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Lasers Used to Investigate Explosions

An explosion is a complex event in which rapidly changing pressures, temperatures, and chemical concentrations are involved.

4 Sep 2019

Latest Ultra-flexible LED Strip Lighting to Debut ELEX Show

New flexible LED Strip lighting will be making its debut on the LEDVANCE stand at ELEX Coventry this year, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, 19-20th September 2019.

From LEDVANCE GmbH 30 Aug 2019

Colorful Microreactors Utilize Sunlight

The sun is the most sustainable energy source available on our planet and could be used to power photochemical reactions. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists present a widely applicable, cost-effective photomicroreactor.

30 Aug 2019

First Light Fusion and Mott MacDonald to Deliver Design Vision for Fusion Power Plant

First Light Fusion, an Oxford-based global leader in researching energy generation via inertial fusion, and Mott MacDonald, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, are working together to produce a design vision of a “first of a kind” (FOAK) commercial fusion reactor.

From Mott MacDonald 30 Aug 2019

Laser Printing Tech Produces Waterproof E-Textiles in Minutes

The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes. That’s the future imagined by the researchers behind new e-textile technology.

30 Aug 2019

Multisite Optical Stimulator Could Advance Mammalian Behavioral Studies

Scientists have developed an implantable optrode array that can stimulate below-surface neurons in the brains of large mammals at two levels—through large-volume illumination and structured-light delivery.

30 Aug 2019

Human Night Vision Possible with Scientific Breakthrough

If possessing night-vision sounds like something straight from a comic book or sci-fi novel, then the lines between fiction and reality may have just blurred as scientists at the University of Massachusetts have made an astonishing breakthrough that allows mice to see infrared light.

By David J. Cross 29 Aug 2019

First Lunar Images Revealed by Chandrayaan-2

Boldly going where no other lunar mission has gone before, the moon’s south polar region, India’s Chandrayann-2 has transmitted fresh images of the surface of Earth’s natural satellite. Captured using the spacecraft’s Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC-2) the snaps were taken from an altitude of around 4375 km above the lunar surface.

By David J. Cross 27 Aug 2019

Photonis On-Board New X-Ray Imager to Study the Earth’s Magnetic Field from the Moon

Photonis has provided Micro Pore Optics that will be used in an X-ray imager designed by Boston University professor and engineer Brian Walsh to study Earth’s magnetosphere.

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 23 Aug 2019

Innovations in Optics, Inc. Acquires New Automatic Die Bonder to Keep Up with Rapid Growth

In our continued strategic pursuit of excellence and improvement, Innovations in Optics, Inc. has purchased a new F&S BONDTEC Model 5830 automatic wire bonder to produce Chip-on-Board die arrays used in the company’s high-power UV LED light sources.

From Innovations In Optics, Inc. 23 Aug 2019

Scienscope to Highlight NEW X-ray Component Counter at SMTA International

Scienscope International, a leading American supplier of cabinet style micro-focus X-ray systems, announced today that they will debut their new AXC-800 III X-ray component counter and display the X-Scope 2000 X-ray inspection system in booth 1224 at the upcoming SMTA International in Rosemont, IL, scheduled to take place September 24-25, 2019.

From Scienscope International Corp 23 Aug 2019

Photonis Awards Students for Innovative Science Ideas

Bordeaux, France 31-07-2019 – Photonis awarded students for innovative ideas during the finals of the Photonis Science Challenge in Bordeaux, France this July. Photonis started this challenge in January and selecte...

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 22 Aug 2019

New Active Alignment System for the Coupling of Photonic Structures to Fiber Arrays

In the packaging and testing of photonic components, the optical alignment must be repeated at multiple process steps and it, therefore, plays a decisive role in production economics. PI's new F-712.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 22 Aug 2019

Laser Lines becomes UK Reseller for SISMA’s Welding Systems

Laser Lines, the UK’s leading supplier of industrial & scientific lasers, accessories and 3D printers, today announces that it has become an exclusive UK reseller of SISMA’s laser welding systems, suitable for customers in industrial and the mould tool repair markets requiring manual, semi-manual and automatic systems.

From Laser Lines Ltd 22 Aug 2019

Nordson Corporation’s Latest Acquisition, Optical Control, to Show Component Counter with Automatic Loading/Unloading at SMTAI

optical control, now part of the Nordson Corporation, is pleased to announce that it will exhibit at SMTA International, scheduled to take place Sept. 24-25, 2019 at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The company will demonstrate the Nordson DAGE Assure™ component counter in Booth #700.

22 Aug 2019