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Laser Technology Enhance Early Detection of Cancer

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a new technology that could enhance early detection of cancer and potentially save lives.

7 Dec 2007

UK's Improved Radiotherapy Strategies Uses Charged Particles Rather Than X-Rays

The University of Surrey welcomes the Government’s announcement today (3 December) that improved radiotherapy strategies are going to be at the forefront of government policy in the fight against cancer. This announcement is extremely timely, but it is extremely sad that the UK currently has no plans for the newest type of radiotherapy which uses charged particles rather than X-rays.

6 Dec 2007

LumaSense Releases Lastest Fiber Optic Temperature Measurement Systems

LumaSense Technologies, a leading provider of temperature and gas sensing solutions to industrial, semiconductor, optoelectronics, medical, and electric power industries, today announced the release of its Luxtron 800 series fiber optic temperature measurement systems for temperature monitoring in harsh EMI, RF, MRI, microwave and high voltage environments.

6 Dec 2007

Researchers Employ a Nanotechnology Atomic Force Microscope to Measure Cell Softness

A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists was able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the cells' softness.

5 Dec 2007

Purifying Wastewater from Hospitals Using UV Light

Hospital wastewater is contaminated with drugs that can pollute the environment. A newly developed system deals with the problem at source, directly treating and purifying wastewater from the toilets before it ever reaches the sewage plant.

4 Dec 2007

DOE Funds Xidex to Make Carbon Nanotube Sources for SEMs and TEMs

Xidex Corporation, an Austin-based nanotechnology company, has been awarded a new contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) for scaleable manufacturing of carbon nanotube (CNT) based field emission sources for use in scanning electron beam instruments such as scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and transmission electron microscopes (TEMs).

4 Dec 2007

AMS Technologies Introduces High Performance Fiber Coupled Laser Diode

AMS Technologies introduces Princeton Lightwave¡¯s high performance fiber coupled laser diode with an exceptional high power of 400mW @ 1550nm.

4 Dec 2007

American Fiber Systems Gives KU and K-State Light-Speed Link to the World

American Fiber Systems (AFS), a leading Kansas City optical broadband network provider, is lighting the way for research and collaboration at KU and K-State. AFS is providing the two largest universities in Kansas with a dark fiber based network enabling high bandwidth connectivity to other learning institutions across the state of Kansas.

4 Dec 2007

Polarized Light Microscope Plays Crucial Role in Developing Medical Therapies

A noninvasive, polarized light microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) played a crucial role in a recent breakthrough in embryonic stem-cell research aimed at developing medical therapies.

3 Dec 2007

QPC Wins Major Contract to Deliver Lasers Used in Rear Projection Televisions

"QPC," a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it has won a major contract to develop and deliver lasers to be used in rear projection televisions based on DLP and LCOS technologies.

3 Dec 2007