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Lunar Telescope to See into the Dark Ages

A team of scientists and engineers led by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will study how to design a telescope on the Moon for peering into the last unexplored epoch in the Universe's history.

11 Mar 2008

Camera Provides Anyone with Ability to View Entire Scene

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a wide-angle camera that will be able to provide security forces with the ability to monitor large areas through high-resolution images taken from a satellite or an airborne craft, according to researcher David Pollock.

11 Mar 2008

Integration of Five Leading Companies in the Photonics Industry

Five leading companies in the photonics industry have been integrated under the "Gooch and Housego" brand name. Although they were all previously owned by Gooch & Housego Plc, they had operated under separate names.

11 Mar 2008

Security Applications to Benefit From Canesta's Electronic Perception Technology

Canesta, Inc, the pioneer of Electronic Perception Technology, announced today that Japan’s Optex Corporation – one of the world’s leaders in optical image sensing technology – has adopted one of Canesta’s 3D CanestaVision sensor chips for use in Optex’s new 3D image sensing technology platform.

11 Mar 2008

Consumers Now Have Easy Access to Home Theater Lenses

Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has expanded the sales and service capabilities of its Home Cinema line of products with the addition of manufacturers' representatives covering every region of the United States.

10 Mar 2008

Printed Photovoltaics Will Make the Most Difference

According to a new NanoMarkets report, printing will serve as a key manufacturing strategy to help thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) serve purposes in that cannot be created easily with traditional photovoltaics (PV).

10 Mar 2008

BAE Awarded $130 Million Contract for Production of Thermal Weapon Sights

BAE Systems has been awarded a $130 million U.S. Army order for production of thermal weapon sights. The order is the second award under a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, and increases the total contract value to more than $313 million. It also increases BAE Systems’ monthly deliveries to 3,000 units per month starting in 2009.

10 Mar 2008

QPC Lasers Showcaes High Power Eye-safe and Visible Lasers

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it will showcase its next generation products and technologies at the SPIE Defense & Security conference.

10 Mar 2008

Finding the Key to Gold’s Chemical Reactivity

In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a surprisingly good catalyst.

10 Mar 2008

New Optical Method That Can Detect Individual Neutrons

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect individual neutrons and record them over a range of intensities at least a hundred times greater than existing detectors.

10 Mar 2008

Tracking Motions of Nanoparticles in 3D

A clever new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three dimensions.

10 Mar 2008

Sorting Fish Using Machine Vision and Image Analysis

Ekrem Misimi, a research scientist at SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, has recently defended his doctoral thesis on accurate mathematical descriptions that enable machines to sort fish according to quality.

10 Mar 2008

Creating Functional Imaging of the Lungs

Deep Breeze Ltd, the innovator in vibration response imaging (VRI(TM)) technology, today announced that the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of the People’s Republic of China has approved the registration of the VRIxp(TM) device.

10 Mar 2008

Laser Treatment for MDF

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have devised a way of using a laser that transforms MDF giving it a surface finish that looks like some of the most expensive wood grains.

10 Mar 2008

Trina Solar Signs Purchase Agreement for Polysilicon Production Project

Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, today announced that it has signed an agreement with GT Solar Incorporated to purchase primary converter and reactor systems for its planned polysilicon production project for a total consideration of approximately US$49 million.

9 Mar 2008