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Vanderbilt Scientists Invented World's Smallest Periscope

A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.

25 Feb 2009

world's Top Laser Experts to Speak at Upcoming Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

The world's top laser experts will gather in National Harbor, Maryland to share innovations in lasers and emerging technologies at the 29th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY (ASLMS).

25 Feb 2009

Development Enable Cost-Effective Mass Production of TFTs on Flexible Substrates

Optomec announced today that its Aerosol Jet system has been used to fully print Carbon NanoTube (CNT) based Thin Film Transistors (TFT) with operating frequencies over 5 Gigahertz (GHz). The work was conducted in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts and Brewer Science, Inc.

24 Feb 2009

3M Announces Availability of MicroTouch SCT System for 5.7-inch to 12.1-inch Displays

3M Touch Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the 3M Company and a leading innovator and manufacturer of touch technology, announces today the availability of the 3M MicroTouch System SCT3250CX.

24 Feb 2009

New Imaging Technique Developed by Researchers Overcomes Limit of Diffraction

A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundred-millionth of a centimeter).

18 Feb 2009

Project Could Save the Vision of Millions

In the blink of an eye, people at risk of becoming blind can now be screened for eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

17 Feb 2009

The Structure's Graded Depths Arrest Light at Multiple Locations and Different Frequencies

Light waves transmit data with much greater speed than do electrical signals, says Qiaoqiang Gan, a Ph.D. candidate at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. If they are guided with sufficient precision inside the tiny circuits of an electronic chip, they can bring about applications in spectroscopy, sensing and medical imaging.

17 Feb 2009

Future Lighting Solutions Introduces Polymer Optic's 230 Color Mixer Reflector for LUXEON Rebel Power LEDs

Future Lighting Solutions today announced the availability of Polymer Optic's 230 Color Mixer Reflector for LUXEON® Rebel Power LEDs, the first off-the-shelf optic for solid-state lighting applications requiring uniform mixing of multiple LED light sources.

17 Feb 2009

Powerful Tool for Reading Beneath the Paint on a Parchment Document

About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur on its way to becoming a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilized in limestone.

15 Feb 2009

New Spectroscopy Technique May Help Detect Deadly Disease Early

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though the new technique has not yet proven effective in double-blind clinical trials, it may one day help diagnose cancers of the pancreas and, potentially, other organs at their earliest and most treatable stages, before they spread.

13 Feb 2009