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Hundred Metre Virtual Telescope Captures Unique Detailed Colour Image

"This is one of the first images made using near-infrared interferometry," says lead author Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin. Interferometry is a technique that combines the light from several telescopes, resulting in a vision as sharp as that of a giant telescope with a diameter equal to the largest separation between the telescopes used.

18 Feb 2009

CST-90 Features Large Chip, High-Brightness, High-Efficiency Levels

Luminus Devices, Inc., today announced the CST-90 white PhlatLight® LED, the newest addition to the PhlatLight LED family of products developed for fixture manufacturers in the general lighting industry.

17 Feb 2009

Future Lighting Solutions Introduces Polymer Optic's 230 Color Mixer Reflector for LUXEON Rebel Power LEDs

Future Lighting Solutions today announced the availability of Polymer Optic's 230 Color Mixer Reflector for LUXEON® Rebel Power LEDs, the first off-the-shelf optic for solid-state lighting applications requiring uniform mixing of multiple LED light sources.

17 Feb 2009

NTU Signs Letter of Intent with Carl Zeiss

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Carl Zeiss SMT, a global leader in innovative lithography optics, optical and particle-beam based analysis and measuring systems. The LOI formalizes a strategic partnership and collaboration which is set to open up new opportunities in nanomaterials and materials science research.

17 Feb 2009

New Spectroscopy Technique May Help Detect Deadly Disease Early

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though the new technique has not yet proven effective in double-blind clinical trials, it may one day help diagnose cancers of the pancreas and, potentially, other organs at their earliest and most treatable stages, before they spread.

13 Feb 2009

Acquisition Expands Navitar's In-House Optical Coating Capabilities

Navitar, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision optical systems, announced today the recent sale of Navitar Coating Labs, located in Newport Beach, California. The decision was made to sell the coatings division based on the success of Navitar's recent acquisition of Special Optics, a Wharton, New Jersey firm, which has quadrupled the company's optical design capabilities and expanded Navitar's in-house optical coating capabilities.

From Navitar Inc. 12 Feb 2009

A. Kruess Optronic Introduces Small Software Revolution for Polarimeter P8000

In time for the Analytica Vietnam, A. Kruess Optronic presents a small software revolution for its flagship polarimeter P8000. The improvements and extensions made are almost a quantum jump in regards to the software.

12 Feb 2009

Beams From the Sky Map the Ground Underfoot

Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping tools available to geologists and hydrologists have had their limits.

12 Feb 2009

Plasmonics - A Possible Replacement for Current Computing Approaches

Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller than optically-based systems, according to a Penn State engineer who has developed a plasmonic switch.

11 Feb 2009

Navitar Announces Release of New 2009 Product Catalog

Navitar, a global leader of imaging optics technology announces the release of its new 2009 product catalog featuring a full line of optical solutions for Machine Vision, Automation, Assembly, Imaging, Measuring, Inspection and Biomedical Sciences.

From Navitar Inc. 10 Feb 2009