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Breakthrough Shines a Light on Supercomputers

IBM researchers report a significant advance in the quest to send information between multiple cores - “brains” - on a chip using pulses of light through silicon, instead of electrical signals on wires.

7 Dec 2007

Nikon Uncovers Secrets of Our Solar System

One of the UK¡¯s largest planetary science departments is using its new Nikon LV-100D microscope to study dust collected by NASA¡¯s Stardust spacecraft during its fly-by of comet Wild-2. This fly-by was the first mission to return cometary particles to earth.

7 Dec 2007

New Gas Analyzer Using Optical Technology To Measures Two Gases at Once

Sensor Electronics, Minneapolis, MN, has recently released the SEC DIR Dual Gas Analyzer designed to measure two gases simultaneously in a process environment.

7 Dec 2007

Plants React to Changes in Light Quality to Make Their Own Antifreeze

Plants use changes in light quality to make their own ‘antifreeze’, a new University of Leicester study has shown.

7 Dec 2007

Laser Technology Helps to Develop Cleaner Engines

Dutch researcher Bas Bougie has developed a laser system to investigate soot development in diesel engines. Small soot particles are not retained by a soot filter but are, however, more harmful than larger soot particles. Therefore, soot development needs to be tackled at the source. Laser Induced Incandescence (LII) is a technique that reveals exactly where soot is generated and can be used by project partners to develop cleaner diesel engines.

7 Dec 2007

Company Marks Important Milestone With Shipment of 1000th iQ200 Unit

Iris Diagnostics, a division of IRIS International, Inc. a leading manufacturer of urinalysis systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, today announced that it has shipped its 1,000th iQ®200 Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer for the international market. The analyzer, an iQ®200 ELITE™, was shipped to its distributor in Turkey and includes a commemorative plaque identifying it as the 1,000th international shipment.

7 Dec 2007

Laser Technology Enhance Early Detection of Cancer

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a new technology that could enhance early detection of cancer and potentially save lives.

7 Dec 2007

Integrated Software That Reduces Complexity of Advanced Laser Scanning Microscopes

One of the major problems facing users of advanced laser scanning microscopes is the amount and complexity of the image acquisition and microscope controls available. Even in integrated microscope control and imaging applications, learning to control the microscope, drive external accessories, manage the digital acquisition process, manipulate the resulting images and store the results can be a substantial barrier to beginners and advanced users alike.

6 Dec 2007

Images Sheds New Light About Solar Wind

Images from NASA-funded telescopes aboard a Japanese satellite have shed new light about the sun's magnetic field and the origins of solar wind, which disrupts power grids, satellites and communications on Earth.

6 Dec 2007

Foundation Commits Support for Development and Construction of Thirty-Meter Telescope

The California Institute of Technology and the University of California have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further development and construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT). Funding under this commitment will be shared equally between the two universities, with matching gifts from the two institutions expected to bring the total to $300 million. When built, TMT will be the largest telescope in the world.

6 Dec 2007

Significant Milestone For the Hubble Space Telescope Successor

A significant milestone for the Hubble Space Telescope successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is on course to be reached before Christmas with the testing of the verification model of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

6 Dec 2007

Laser Light Switches Ultrafast Optical Shutter

It’s a rare case of all light and no heat: A new study reports that a laser can be used to switch a film of vanadium dioxide back and forth between reflective and transparent states without heating or cooling it.

6 Dec 2007

Supercomputers Fits Into a Laptop PC Thanks to Breakthrough by IBM Scientists

Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor "brains" connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, thanks in part to a breakthrough by IBM scientists announced today.

6 Dec 2007

UK's Improved Radiotherapy Strategies Uses Charged Particles Rather Than X-Rays

The University of Surrey welcomes the Government’s announcement today (3 December) that improved radiotherapy strategies are going to be at the forefront of government policy in the fight against cancer. This announcement is extremely timely, but it is extremely sad that the UK currently has no plans for the newest type of radiotherapy which uses charged particles rather than X-rays.

6 Dec 2007

Seoul Semiconductor Files for Unfair Importation and Sales of Laser Diode Products

Seoul Semiconductor Co, Ltd. filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Nichia Corporation engaged in unfair trade practices through the importation and sales of Gallium Nitride (GaN) based laser diode products that infringe Seoul Semiconductor`s U.S. Patent No. 5,321,713 (`713 patent).

6 Dec 2007