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Four New Systems for Optical Sectioning to Expand its Array of Fluorescence Imaging Solutions

During this year's Society for NeuroScience Annual Meeting, Carl Zeiss is introducing four new systems for Optical Sectioning to expand its array of Fluorescence Imaging Solutions.

17 Nov 2008

DOCOMO Capital Invests in MEMS Camera Development for Major Handset Customers

Siimpel Corporation, a leading supplier of optical micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) based solutions for the mobile market, announced today that it has completed an investment round in support of its groundbreaking MEMS technology and product development for mobile camera applications.

17 Nov 2008

New Approach to Calibrating Quantum Mechanical Measurement has been Developed by Scientists

A new approach to calibrating quantum mechanical measurement has been developed with particular applications in optics and super-secure quantum communication.

17 Nov 2008

Study Shows Novel Light Device Detects Cancerous Lesions From Normal Tissue

Researchers report promising results for the viability of a portable, handheld device using a specialized light technique that may enhance the differential diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancers, inflamed scar tissue and normal skin in vivo. Recently published in "Lasers in Surgery and Medicine" (August 2008 issue), the peer-reviewed professional journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, the retrospective study discussed the advantages of using Raman microspectroscopy to examine and classify pathologic skin cells.

17 Nov 2008

Speakers Illuminate Paths to R+D Success in Solar Energy, Biophotonics and Solid State Lighting

The modern world is the result of innovations developed under a model that no longer works, and companies that want to progress need to employ a new paradigm of open collaboration, reiterated speakers at the well-received SPIE Photonics Innovation Summit on 6 November in the San Francisco-Silicon Valley area.

15 Nov 2008

Astronomers Captrue Snapshots of a Multi-Planet Solar System

The new solar system orbits a dusty young star named HR8799, which is 140 light years away and about 1.5 times the size of our sun. Three planets, roughly 10, 10 and 7 times the mass of Jupiter, orbit the star. The size of the planets decreases with distance from the parent star, much like the giant planets do in our system.

13 Nov 2008

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has Taken First Visible-Light Snapshot of a Planet Circling Another Star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis, or the "Southern Fish."

13 Nov 2008

Photonics Emerging from the Shadows

The name has been around for four decades, but only now is a recognisable photonics community emerging in Europe. A European study has documented a fast-growing sector of more than 2100 companies and 700 research laboratories.

13 Nov 2008

Silicon Technology from Dow Corning Help Usher in a New Generation of LEDs

Silicon technology from Dow Corning is helping usher in a new generation of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that since their introduction in the 1960s have held the energy-saving promise of replacing incandescent, halogen and fluorescent light bulbs.

13 Nov 2008

New Tool Allows for Higher Sensitivity at Reduced Complexity and Cost

Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where the availability of superior optical detectors results in strongly improved sensing capabilities.

12 Nov 2008