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Light-Absorbing Nanowires Making Better Solar Panels

A century after German physicist Gustav Mie derived the math to explain why the colors in some stained glass windows look especially resplendent in the sunlight, a team of Stanford engineers has built upon his work to potentially improve a means of harvesting energy from the sun.

7 Jul 2009

Imperial Researchers Win Top Awards

Four researchers from Imperial's Department of Physics have been honoured in the Institute of Physics' annual awards announced this week - more than at any other UK university.

3 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Green Fiber Laser Selected by Russian Academy of Sciences

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that its proprietary Green Fiber Laser GFL 550 has been selected by the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) as the main laser source for Raman spectrometers in solid-state research and for confocal microscopy in biomedical (DNA) research.

2 Jul 2009

Working Towards an Optical Integrated Circuit

ETH Zurich researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.

2 Jul 2009

Innovative Technology Shatters The Barriers of Modern Light Microscopy

Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technische Universität München are using a combination of light and ultrasound to visualize fluorescent proteins that are seated several centimeters deep into living tissue.

30 Jun 2009

$2.2 Million To Support Their Ongoing Vision Research

A group of scientists working in Indiana University's School of Optometry and the Department of Biology will share more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their ongoing vision research.

29 Jun 2009

Using Laser Beams Create Ultra-High-Speed "Temporal Lenses" Capable Of Making "Movies" Of Molecular Processes

Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been one of the holy grails among physicists. That ability could open the door to a wide range of applications in ultrafast elect...

28 Jun 2009

Resolve Optics Announces Investment In Modulation Transfer Function Testing Equipment

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced investment in Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) testing equipment to enable unambiguous metrics, detailing the performance of the specialist lenses and lens systems the company designs and supplies, to be provided to customers.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 25 Jun 2009

Unique Integrated LED Light Engine With 1,000 Lumens Light Output

OptoElectronix today announced a unique LED-based lighting module that enables luminaire manufacturers to accelerate adoption of SSL (solid state lighting) for commercial lighting fixtures. It delivers the same light output as a 60-watt incandescent bulb at just one-fourth the power and has a 50,000-hour life.

25 Jun 2009

World's First Acoustic "Superlens"

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and novel underwater stealth technology.

24 Jun 2009