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Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Captures Image of Earth-Directed Coronal Mass Ejection

On July 16, 2013, at 12:09 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later. These particles cannot travel through the atmosphere to harm humans on Earth, but they can affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.

17 Jul 2013

Spectral Imaging Data Used to Improve Berkeley Emission Estimation System

Environmental and remote sensing scientists at UC Berkeley are utilizing airborne and satellite spectral imaging data in a geospatial context for revising and improving the Berkeley Emission Estimation System (EES).

From Surface Optics Corporation 17 Jul 2013

Full-Scale Operations Begin at FUJIFILM Optics Philippines

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) today started full-scale operation of FUJIFILM Optics Philippines Inc. (President: Akinori Harada). The new company will become the core production base for high-performance lenses used for digital cameras, projectors and surveillance cameras.

16 Jul 2013

New COTS Marine and Naval Multifunction Displays from AIS

American Industrial Systems Inc. AIS, an ISO 9001:2008 is a certified supplier and manufacturer of COTS multifunction displays for marine's integrated platform management system (IPMS) and integrated bridge system (IBS) applications.

16 Jul 2013

Research to Develop Functional Imaging Technologies for Photoreceptor Diseases Receives Career Development Award

UC Davis Health System’s Eye Center has received a $250,000 Career Development Award from Research to Prevent Blindness to support the research of Ala Moshiri, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of electrophysiology services at the Eye Center.

16 Jul 2013

Accurate Control of Random Lasers

The light they emit is as unique as a fingerprint: random lasers are tiny devices with a light emission pattern governed by random scattering of light. Understanding the underlying details of random lasing action has only been achieved recently.

16 Jul 2013

Hubble Discovers New Moon Orbiting Distant Blue-Green Planet

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet.

16 Jul 2013

Samsung Introduces Consumer Multi-Touch Display and Ergonomic Rotating Display Monitors

Please replace the release dated July 11, 2013 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions to the "Contrast Ratio" specifications in the "Key Specs" chart.

15 Jul 2013

EyeMed Vision Care Achieves Certified Center of Excellence Distinction

EyeMed Vision Care, the nation’s fastest-growing vision benefits company and part of Luxottica, a leader in vision care and eyewear, announced that their Customer Care Center recently earned the distinction as a Certified Center of Excellence for the fourth consecutive year by BenchmarkPortal, a global leader in contact center benchmarking, certification, training and consulting.

15 Jul 2013

Novel 3D Display without Ghosting

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a prototype for 3D+2D television that allows viewers with stereo glasses to see three-dimensional images, while viewers without the glasses see a normal two-dimensional image.

15 Jul 2013

EPFL Professor Appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Structural Dynamics Journal

Professor Majed Chergui has been appointed Editor-in-chief of the open-access and online-only journal recently jointly created by the American Institute of Physics and the American Crystallographic Association.

15 Jul 2013

Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Data on Solar Tsunami Used to Estimate Sun's Magnetic Field

A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic field.

12 Jul 2013

NASA Invites Proposals for Use of Data from Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean Instrument

The International Space Station is expanding the use of its Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) instrument to more Earth scientists and environmental researchers.

12 Jul 2013

LG Electronics Introduces Full-Backlit Ultra HD LED Array Models in Wider Range of Sizes

Building on its success with the industry's first 84-inch class Ultra High Definition flat-panel TV available in the United States, LG Electronics today expanded its 2013 Ultra HD line to include the first full-backlit LED array models in 55- and 65-inch class (54.6- and 64.7-inch diagonal, respectively) screen sizes, making Ultra HD technology available for a larger segment of the market.

12 Jul 2013

NASA to Test Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science Communications Technology

NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen transmission of scientific data.

12 Jul 2013