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New Way of Bending X-Ray Beams Could Lead to Greatly Improved Space Telescopes

A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips.

12 Jun 2008

New Laser Designed to Replace Nitrogen Gas Lasers Used in Mass Spectrometry

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced a new and proprietary solid-state 336nm DPSS laser designed to replace nitrogen gas lasers currently used in a wide range of mass spectrometry applications.

11 Jun 2008

CoreOptics Announces Availability of a 40 Gb/s Serializer/Deserializer Chipset

CoreOptics Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of 10/40/100 Gb/s optical networking subsystems, today announced availability of a 40 Gb/s Serializer/Deserializer chipset.

11 Jun 2008

Simulating a Telescope More Than 6,800 Miles in Diameter

On May 22, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico joined other telescopes in North America, South America, Europe and Africa in simultaneously observing the same targets, simulating a telescope more than 6,800 miles (almost 11,000 kilometers) in diameter.

11 Jun 2008

Primary Mirror Blank Assembly Delivered to ITT for GeoEye-2

GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced that the glass mirror blank for its advanced, next-generation Earth imaging satellite has been delivered to ITT Corporation.

10 Jun 2008

New Telecentric UV Scanning Lenses to Accommodate Large Input Beam Diameters

Special Optics, a Navitar company and manufacturer of high precision F-Theta scan lenses introduces four new telecentric UV scanning lenses to accommodate large input beam diameters of up to 17mm and wavelengths of 266 or 355nm. Lens focal lengths include 34mm, 50mm and two at 100mm with scan fields of 9mm, 20mm, 45mm, and 55mm, respectively.

9 Jun 2008

Revolutionizing the Worlds of Computing and Communications

The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).

5 Jun 2008

NIH Conduct Tests on Green Fiber Laser in Flow Cytometry Applications

Zecotek Photonics Inc. is pleased to announce that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH), recently conducted tests on its proprietary Green Fiber Laser (GFL-550) in flow cytometry applications.

5 Jun 2008

An Innovative Recipe for Giant Telescope Mirrors on the Moon

Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.

4 Jun 2008

Advanced Technology Drives Ongoing Live-Cell Research

Nikon Instruments Inc. and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine announced the opening of a collaborative core microscopy imaging center, establishing a partnership that brings improved research capabilities to Northwestern, while providing critical feedback for Nikon product development.

4 Jun 2008