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Novel Optical Technique that Permits Rapid Analysis of Single Human Immune Cells Using Only Light

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light.

1 Apr 2009

Tessera Licenses OptiML Wafer-Level Optics to Qtech

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) announced today that Q Technology Limited (Qtech) has licensed Tessera's OptiML™ wafer-level optics (WLO) technology for next-generation mobile electronics. Qtech, based in China, will integrate the technology into its compact modules for cell phone and notebook computer applications.

31 Mar 2009

A New Step Towards Quantum Computers

The intrinsic rotation of electrons - the "spin" - remains unused by modern electronics. If use as an information carrier were possible, the processing power of electronic components would suddenly increase to a multiple of the present capacity.

28 Mar 2009

OIDA President Outlines Number of Approaches Needed to Strengthen U.S. Optoelectronics Industry

Michael Lebby, president of OIDA, testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing on China's Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy. Chaired by Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane, Lebby offered OIDA's perspective on the panel discussing China's Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics Industries.

27 Mar 2009

Resolve Optics Forensic UV Lens Helps Police Fight Crime in China

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced that the Beijing Huaan Xunchi Police Equipment Co. Ltd (Beijing, China) has selected its Model 228 Forensic UV Lens to help expand sales of its Reflected UV Imaging System (RUVIS) scope that are used by Chinese police forces for forensic and crime scene investigations.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 26 Mar 2009

Elsevier Announces the Launch of Innovation Explorers

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Innovation Explorers, an online community of 300 researchers from 69 countries.

26 Mar 2009

New Calibration Expands Hubble's Capability

A scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology has expanded the Hubble Space Telescope's capability without the need for new instruments or billions of dollars.

25 Mar 2009

Two Lasers May be Better than One When Attacking Cancer Cells

Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Rice's H.S. Cameron Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and an authority on heat transfer and fluid flow, and doctoral student Jerry Vera are using computer simulations to quantify the effect of heating nanoparticles with near-infrared lasers to kill cancer tumors without damaging healthy tissue.

25 Mar 2009

Industrial Laser Sales to Fall 32% in 2009

The industrial laser market will fall 32% in 2009, to the level of 2004, if sales stay at current levels. Sales will return to 2008 levels by 2013, helped by military, biomedical instruments, and energy-related applications.

25 Mar 2009

EMCORE Corporation Announces New Tunable TOSA 10 Gb/s Optical Component Platform

EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, today announced its plans to release a new full-band tunable TOSA (transmit optical sub-assembly) product line.

24 Mar 2009