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CSA Group Acquires LED and Lighting Metrology Testing Company, Orb Optronix

CSA Group, a leading global product certification and testing organization today announces that it has acquired Orb Optronix, a privately-held, industry-leading LED test and measurement, products and engineering services company located in Kirkland, Washington, near Seattle.

19 Nov 2012

Albiva to Acquire Optical Products Provider Enablence Technologies’ Swiss Subsidiary

Enablence Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of optical components and subsystems for telecommunication access, metro and long-haul markets and enterprise and other applications, provides an update on the sale of its wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary, Enablence Switzerland AG ("ENA Switzerland") first announced in July 2012.

17 Nov 2012

Drexel University Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its image.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Telescopes

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Find Evidence for Born-Again Event

Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years.

17 Nov 2012

Groundbreaking Discovery into Optimization of Light Sources to Human Vision

Vision researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery into the optimization of light sources to human vision. By tuning lighting devices to work more efficiently with the human brain the researchers believe billions of dollars in energy costs could be saved.

16 Nov 2012

World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser Used to Supercharge an Atom

Supercharging is a technique no longer confined to automotive enthusiasts.

16 Nov 2012

Optical Data Reveals Oxygen, Hydrogen and X-ray Emissions in Planetary Nebula Abell 30

These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects. The inset image on the right is a close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data showing optical emission from oxygen ions in orange.

16 Nov 2012

Hubble Space Telescope and A Cosmic Zoom Lens Uncover Farthest Known Galaxy

By combining the power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and one of nature's zoom lenses, astronomers have found what is probably the most distant galaxy yet seen in the Universe. The object offers a peek back into a time when the Universe was only 3 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years.

16 Nov 2012

DILAS Introduces SF1000/400 Fiber-Coupled Diode Laser System

DILAS Diode Laser, Inc, the diode laser company, announces today the next generation fiber-coupled system which was developed to suit the needs for volume production in industrial applications. The DILAS SF1000/400 is capable of delivering up to 1-kilowatt output from a 400-micron fiber at 976nm, at a single wavelength.

16 Nov 2012

Astronomers Discover Free-Floating Homeless Planet

A planet that is not orbiting a star, effectively making it homeless, has been discovered by a team of University of Montreal (UdeM) researchers working with European colleagues and data provided by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT).

16 Nov 2012

Novel Method to Measure Thickness of Graphene Using an Optical Microscope

The remarkable properties and subsequent applications of graphene have been well-documented since it was first isolated in 2004; however, researchers are still trying to find a quick, cheap and efficient way of measuring its thickness.

16 Nov 2012

DELTA Optical Thin Film Opens New Online Shop with Celebratory 10% Discount

DELTA Optical Thin Film has opened an online shop to give their expanding customer base easy access and purchase possibilities for linear variable filters and advanced optical filters and components.

From Delta Optical Thin Film A/S 15 Nov 2012

New Deal to Establish DARPA Space Surveillance Telescope in Australia

DARPA’s ground-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) may soon head to Australia. An agreement reached this week with Australia’s Department of Defense will allow DARPA to take the 180,000 lb. three-mirror Mersenne-Schmidt telescope to Australia to track and catalogues space debris and objects unique to the space above that region of the world that could threaten DoD satellites. In the joint agreement, the U.S. and Australia have decided to work towards the establishment of the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) on Australian soil.

15 Nov 2012

Molex to Display Advanced Interconnect Products and Solutions at Super Computing 2012

Molex Incorporated will showcase its proven expertise in high-speed, high-density and high-signal integrity interconnect technology at Super Computing 2012, November 12-15 in Salt Lake City, UT. Company leaders will conduct ongoing product demonstrations in Molex booth 3745.

15 Nov 2012