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Bacteria Rapid Detection Using Optical Scattering Technology

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new low-cost system that analyzes scattered laser light to quickly identify bacteria for applications in medicine, food processing and homeland security at one-tenth the ...

13 Jul 2007

New Light Microscope Surpasses Resolution of Conventional Optical Microscopes

A new light microscope so powerful that it allows scientists peering inside cells to discern the precise location of nearly each individual protein they are studying has been developed and successfully demonstrated by scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Florida State University.

13 Jul 2007

New Uses for Scintillating Materials

Using materials that flash when struck by certain types of radiation, sensors developed in a new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville might help doctors treat cancer, customs agents scan for dirty bombs, and scientists study the furthest reaches of the universe.

13 Jul 2007

New Absorbing Molecules Produce 65-Nanometer Patterns

Producing three-dimensional polymer line structures as small as 65 nanometers wide just became easier with new two-photon absorbing molecules that are sensitive to laser light at short wavelengths, allowing researchers to create them without highly sophisticated fabrication methods.

13 Jul 2007

Rensselaer Researchers Analyze Specialized Pulsed Lasers injection Process on Living Cells

Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might affect living cells.

13 Jul 2007

More Accurate Breast Cancer Diagnosis May Come from Combined MRI-Optics Method

By combining two techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and near-infrared optics, researchers at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School may have devised a new, potentially more accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer.

13 Jul 2007

LED Lighting Brightens Supermarket Freezers

Supermarket freezers may soon look a lot brighter while demanding less energy, thanks to LED lighting.

13 Jul 2007

Argonne Researchers Trap Atoms of Radium in a Magneto-Optical Trap

Argonne researchers have successfully laser-cooled and trapped atoms of radium — the first time this rare element has been captured in a magneto-optical trap — with an assist from an unexpected source.

13 Jul 2007

Lasers Allow Scientists to Test Gene Function in Butterfly Wings

The University at Buffalo team that developed the world's first transgenic butterfly now has developed an innovative tool that will allow scientists studying "non-model" organisms to test directly the function of certain genes, even in the absence of genome sequencing information.

13 Jul 2007

Laser-Based Item Monitoring System Offers Alternative to Video Surveillance

Surveillance systems take on a new look with a technology developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

13 Jul 2007

New Sodium Laser for Astronomers

A new sodium laser is giving 50 times more sky coverage to the atmospheric-correcting technology known as adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

13 Jul 2007

Oak Ridge Wins Six R&D 100 Awards

Researchers and engineers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won six R&D 100 Awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.

13 Jul 2007

Creation of Joint Quantum Institute

Today, the University of Maryland (UM), the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the creation of a joint research institute designed to advance quantum physics research—deciphering the secrets of nature at the submicroscopic scale—and to exploit this knowledge to transform quantum technology from an exciting promise to practical reality.

13 Jul 2007

Innovations in Optics-Based Communications

Researchers will announce some of the latest breakthroughs and innovations in optics-based communications at OFC/NFOEC 2006--the largest and most comprehensive international event for optical communications.

13 Jul 2007

University of Arkansas Develop Probe for Future Planetary Rovers

University of Arkansas researchers, in partnership with a local company will develop a probe for future planetary rovers that will help scientists study the history of the solar system by examining the properties of layers of material beneath the surface of the moon, Mars, comets and other planetary bodies.

13 Jul 2007