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Northwestern Engineering Team Develops New Spectroscopy-Based Super-Resolution Optical Imaging Platform

In 2014, an international trio won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, a technique that made it possible to study molecular processes in living cells.

26 Jul 2016

KAUST Researchers Develop New Ferroelectric Tunnel Junction that Can be Controlled by Light

An electronic device that could lead to smaller, low-power memory chips can now be controlled and probed by light, as revealed by research from KAUST.

26 Jul 2016

Fairchild’s New Active Bridge Solution Delivers Best-in-Class Performance for Power Over Ethernet-Based IoT Devices

GreenBridge Delivers Thermal, Efficiency and Size Advantages Superior to Diodes for POE PDs

26 Jul 2016

New Display Could Enable Audience to Watch 3D Films Without Extra Eyewear

3D movies provide viewers with a completely new experience by allowing them to visualize places and objects in ways that are otherwise not possible. However, unattractive 3D glasses are essential to enjoy every 3D experience. Fortunately, a display developed by a group of researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science could enable audiences to watch 3D movies without wearing 3D glasses.

26 Jul 2016

Optomap Technology Enhances Accuracy of Treatments in Prescott Valley Eye Care

Patients can receive a thorough exam that evaluates the back of the eye and can identify signs of serious eye diseases earlier than traditional means, reports Prescott Valley Eye Care.

25 Jul 2016

Teledyne Receives Contract to Fabricate, Test and Deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection Spectacles

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (TS&I), was awarded a $30.1 million contract by the United States Air Force to fabricate, test and deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection (ALEP) Block 2 spectacles.

25 Jul 2016

OSA-Launched Conference to Feature Recognized Experts in Fields of Optics and Photonics

The Optical Society (OSA) presents the 2016 Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference (LAOP), an international congress hosted by The Optical Society, with the primary objective of promoting optics and photonics related activities within the Latin American region

25 Jul 2016

New Multi-Photon Microscope Captures 3D Images of Thick Living and Fixed Tissues

You can’t study what you can’t see. That is why the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Imaging Core is investing in a multi-photon microscope. The new device, which specializes in capturing 3-D images of thick living and fixed tissues, is to be installed at Penn Vet this summer and will enhance the bio-imaging infrastructure there and in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.

22 Jul 2016

Hitachi High-Tech, RIKEN Jointly Launch MirrorCLEM to Simplify Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech) and RIKEN, one of Japan’s national institutes for scientific research, announced today that they have jointly developed ”MirrorCLEM,” a system for simplifying correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) which enables the observation of one using both light and scanning electron microscopes (SEM).

22 Jul 2016

Professor Gerald Stringfellow Receives Top Prize for Research in LED Technology

University of Utah Distinguished Professor Gerald Stringfellow, a former dean of the U’s College of Engineering and a pioneer in LED technology, has been awarded a top research prize for his career-long work in the process for making light-emitting diodes, an important milestone for LED TVs, cellphone screens, high-efficiency solar cells, computer monitors and a new wave of LED light bulbs.

22 Jul 2016

Orange Poland, Nokia Achieve World’s First Optical Transmission of 250Gb/s

Orange and Nokia have achieved the world’s first optical transmission of 250 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) per wavelength over 870km through Orange Poland’s existing network infrastructure.

22 Jul 2016

New Software Enables Mars Rover’s ChemCam Instrument to Select Rock Targets Autonomously

New software is enabling ChemCam, the laser spectrometer on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, to select rock targets autonomously—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission.

22 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop New Optical Fiber-Based Probe to Measure Brain Temperature

The brain is the most temperature-sensitive organ in the body. Even small deviations in brain temperature are capable of producing profound effects--including behavioral changes, cell toxicity, and neuronal cell death.

21 Jul 2016

Pixartprinting's New Display Line Products to Help North American customers Increase Business Visibility

Pixartprinting, a leading web-to-print business that serves over 250,000 creative professionals globally, has expanded its display line with four new products to help North American customers increase brand awareness and business visibility with their own unique designs. New products include Flag Displays, Point-of-Sale (POS) Displays, Retractable Banners and Banner Stands.

21 Jul 2016

Verizon Taps Ericsson/Calix and ADTRAN to Test NG-PON2 Technology

As Verizon advances toward implementing new technology on its fiber optic infrastructure, the company has reached a critical juncture in its RFP (Request For Proposals) process by tapping two companies to begin testing NG-PON2 (next generation passive optical network) equipment in Verizon's Innovation Lab in Waltham, Mass.

21 Jul 2016