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Globacom Launches $700 Million Optic Fibre Project in Nigeria

NIGERIA's Second National Telecom Operator, (SNO) Globacom yesterday commissioned first phase of a $700 million (about N83 billion) nationwide fibre optic project in Minna, Niger state, bring it closer to the vision of becoming 'Africa's leading telecommunications carrier' to a higher level.

22 Nov 2007

The Challenge for Indium Phosphide Photonic Development Report Available from Research and Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Challenge for Indium Phosphide Photonic Development and the Optical Foundry to their offering.

22 Nov 2007

Research and Markets Announced Availability of High Power Diode Laser Sources Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of High Power Diode Laser Sources and Their Impact on Industrial, Medical, and Military Laser Industries to their offering.

22 Nov 2007

Cold Laser to Stop Smoking

A medical training seminar was held in Las Vegas, where Eileen O'Connor from KickButtsUSA an expert experienced in using cold lasers to help people quit smoking and lose weight, demonstrated to medical doctors exactly how she uses cold lasers as part of a program to help patients stop smoking.

22 Nov 2007

Lockheed Martin Selects Wescam Sensor for U.S. Army's Tethered Aerostat Systems

WESCAM, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today the delivery of MX?20 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging turrets to Lockheed Martin for its tethered aerostat system program.

22 Nov 2007

Alcatel-Lucent Deploys Advanced Electro-Optical Observation Tower System in Poland

Poland's Komenda Glowna Strazy Granicznej has selected Alcatel-Lucent to lead a consortium with Elbit Security Systems Ltd., to deploy a sophisticated Observation Tower System that will be based on advanced long- range observation equipment.

21 Nov 2007

New Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope Helping Researchers Explore Intriguing Objects

"See those white sparks?" asks Kirk Czymmek, as he points to the video on his computer screen of a highly magnified heart cell in action. Tiny fireworks flash across the screen with every pulsation of the cell.

21 Nov 2007

Laser Lab Gets Funding from Department of Energy

The U.S. federal government expects to spend more than $350 million over the next five years keeping one of the fixtures of the local optics industry operating.

20 Nov 2007

New Coherent CO2 Laser Offers Peak Power Greater Than 1 kW

The new Diamond E-400 from Coherent, Inc. is the first sealed, pulsed CO2 laser to offer average power of 400 watts or peak power >1 kW in a fully integrated, compact package.

20 Nov 2007

New Method for Detecting and Characterizing Prions Using Fluorescent Molecules

An effective and sensitive new method for detecting and characterizing prions, the infectious compounds behind diseases like mad cow disease, is now being launched by researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden, among other institutions.

20 Nov 2007

Sandia Researchers Developing Fluorescence-Based Bioaerosol to Lower False Alarm Rates

Commercially available, fast-response bioaerosol detectors that can help guard against bioterrorist strikes in large public spaces face a significant hurdle: false alarms. Facility managers responsible for airports, train stations, sports arenas, and other venues will be loathe to install biodetection systems until they can be close to certain that the hardware won't alarm without cause and force unnecessary evacuations.

20 Nov 2007

Laser Breast Imaging Clinical Results to be Presented by Imaging Diagnostic at RSNA

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced that the Company will feature breast cancer cases imaged with optical computed tomography technologies at RSNA 2007, in Chicago, Illinois from November 25 - 28. A CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) system and clinical results will be exhibited in the North Building, Hall B, in booth #6600.

20 Nov 2007

Fellows of the Optical Society of America Awarded to Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists

Ralph James and Trevor Sears, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, have been named Fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Limited to ten percent of the total OSA membership, Fellows of the organization have served with distinction in the advancement of optics. The two scientists will each receive a Fellow plaque and a pin at an OSA meeting in San Jose, California, in May 2008.

20 Nov 2007

Verizon's Fastest FiOS Internet Services

Verizon continues changing the definition of "fast" for Delaware broadband users by introducing a new, symmetrical Verizon FiOS Internet service for consumers, featuring upstream and downstream connection speeds of up to 15 megabits per second (Mbps).

20 Nov 2007