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NSF Awards $1.72M to Keck I
KAMUELA, Hawaii, Sept. 22, 2010 — The W. M. Keck Observatory has received a $1.72 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design the first near-infrared tip-tilt sensor used to correct for the turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. The improvements will increase the sensitivity and resolution of the Keck I telescope, which already allows astronomers to resolve in the near-infrared as much detail or more as the Hubble Space Telescope resolves in visible light. The grant from NSF’s Advanced Technolog...
Pocket Projector Realized
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept. 22, 2010 — The projector of the future, 1 cm³ of technology that can be integrated into a portable computer or mobile telephone, is about to take the market by storm. Lemoptix, a spinoff of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne...
Sensor Measures Eensy Weensy Forces Fast
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 22, 2010 — Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a small crystal of ions to detect forces at the scale of yoctonewtons. Measurements of slight forces — one yoctonewton is equivalent to the weight of a single...
3-D Ear Canal Scanner Gets Funding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2010 — Lantos Technologies Inc. has announced that it has closed on $1.6 million in a Series A financing to develop its novel 3-D ear canal imaging technology. Braintree-based Catalyst Health Ventures led the round, which was joined by Boston-based...
ASU Forms Center for Photonics Innovation
TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2010 — The Arizona Board of Regents recently approved the establishment of the Center for Photonics Innovation, a center that will combine the Arizona State University’s research and teaching resources. The center has formed as an answer to the...
Image Sensors for Extreme Temperatures
DUISBURG, Germany, Sept. 21, 2010 — Image sensors used as parking aids in cars or used for quality control in production systems must be able to withstand the very high temperatures that often prevail in these environments. Now, research scientists have produced a CMOS chip that...
PV System Self-assembles and Self-repairs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2010 — MIT scientists have created a set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity, much like plants that convert sunlight into stored energy. These novel molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled quickly, just...
Tractor Beam Becoming a Reality
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 21, 2010 — Using a specially designed laser beam, researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) have developed the ability to move particles over large distances. Professor Andrei Rode’s team from the Laser Physics Center at ANU have...
Bayer Makes Flame-retardant Polycarbonate for LEDs
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20, 2010 — Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed a flame-retardant polycarbonate plastic that enables LED and other electronics manufacturers to slim down lenses and covers. Makrolon FR7067 polycarbonate plastic meets the UL-94 V0 rating at 1.5 mm,...
FRET Tracks Single Enzyme
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 20, 2010 — Thanks to a single-molecule imaging technique developed by a University of Illinois professor, researchers have revealed the mechanisms of an important DNA-regulating enzyme. Helicase enzymes are best known for “unzipping” DNA for...
Laser Backpack Improves 3-D Mapping
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 20, 2010 — A portable, laser backpack for 3-D mapping has been developed at the University of California, Berkeley, where it is being hailed as a breakthrough technology capable of producing fast, automatic and realistic 3-D mapping of difficult interior...
Need Water? Just Add UV Starlight
PARIS, Sept. 20, 2010 — The European Space Agency’s Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is surrounded by a gigantic cloud of hot...
Phase-change Nanobeans Store Mega Data
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 20, 2010 — The ability of phase-change materials to transition between different phases has made them valuable as a low-power source of non-volatile or “flash” memory and data storage. Now an entire new class of phase-change materials has been...
Putting a Spin on Light and Atoms
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 17, 2010 — Magnetometers, which measure magnetic fields, come in many shapes and sizes. An ordinary handheld compass is the simplest. Among the most sensitive, however, are alkali-vapor magnetometers, which use light and atoms to sense magnetic fields. Now...
Color Nanofilter Advances Displays
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 16, 2010 — In a step toward more efficient, smaller and higher-definition display screens, a University of Michigan professor has developed a color filter made of nanothin sheets of metal with precisely spaced gratings. An optical microscopy image shows seven...
Fiber Optic Fence Performance Impresses
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16, 2010 — In mid 2009, a fiber optic intrusion detection system was installed on McAllen-Miller International Airport's perimeter fence in McAllen, Texas. The system, known as Secure Fence, was developed by Future Fibre Technologies. The airport's security...
Finding E. Coli in Beef Faster
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 16, 2010 — Infrared spectroscopy can detect Escherichia coli faster than current testing methods and can cut days off investigations of outbreaks, according to a study performed at Purdue University. Lisa Mauer, an associate professor of food science,...
NIR Light Enables Deep Look at Cells
ORLANDO, Sept. 16, 2010 — A “game-changing” technique using near-infrared light enables scientists to look deeper into the guts of cells, potentially opening up a new frontier in the fights against cancer and many other diseases. University of Central...
Quantum Optical Chip Ramps Up Computing
BRISTOL, England, Sept. 16, 2010 — A new approach to computing that uses a quantum optical chip could soon be used to perform complex calculations that cannot be done by today’s computers, according to an international research group led by scientists from the University of...
Sick To Host Forum in Atlanta Sept. 22
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 16, 2010 — Sensors, safety systems and automatic identification products manufacturer Sick announced the 2010 Sick Solutions Forum in Atlanta at the Atlanta Northeast hotel Sept. 22, 2010. The forum will include free seminars designed to help attendees...
Hackers Test Quantum Cryptography Security
TRONDHEIM, Norway, Sept. 15, 2010 — A new technique that exploits imperfections in quantum cryptography systems has been developed and tested by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Max Planck Institute for the...
Imaging System Inspects Capsules
INGELHEIM, Germany, Sept. 15, 2010 — The pharmaceutical corporation Boehringer Ingelheim now uses digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies GmbH for quality assurance in the manufacture of medication capsules. Few industries are subject to as stringent quality criteria as...
Nichia Files Patent Suits in US, Japan
TOKUSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 15, 2010 — LED and laser diode maker Nichia Corp. announced this week that it filed an LED patent infringement lawsuit against hand tools maker Wilmar Corp. of Renton, Va., in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit alleges...
Realistic Robotic Arm Within Reach
DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2010 — Lightning-fast fiber optic connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for injured soldiers and other amputees with the establishment of a multimillion-dollar neurophotonics research center dedicated to creating...
Nanotube Solar Funnel Concentrates Light
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 14, 2010 — Chemical engineers at MIT have used hollow tubes of carbon atoms to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than would a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much...

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