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Bombarding Aluminium with World's Most Powerful Soft X-Ray Laser

Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

27 Jul 2009

New Device Makes Invisibility a Reality

One of the first things that come to mind when thinking about Harry Potter and his cloak is ... invisibility. Researchers in Spain have developed a device that makes objects invisible under a certain kind of light. Called 'dc metamaterial', the device brings the inside of the magnetic field down to zero but does not change the exterior field.

27 Jul 2009

Researchers Discover Cell that can Sense Light and Contribute to Vision in Fish

Nearly all species have some ability to detect light. At least three types of cells in the retina allow us to see images or distinguish between night and day.

26 Jul 2009

PI Announces Availability of P-653 Miniature Piezo Motor Demo Kit

PI (Physik Instrumente)'s patented P-653 piezo motor linear slide is significantly smaller than other miniature linear stages and provides significantly higher velocities and resolution.

25 Jul 2009

Advanced Lumonics Introduces New Price Points for its Popular Earthled Evolux and Zetalux Products

Advanced Lumonics, an early leader in the direct replacement LED lighting market through its EarthLED brand has announced new pricing for its popular EvoLux (TM) and ZetaLux (TM) LED light bulbs.

24 Jul 2009

Unlocking Optical Secrets of Jewel Beetles

A small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful that for centuries it was used in jewelry.

24 Jul 2009

Full Conversion of Blue into Amber Light by New Nitride Phosphor

Monochromatic light-emitting diodes cover a large part of the visible spectrum with high effi-ciency. For blue light, nitride diodes achieve external quantum efficiencies in excess of 65%, i. e., one photon is emitted for approx. 2/3 of the electron-hole pairs injected into the diode.

23 Jul 2009

Arkema Unveils New "Evolve" Sunglasses Collection

Smith Optics and Arkema unveil the new "Evolve" sunglasses collection using Rilsan Clear G830 Rnew at the Outdoor Retailer Summer fair in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 21st to 24th. Rilsan Clear G830 Rnew ...

23 Jul 2009

Lasers Trigger Nano-Earthquakes

With the "Reinhard Koselleck-Program" the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) has an independent funding scheme for especially innovative and risky research since 2008. Now the experimental physicist Prof. Manfred Bayer from TU Dortmund is one of the supported scientists.

23 Jul 2009

Brookhaven Lab and Hybridyne Imaging Win R+D 100 Award

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., of Toronto, Canada, have won a 2009 R+D 100 Award for developing a compact gamma camera for high-resolution imaging of prostate cancer.

23 Jul 2009

Innovate Series Based Street Lights Deliver Better Light, Lower Costs and a More Environmentally Friendly Solution

Enfis Group Plc. (LSE: ENF), an innovator of intelligent LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced the launch their new Innovate Series of LED arrays for use in myriad street lighting applications throughout North America.

22 Jul 2009

NREL Research Garners Three Prestigious R+D 100 Awards

An ultra-accelerated weathering system, a parabolic trough solar concentrating collector, and a microbattery - all developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - were honored today as top 100 innovations for 2009 by R+D Magazine.

22 Jul 2009

Philips Lumileds Expands Luxeon Rebel Family of LEDs

Philips Lumileds today expanded its LUXEON® Rebel family of LEDs with nine new emitters designed specifically for illumination solutions such as recessed lighting, street lamps and retrofit bulbs.

22 Jul 2009

Straightforward Way to Address Thermal Reliability Constraints in High-Power LED Lightings

Leadis Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: LDIS), an analog and mixed-signal semiconductor developer of LED drivers for consumer electronic devices, today announced sample availability of the LDS9001 and LDS9003, two new LED controllers featuring Leadis' patent pending LED-Sense™ Temperature Compensation engine.

22 Jul 2009

Moritex Expands Family of Telecentric Machine Micro Lenses

MORITEX Corporation, a leader in the field of lighting systems based on LED and fiber optic technology, today unveiled the latest addition to its family of telecentric Machine Micro Lenses (MML) with a new high resolution (HR) zoom lens to exploit the full potential of Mega Pixel (MP) sensor cameras.

22 Jul 2009