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Corning Demos Green Laser
CORNING, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2006 -- Corning Inc. announced this week it will make available green-laser prototypes to potential projection module customers for evaluation throughout 2007. The company said it reached the decision after integrating a green-laser prototype small enough for use in mobile consumer electronics into a functioning integrated photonics module (IPM), which is being demonstrated by Microvision this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Corning said its green laser enables full-motion...
Thorlabs Buying OFR
NEWTON, N.J., Jan. 10, 2006 -- Thorlabs, a Newton, N.J.-based developer of optical technologies, announced it is acquiring OFR Inc., a Caldwell supplier of optical components and systems to photonics markets for research and industrial applications. Terms were not disclosed....
Strength of Nanotubes and Nanowires Combined in Hybrid
TROY, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2007 -- Hybrid structures have been created that combine the best properties of carbon nanotubes and metal nanowires and could help overcome some of the hurdles to using nanotubes in computer chips, displays, sensors and other electronic devices. The...
Boston Scientific to Cut 500-600 Jobs
NATICK, Mass., Jan. 9, 2006 -- Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp., based in Natick, Mass., announced yesterday it plans to cut 500 to 600 jobs in the first quarter of 2007 as part of a plan to reallocate its cardiac rythm management (CRM) resources "to increase...
FEI Systems Selected for UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute
Jan 9, 2007 — The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Los Angeles, has selected FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., to supply three advanced transmission electron microscopes (TEM) for the institute's Electron Imaging Center for...
Visible Light Transmitted Through Nanocable
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Jan 8, 2007 -- Physicists have beamed visible light through a cable hundreds of times smaller than a human hair, an achievement they said could lead to advances in solar power and optical computing. The discovery made at Boston College defies a key...
Medical Imaging Research Gets $3M From DoD
HOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2007 -- Rice University has received a $3 million award from the US Department of Defense for a five-year program to develop miniaturized molecular imaging technologies -- including microendoscope and needle-compatible fiber-optic systems -- for use in...
Advanced Medical Optics to Buy IntraLase for $808M
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2007 -- Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), a maker of medical devices and laser vision-correction systems, announced today it is acquiring IntraLase, an Irvine-based developer of femtosecond laser technology, for approximately $808 million in cash. AMO...
Pacer Opens North American Headquarters
Jan 8, 2007 — Pacer International, a supplier of optoelectronic, display and laser solutions, announced it has opened a new office and added staff to support its US technical representative network and strengthen its presence in North America. The office in Blue...
Aculight Licenses Neural Stimulation IP
Jan 5, 2007 — Aculight Corp., a Bothell, Wash., maker of laser-based products, has signed a license agreement with Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., for intellectual property related to the optical stimulation of neural tissue. This technology was the...
Bausch & Lomb Americas Region VP Resigns
Jan 5, 2007 — Bausch & Lomb, based in Rochester, N.Y., has announced changes in management for the Americas region, following an announcement by Paul G. Howes, currently senior vice president and president-Americas region, that he intends to resign to pursue...
Nanoparticles Found to Delve Deeper in Flexing Skin
HOUSTON & RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 4, 2007 -- A team of chemists and toxicologists was surprised to discover that repetitive movement can cause nanoparticles to penetrate the skin more deeply. The researchers said the results merit further study as scientists explore the medical potential of...
Nanowires Create 'Endless' LED Opportunities
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4, 2007 -- A long-sought-after semiconducting material synthesized by engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) may pave the way for an inexpensive kind of light-emitting diode (LED) that could compete with today’s widely used gallium nitride...
StockerYale Retains Investor Relations Firm
Jan 4, 2007 — StockerYale Inc., a Salem, N.H., maker of structured light lasers, LED modules and optical fibers for OEMs, said today it has retained The Piacente Group, a financial communications consulting firm based in New York, to help the company implement an...
New Class of Ultrathin Polymers Discovered
NEWARK, Del., Jan. 3, 2007 -- Scientists have defied the textbooks and transformed 1,2-disubstituted ethylene molecules into polymers, discovering in the process a new class of ultrathin polymer films with potential applications ranging from coating tiny microelectronic devices...
Imaging Method Detects Alzheimer's Risk
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2, 2007 -- An innovative brain-scan technology shows promise in detecting those at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, years before symptoms become obvious, by showing in living brains the abnormal protein deposits that can lead to the disease --...
Feedback Device Eliminates Mode Hops
BOZEMAN, Mont., Jan. 2, 2007 -- A nonmechanical electronic feedback control that reportedly provides dramatically improved mode-hop-free continuous range tuning could make it easier to detect many gases in the atmosphere, from carbon dioxide emissions to bioterrorism agents, said...
PerkinElmer Acquires Thermal Analysis Line
BOSTON, Jan. 2, 2007 -- PerkinElmer Inc. announced today it has acquired a line of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) products from UK-based Triton Technology Ltd. The DMA instrument is used by scientists in the polymers, pharmaceuticals and food industries for applications...
Light Fields Mapped Microscopically
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2006 -- Researchers at Seoul National University said they have, for the first time, mapped the orientation of light fields on a microscopic scale, United Press International (UPI) reported recently. PhD candidate Kwang Geol Lee's team built a...
Princeton's Suckewer Wins Prize for Laser Research
Dec 27, 2006 — The American Physical Society has named Szymon Suckewer, Princeton University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and co-director of the Program in Plasma Science and Technology, as recipient of the 2007 Arthur Schawlow Prize in Laser...
PerkinElmer Acquiring Euroscreen Products
WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 21, 2006 -- Health sciences company PerkinElmer Inc. announced today it will acquire Euroscreen SA’s majority owned subsidiary, Euroscreen Products SA, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Euroscreen Products is a provider of G...
Magnetic Polymers May Advance Spintronics
ARGONNE, Ill., Dec. 20, 2006 -- Researchers have pioneered a new approach for making magnetic polymers that are held together with very strong hydrogen bonds and that contain an innovative bifluoride that allows a magnetically ordered state to be obtained. The development may help...
IMRA Files Patent Suit Against IPG
Dec 20, 2006 — Ultrafast and short-pulsed fiber laser developer IMRA America Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., said it has filed a lawsuit against IPG Photonics Corp., an Oxford, Mass., maker of fiber lasers and amplifiers, alleging it misused IMRA's intellectual property...
NEMS/MEMS Research Center Gets $2M in Funding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 20, 2006 -- A new, three-year, multi-institution nano- and microelectromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) research initiative affiliated with Harvard University’s engineering and applied sciences programs has received over $2 million in funds from DARPA and...
'Pioneers in Miniaturization' Prizewinner Announced
Dec 18, 2006 — David Beebe has been named the inaugural winner of the Pioneers in Miniaturization prize, receiving $5000 and a certificate. The award was established by the Royal Society of Chemistry's Lab on a Chip journal of Cambridge, England, and Corning Inc....

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