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STFC Daresbury Laboratory's ALICE Accelerates to 4 Million Volt Milestone

A major milestone has been achieved in the completion of the UK's next-generation particle accelerator, ALICE, which is set to produce an intense beam of light that will revolutionise the way in which accelerator based light source research facilities will be designed in the future.

17 Nov 2008

Findings Represent Important Advances in Both Biology and Imaging Technology

The bacterial cell wall that is the target of potent antibiotics such as penicillin is actually made up of a thin single layer of carbohydrate chains, linked together by peptides, which wrap around the bacterium like a belt around a person, according to research conducted by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

17 Nov 2008

New Research into Drug Delivery to Treat Eye Disease

Researchers are investigating microneedles, nanoparticles and polymer carriers as potential new techniques to combat the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in the United States, according to a report from the Third Annual ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics Research Institute Conference.

17 Nov 2008

Study Shows Novel Light Device Detects Cancerous Lesions From Normal Tissue

Researchers report promising results for the viability of a portable, handheld device using a specialized light technique that may enhance the differential diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancers, inflamed scar tissue and normal skin in vivo. Recently published in "Lasers in Surgery and Medicine" (August 2008 issue), the peer-reviewed professional journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, the retrospective study discussed the advantages of using Raman microspectroscopy to examine and classify pathologic skin cells.

17 Nov 2008

Speakers Illuminate Paths to R+D Success in Solar Energy, Biophotonics and Solid State Lighting

The modern world is the result of innovations developed under a model that no longer works, and companies that want to progress need to employ a new paradigm of open collaboration, reiterated speakers at the well-received SPIE Photonics Innovation Summit on 6 November in the San Francisco-Silicon Valley area.

15 Nov 2008

Carl Zeiss and Visage Imaging to Integrate TRIDELITY’s Autostereoscopic 3D Displays

Norbert Haas, CEO TRIDELITY USA, announced today that the company's Autostereoscopic 3D Displays will be showcased at the Neuroscience 2008 conference in Washington DC, November 15 -19th. Carl Zeiss, the world's leading interactive microscopic and imaging company, as well as Visage Imaging, the makers of the groundbreaking Amira imaging software, have integrated TRIDELITY's interactive, multi-viewer 3D displays with their new microscope imaging and clinical imaging products respectively.

14 Nov 2008

Photonics Emerging from the Shadows

The name has been around for four decades, but only now is a recognisable photonics community emerging in Europe. A European study has documented a fast-growing sector of more than 2100 companies and 700 research laboratories.

13 Nov 2008

New Report on Technical Status and Market Prospects of Quantum Dots

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Advanced materials industry is available in its catalogue.

13 Nov 2008

GeneSiC Semiconductor Awarded Grant for the Development of Optically Gated High-Power SiC Switches

The US Department of Energy has awarded GeneSiC Semiconductor two separate grants totaling $1.5M for the development of high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) devices that will serve as key enablers for wind- and solar-power integration with the nation's electricity grid.

12 Nov 2008

Cutting-Edge Optical Tweezers May Enable Sensitive Blood Tests

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented "optical tweezers" technique for detecting and measuring very small concentrations of a biological substance-such as a virus on a surface.

12 Nov 2008