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19 Individual Mirrors to Function as One Very Sensitive Telescope

Scientists and engineers have created and successfully tested a set of algorithms and software programs which are designed to enable the 19 individual mirrors comprising NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope to function as one very sensitive telescope.

3 Oct 2007

PLT can Propel Spacecraft to Unprecedented Speeds Greater than 100 km/sec

The aerospace industry has taken notice of a California researcher who, using off-the-shelf components, built and successfully demonstrated the world's first successful amplified photon thruster.

3 Oct 2007

Scientists Discovered Ways to Make QDs Brighter

U.S. scientists have developed a method of increasing the fluorescence intensity of quantum dots by a factor of at least 108.

2 Oct 2007

Photonics Offers Superior Performance and Reliability for the Automotive Industry

The high performance capabilities of photonics technology meets the automotive industry's need for safety and entertainment solutions that offer superior performance, reliability, robustness, and cost effectiveness, reports Frost & Sullivan.

2 Oct 2007

PerkinElmer to Expand Fabrication Facility

PerkinElmer, a company providing health sciences and photonics solutions, announced the expansion of its Santa Clara, California, digital x-ray detector fabrication facility.

2 Oct 2007

New NASA Gamma-Ray Telescope Allows Scientists to Study Black Holes and Other Phenomena

A new NASA space telescope will give scientists a peek at some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe. The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to be launched next spring doesn't see visible light like our eyes, but gamma rays, the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum.

1 Oct 2007

Thorlabs and BMC Joined Forces to Bring Deformable Mirrors to Photonics Research

Thorlabs Inc. a Newton, N.J.-based developer of laser and fiber optic systems, and Boston Micromachines Corp. (BMC) of Watertown, Mass., have announced a partnership to enable BMC, a provider of advanced MEMS (microelectromechanical systems)-based mirror products, to bring its deformable mirrors to photonics research.

30 Sep 2007

The Trilobite Data Show a Different Process at Work

We've never seen anything quite like it," says solar physicist Lika Guhathakurta from NASA headquarters.

27 Sep 2007

World's Brightest Quantum Dots have Many Potential Applications

By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic
crystal, researchers at the University of Illinois have
demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 10⁸.
Potential applications include high-brightness light-emitting diodes,
optical switches and personalized, high-sensitivity biosensors.

26 Sep 2007

PhotonicLab Platform Wins Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award

BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., the leading
company in the development of printed opto-electronic solutions for life sciences, today
announced that the company is a co-winner in the semiconductor category for the
seventh annual Wall Street Journal contest for Technology Innovation. BIOIDENT was
awarded for the development of its PhotonicLab Platform™, which enables rapid in-vitro
diagnostics, chemical and biological threat detection, and environmental testing without
the need for off-site lab analysis.

26 Sep 2007