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Lenses Continue Nikon's Legacy of High-Quality Optics and Design

Nikon, Inc. today introduced the new PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D lenses, expanding a series of lenses that allow photographers to effectively correct perspective and/or depth-of-field to push creative boundaries.

1 Jul 2008

Using a Light Touch to Measure Protein Bonds

MIT researchers have developed a novel technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: Gently tugging them apart with light beams.

30 Jun 2008

Rigaku Introduces New Compact High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction System

Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced the introduction of a new, compact, fully integrated high-resolution X-ray diffraction system, the Rigaku RAPID II. The latest member of the RAPID family of large area curved imaging plate (IP) detectors, the RAPID II combines every component needed for a high-performance X-ray diffraction system delivering no-compromise performance for applications ranging from applied crystallography to chemical crystallography.

28 Jun 2008

New Technologies Providing Speed Enforcement on 3 Lanes of Traffic

12 fixed PoliScanspeed systems designed by VITRONIC are to begin operation on state trunk and regional roads in summer 2008. The LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology and digital imaging technology provides speed enforcement on up to 3 lanes of traffic. The target of the Lithuanian authorities is to reduce the number of deaths caused as a result of unsafe speeds by 25% before 2010.

27 Jun 2008

Fabrication Technique Suitable for High-Volume Commercial Production of Photonic Circuits

Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.

26 Jun 2008

AMS Technologies Announces Availability of EXALOS SLED-Based Broadband Light Source

EXALOS has extended its family of powerful Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) with a new 100nm SLED-based Broadband Light Source at 850nm. The new product is available from AMS Technologies throughout Europe.

25 Jun 2008

The World's Most Powerful X-Ray Microscopes

The Center for Nanoscale Materials' (CNM) newly operational Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world's most powerful x-ray microscopes.

24 Jun 2008

Largest Cameras in the World to Detect the Mysterious Dark Energy

UK astronomers, as part of an international team, have reached a milestone in the construction of one of the largest ever cameras to detect the mysterious Dark Energy component of the Universe. The pieces of glass for the five unique lenses of the camera have been shipped from the US to France to be shaped and polished into their final form.

24 Jun 2008

Measuring Objects Strictly from Photographs

Imagine landing on the Moon, climbing down the ladder of your spacecraft, and looking around the harsh lunar landscape - to see another, older spacecraft standing only 200 yards away.

24 Jun 2008

Zecotek’s Proprietary MAPD Solid-State Photo Detectors Successfully Tested

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that the Swiss-based Paul Scherrer Institute has successfully tested Zecotek's proprietary Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD's) in trials for its next-generation Positron Emission Tomography (PET) medical imaging program.

24 Jun 2008