medium with a weak laser field can be controlled and manipulated coherently with a second, strong laser field.

14 May 2010