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CU-Boulder Professor Wins $3 Million Fellowship from DoD

University of Colorado at Boulder physics Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Defense.

27 Jan 2009

Spectrometer Modules MCS FLEX Supplement Successful Spectral Sensor Line from Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss has added the MCS FLEX modules to its line of spectral sensors. The Multi Channel Spectrometer modules will be presented for the first time at the Photonics West trade show in San Jose, California, from January 27 to 29, 2009.

22 Jan 2009

Company Will Feature Latest Suite of Metal Halide Fiber-Optic Illuminators for Medical, Industrial Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces the "LB24" suite of Solarc metal halide fiber-optic illuminators for medical and industrial applications. LB24 products are compact, efficient, long-life illumination sources that produce high-quality, daylight-appearing light for delivery via small-diameter fiber bundles.

20 Jan 2009

PI Introduces Novel Ceramic Linear Motor Actuators at Photonics West Conference

Piezo systems specialist PI will introduce the novel N-380 / N-381 NEXACT® ceramic linear motor actuators at this year's Photonics West conference in San Jose, CA. The new actuator is based on the Piezo Walk principle and replaces classical lead screw actuators combining high forces and long travel ranges with sub-nanometer resolution in a small package.

20 Jan 2009

Strasbourg Equipped with One of the Best-Performing Microscopes in Europe

The Institut de physique et de chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS - CNRS/Université de Strasbourg) inaugurated its new transmission electron microscope on 9 January 2009. This instrument, which will be devoted to studying matter at the atomic scale, is one of the best-performing in Europe.

16 Jan 2009

New Application of PAT Worth its Weight in Gold to Breast Cancer Patients

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients.

13 Jan 2009

Infrared Mapping of Strain Fields in Semiconductors

A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in semiconductors.

11 Jan 2009

High Resolution and Flexibility for Microscopic Examinations of Near-membrane Processes

With Laser TIRF 3, Carl Zeiss infuses its imaging system for Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence microscopy with an entirely new level of quality. The TIRF system is suitable for reproducible microscopic examinations of near-cell membrane dynamic processes and interactions of single molecules in cell-free systems with high time resolution.

8 Jan 2009

First Vertebrate to Use Mirrors to Focus Light in its Eyes

Professor Julian Partridge from the University of Bristol, said: "In nearly 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, and many thousands of vertebrate species living and dead, this is the only one known to have solved the fundamental optical problem faced by all eyes - how to make an image - using a mirror."

7 Jan 2009

Nikon Instruments Europe Signs Distribution Agreement with SLEE Medical

Nikon Instruments Europe and SLEE Medical GmbH have announced an agreement for a distribution partnership that appoints Nikon as the official European distributor of SLEE’s pathology specimen preparation equipment.

5 Jan 2009