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Device on Mountaintop Takes First Step Toward Manmade Lightning

A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time, according to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal. They did this by aiming high-power pulses of laser light into a thunderstorm.

14 Apr 2008

High-Performance Compact Camera Built to Satisfy the Needs of Camera Enthusiasts

The P80 harmoniously integrates a 10.1 megapixel CCD image sensor with Nikon's innovative EXPEED(TM) digital image processing concept and an 18x optical Zoom-NIKKOR lens designed with the compact and comfortable styling of the Nikon COOLPIX brand.

11 Apr 2008

EMCORE to Acquire Optical Platform and Connects Cables Business

EMCORE Corporation announced a definitive agreement with Intel Corporation to acquire the enterprise and storage assets of Intel's Optical Platform Division as well as the Intel® Connects Cables business.

10 Apr 2008

Next Step towards Completion of Prototype Fiber Optic Modulators

Lightwave Logic, Inc announced today that it has delivered its breakthrough electro-optic material to the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences for independent tests that will determine the parameters necessary for the fabrication of the company's initial prototype fiber optic modulators.

10 Apr 2008

Novel Imaging Technologies to Solve Biological Problems

Scientific questions are becoming increasingly complex - scientists and engineers must respond by spanning the traditional boundaries between disciplines to develop the sophisticated tools needed to conduct leading research.

9 Apr 2008

LED-Based General Illumination Product Delivers up to 5X Power Savings Over Conventional Bulbs

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, power and system solutions; today announced the availability of the ULE2210A LED Universal Light Engine(TM) platform from OptoElectronix, Inc., a leading general illumination and custom LED product supplier.

9 Apr 2008

Quantum Computers Using Entangled Photons Generated in Optical Fibers

For now, full-fledged quantum computers are the stuff of science fiction - in last summer's blockbuster movie Transformers, the bad guys use quantum computing to break into the U.S. Army's secure files in just 10 seconds flat.

9 Apr 2008

The Largest and Most Detailed Map of Heavens Ever Produced

Our view of the Universe is about to be changed by the largest and most detailed 'map' of the heavens ever produced.

8 Apr 2008

Next-Generation Solar Cells With High-Efficiency

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) announce the development of new solar cell materials that Sunovia and EPIR believe will rival the most efficient multi-junction solar cell performance in existence today at significantly less cost.

7 Apr 2008