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Fluorescence Microscopy May Be Used to Detect Tumours in Cancer Patients

Scientists have used near-infrared fluorescence microscopy to image carbon nanotubes inside a living organism for the first time.

2 Oct 2007

Wavefield Inseis Purchased Remaining Shares of Norwegian Optical Sensor Specialist

Wavefield Inseis exercised its option to purchase the remaining shares of Norwegian optical sensor specialist Optoplan AS from former owner Weatherford. The option was available until the end of 2008 and was part of the original deal when the company purchased an initial 35 percent of Optoplan in December 2006.

2 Oct 2007

Sea-Based Radar System Installed in Alaska by Boeing

The Boeing Company today announced that the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) mooring system has been installed at SBX's homeport in Alaska, completing a key piece of infrastructure for the missile defense sensor.

1 Oct 2007

NTPC Plans to Manufacture LED Lamps

NTPC Ltd plans to get into manufacturing Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps, widely considered the future of lighting technology. It has tied up with the Bangalore-based Society for Integrated Circuit Technology and Applied Research for making the lamps as they have frugal power consumption, considerably lower than even compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

1 Oct 2007

Advanced Photonix Received Purchase Order from U.S. Military for Night Vision Systems

Advanced Photonix, Inc. announced today that it has received a purchase order worth approximately $1,000,000 for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Arrays used for night vision displays employed by the U.S. Military. The order is expected to ship within the next nine months.

1 Oct 2007

Three Main Street in New York to Install Solar-Powered LED Street Lighting

SolarOne Solutions of Framingham, MA and Hadco ® Inc. of Littlestown PA announced that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will fund three main street lighting projects overseen by the Sullivan Renaissance, a beautification and community development program principally funded by the Gerry Foundation.

1 Oct 2007

LED Christmas Light Offers a More Cost-Effective and Environmentally Friendly Solution During Christmas

A more cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution to traditional incandescent holiday lighting is now available, says newly launched LED Christmas light company HolidayLEDs.com.

1 Oct 2007

Sumitomo Chemical has Completed Acquisition of Cambridge Display Technology for $285 Million

Sumitomo Chemical Company and Cambridge Display Technology Inc., a developer of technologies based on polymer organic light emitting diodes (P-OLEDs), today jointly announced that Sumitomo Chemical has completed its $285 million acquisition of CDT, by means of a merger between CDT and a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical. The merger consideration represents a 107 percent premium over CDT's 90-day average closing share price and a 95 percent premium over CDT's closing share price of $6.15 on July 30, the last trading day prior to first public announcement of the acquisition.

1 Oct 2007

Biolase Entering New Markets

Biolase Technology Inc. took the ouch out of dentistry, and now it hopes to put a smile on the face of its investors.

1 Oct 2007

Solar-Powered Laser Promises Almost-Unlimited Energy

A new kind of efficient, solar-powered laser has been developed by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in Japan. They hope to use the laser to help them realize their goal of developing a magnesium combustion engine. The researchers described the new laser in a recent issue of Applied Physics Letters.

1 Oct 2007

Laser Welding Technique Could Offer Surgeons an Alternative for Closing Corneal Wounds

A laser welding technique could offer surgeons an alternative to suturing for closing corneal wounds after phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction, according to a study by researchers in Italy. However, the laser-assisted technique may affect postoperative astigmatism, the study authors noted.

1 Oct 2007

Antimatter Should Increase Laser Power

An exotic molecule built from electrons and antimatter is being touted as a route to powerful gamma-ray lasers.

1 Oct 2007

U.S. Marine Helicopter Test Fired Two Laser-Guided APKWS Rockets

Fired from a Marine Corps Cobra helicopter, laser-guided 2.75-inch rockets destroyed ground targets from four kilometers away during a Navy test at China Lake, Calif., on Wednesday.

1 Oct 2007

Conterra Ultra Broadband Uses $41 million to Upgrade its Hybrid Wireless Network for Remote Areas

High-speed communications startup Conterra Ultra Broadband on Wednesday said it obtained $41 million in funding that it plans to use to upgrade its hybrid wireless/wireline network.

1 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