Cu Nanowires Create Displays
Apr. 30, 2008
Copper (Cu) nanowires grown at low temperatures and catalyst-free could serve as interconnects in...
Some Auroral Glow is Polarized
Apr. 29, 2008
An international team of scientists has detected that some of the glow of Earth's aurora is...
Atomic-Scale Optics Advanced
Apr. 29, 2008
An advance that better explains how light interacts with matter could eventually lead to faster,...
Corning Profit Triples
Apr. 29, 2008
A growing global appetite for LCD televisions helped propel specialty glass maker Corning Inc. to a...
Neurons Imaged Fast in 3-D
Apr. 28, 2008
A technique that combines a laser beam with a multiphoton microscope allows scientists to quickly...
Fujitsu's Photonics to Merge
Apr. 28, 2008
Fujitsu Ltd. and subsidiary Fujitsu Access Ltd. announced today that they plan to merge and...
Straight CNTs Made in Volume
Apr. 25, 2008
Chemists have found a way to grow long, straight carbon nanotubes (CNTs) only a few atoms thick in...
Broadcom Penalty is $12M
Apr. 24, 2008
Semiconductor maker Broadcom Corp. has agreed to pay a $12 million penalty to settle charges by the...
ESRF Finds Oil in Cave Art
Apr. 23, 2008
Light from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble has proven that ancient...
2-D Colloidal Crystal Created
Apr. 23, 2008
A "self-assembling" method could reportedly lead to an inexpensive way to make diamond-like...
Laser Study Shines at CLEO
Apr. 23, 2008
Detecting dangerous chemicals with lasers, exploring the brain's circuitry with light, and...
Eye Scans May Reveal AD
Apr. 22, 2008
Neuroptix of Acton, Mass., is developing a noninvasive laser procedure that combines laser-induced...
Transistor is 1 Atom Thick
Apr. 21, 2008
Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite that combines aspects of semiconductors and metals,...
Lockheed, Rice Form 'Lancer'
Apr. 21, 2008
Airport scanners that can see through the soles of shoes, space-based sensors that monitor climate...
Fast Probes Outmeasure AFM
Apr. 18, 2008
A new method for material characterization at the nanoscale integrates probe technology based on...
AT&T to Cut 4600 Positions
Apr. 18, 2008
Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. announced today it will trim approximately 4600 positions,...
AMD Reports Loss, Layoffs
Apr. 18, 2008
AMD reported this week a net loss of $358 million, or $0.59 per share, and an operating loss of...
Coherent Outsourcing Optics
Apr. 17, 2008
Laser maker Coherent Inc. announced it will outsource its optics manufacturing by selling certain...
Boeing Delivers JDAM Kits
Apr. 17, 2008
The Boeing Co. announced it has delivered its laser JDAM (joint direct attack munition) precision...
Sensor Tracks Insulin Level
Apr. 16, 2008
A sensor built from multiwalled carbon nanotubes can rapidly and continuously measure tiny amounts...
NASA Awards Epir Contract
Apr. 16, 2008
A contract awarded to Epir Technologies Inc. will help NASA optmize x-ray absorbers for...
Chip May Warn of Cardiac Risk
Apr. 16, 2008
A nano-bio-chip assay could someday be used to analyze a patient's saliva on board an ambulance, at...
RIO Raises $7.5M
Apr. 16, 2008
Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. (RIO), a maker of optical transmitters for fiber optic sensing and...
Waveguides Control T-rays
Apr. 15, 2008
Waveguides that can transmit, bend, split and combine terahertz radiation (also known as T-rays)...
'FlowCytobot' Detects Blooms
Apr. 15, 2008
The Imaging FlowCytobot, an underwater microscope developed as a research tool, recently proved its...
Laser Triggers Thunderclouds
Apr. 14, 2008
Scientists have used ultrashort laser pulses to trigger electrical activity in thunderclouds, a...
GSI to Reduce US Jobs
Apr. 14, 2008
GSI Group Inc. announced today is will cut its US work force by 10 percent during the first half of...
Microdevice to Track Tumors
Apr. 11, 2008
A wireless, needle-like injectable device has been designed to more effectively kill tumors by...
Killer Sound Waves Revealed
Apr. 11, 2008
An imaging technique that combines a high-speed camera with fiber optic probes is providing new...
IBM Bets on Racetrack RAM
Apr. 11, 2008
The idea of mp3 players that could store 500,000 songs are enough to make an audiophile's head...
‘Stained Glass’ CNTs Made
Apr. 10, 2008
Metallic carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been used to make thin films that are semitransparent, highly...
Intel Sells Optical Assets
Apr. 10, 2008
Emcore Corp., a maker of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband,...
Flir Buys Software Firm
Apr. 9, 2008
Flir Systems Inc. announced it has acquired Ifara Tecnologias SL, a provider of software used to...
Petawatt Power Peak Reached
Apr. 9, 2008
The Texas Petawatt laser produced a petawatt of peak power on March 31, making it the highest...
Rohm and Haas Adds OLEDs
Apr. 8, 2008
Specialty materials provider Rohm and Haas Co. announced it has broadened its Display Technologies...
Astro-Combing for Planets
Apr. 8, 2008
The discovery of Earth-sized planets outside our solar system, or "exoplanets," has reportedly been...
II-VI to Sell Sensor Div.
Apr. 7, 2008
II-VI Inc. announced it intends to sell its x-ray and gamma-ray radiation sensor division, eV...
DoD to Fund Research Tools
Apr. 7, 2008
Photonics instruments at the University of Maine, an ultrafast laser to study photochemical...
Translating Brake Signals
Apr. 4, 2008
Brake lights could learn a second language with a system that indicates a driver's intention to...
Wireless Sensor Images in 3-D
Apr. 3, 2008
A cordless, lightweight sensor device the size of a shoebox can take 3-D images virtually anywhere,...
THz Laser Temp. Tweaked
Apr. 2, 2008
In a step toward moving terahertz devices from niche applications to everyday use, researchers in...
Nanowires Drive OLED Display
Apr. 2, 2008
A new class of transparent transistors and circuits created from nanowires could one day be used in...
Nanoparticles as Beacons
Apr. 1, 2008
Raman spectroscopy has been used to take images deep within the human body, after injecting tiny...
3-D View Has Neural Base
Apr. 1, 2008
A small area of the brain that combines visual and nonvisual cues is behind our ability to perceive...