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Light Reveals Neuron Function
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 17, 2009 – Using innovative light-activated proteins and gene expression techniques, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, zapped several zebra fish with a light pulse, initiating a swimming action in a subset of fish that was traced back to the neuron that drives the side-to-side motion of their tail fins.
Sulick to Chair Dynasil Board
Sep 16, 2009 — West Berlin, N.J.-based Dynasil Corp. of America announced today that Peter Sulick, a significant investor in the company since 2005, has been elected chairman of its board of directors. Former chair James Saltzman was elected vice chairman. Sulick,...
Artificial Nose Knows Toxins
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 14, 2009 – An artificial nose for detecting toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) that works by visualizing odors has been developed, and according to Kenneth Suslick and his team at the University of Illinois, it’s simple, fast and inexpensive. The sensor array,...
Blue Bananas Linked to Cell Death
INNSBRUCK, Austria, & NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2009 – Bright blue luminescent rings found under UV light on the peels of very ripe bananas hold promise for studying how organisms rid themselves of dying cells, according to chemists in the US and Austria.
LEDs, Tea Better Than Botox?
ULM, Germany, Sept. 10, 2009 – A new noninvasive technique for treating facial wrinkles by combining high-intensity LED light and a lotion made of green tea extract could become an alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery. The new treatment works 10 times faster than a similar...
‘Lit’ Bacteria Tracks Virus
READING, England, Sept. 9, 2009 – By attaching light-emitting genes to infectious bacteria in an experimental system, researchers tracked where in the body the bacteria go – giving an insight into the path of the infection process, which could lead to the development of more...
Rehabbed Hubble Opens Eyes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2009 – Colorful multiwavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, an eerie "pillar of creation" and a butterfly-shaped nebula are some of the new observations taken by new and upgraded instruments on the renovated Hubble Space Telescope and released to the...
Lasers Generate Sound in H2O
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 8, 2009 – A new technology uses laser light flashes to remotely create underwater acoustics and has the potential to expand and improve naval and commercial underwater acoustic applications, including undersea communications, navigation and acoustic imaging.
Nanoplasmonic Devices Funded
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, and LONDON, Sept. 4, 2009 -- Queen's University Belfast and Imperial College London will establish a research program on the fundamental science of nanoplasmonic devices under a new £6 million (about $9.8 million) grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
Portable Optical Atomic Clock
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, Sept. 4, 2009 – Optical clocks, like the strontium clock at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, are already 10 times more precise and stable than the best primary caesium atomic clock and may soon become portable, too.
Laser ‘Tattooed’ Fruit Label
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2009 – Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually be replaced by laser etching, a new technology being tested by the Agricultural Research Service and University of Florida that puts tattooes on grapefruit and other...
Baking powder or anthrax? Ask the Ceeker
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – These days, anyone who comes across a strange white powder might like to know – as quickly and as accurately as possible – whether it is benign baking powder or deadly anthrax. The Ceeker can help. Pronounced “seeker,” the handheld gadget was...
Glasses provide information in the blink of an eye
DRESDEN, Germany – In the James Bond film Die Another Day, the titular hero trains for his upcoming mission using virtual reality sunglasses. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) are developing a bona fide interactive display on a...
Letters to the Editor
Sep 1, 2009 — White Elephant in Space? Many view the International Space Station (“Solar-powered space station,” Photonics Spectra, July, p. 36), as a $150 billion “white elephant” in space that has sucked resources from many other more worthwhile programs –...
Multitasking fibers weave a new story for imaging systems
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Imagine walking to work one day and, for no obvious reason, you get a feeling that everyone is looking at you. You ignore the feeling for a while, but it persists, despite the fact that none of the people bustling around nearby are casting a single...
Robo-weasel could sniff out contraband
SHEFFIELD, UK – A sophisticated robot with a suite of laser and fiber optic-based sensors is being developed to detect illicit substances concealed in cargo containers at airports and seaports. The 30-cm-long robot, dubbed the “cargo-screening ferret,” would be...
Laser Limits Shattered
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 31, 2009 -- A new type of nanoscale laser can concentrate light into an area one-hundredth the size of the smallest spot that can be produced by a conventional laser -- a space smaller than a single protein molecule. The breakthrough breaks new ground in the...
Molecule’s ’Anatomy’ Imaged
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 31, 2009 -- The chemical structure inside a molecule has been imaged with unprecedented resolution through the use of noncontact atomic force microscopy. Imaging individual atoms within a molecule has been a long-standing goal of surface microscopy. The results...
Plasma Probes Pulp Painlessly
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2009 – To reduce the process involved in routine root canal procedures, researchers developed a cold-plasma jet that may prevent deposits of bacteria from being left behind once the diseased pulp tissue is removed, while also relieving pain.
Solution Makes Smog Glow
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31, 2009 – Kazunori Koide and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a fluorescent solution that glows bright green in the presence of ozone. Compounds that can detect ozone and other oxidants are already in existence, but what makes this...
UCF, Fraunhofer Team for Lasers
Aug 28, 2009 — University of Central Florida (UCF) President John C. Hitt signed a research agreement this week with the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT), an industrial laser and laser applications laboratory located in Aachen, Germany....
‘Up-scale’ NIR Spectrometry
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 27, 2009 – In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, NIST researchers developed a new, highly sensitive, low-cost technique for measuring light in the near-infrared range.
Kansas Chemist Wins PV Technology Grant
Aug 25, 2009 — Kansas State University chemistry professor Ryszard Jankowiak has received a $380,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research that could aid in the development of artificial photovoltaic devices that more efficiently convert solar...
Plastic SCs Go with the Flow
SEATTLE, Aug. 25, 2009 -- A problem with plastic circuits that conduct electricity -- namely that they only allow one type of charge to move through them -- was reported solved by researchers at the University of Washington, who created a process that allows organic...
Solar Conversion Record Set
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 25, 2009 – Solar advances include a new solar power record (a 43 percent conversion of sunlight to electricity) by scientists at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and nanoparticle “inks” developed at the University of Texas at Austin that allow...

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