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$1.2B Allocated to Science
UPTON, N.Y., March 24, 2009 – $1.2 billion in new science funding, allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was announced by Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The amount includes support for research in particle and plasma physics, solar energy, solid-state lighting and superconductivity.
'Rogue' Light Waves Tamed
LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2009 – Rare and explosive flare-ups known as "rogue" light waves have been tamed to produce brighter, more stable white light sources.
An underground fiber optic fence
HAIFA, Israel – Tunneling to circumvent borders could be a thing of the past, thanks to a fiber optic-based technique developed here. Researchers Dr. Assaf Klar and Dr. Raphael Linker of Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, have devised a system that...
Careful with that eradication
Mar 1, 2009 — This is what can happen when you mess with Mother Nature. In 1985, Australian scientists developed a program to kill off non-native cats on the island of Macquarie, a United Nations World Heritage site, because the felines were preying on native...
Controlling a computer with a gesture
SYDNEY, Australia – A very simple principle is at the heart of Dr. Manolya Kavakli’s high-tech computer interfacing technologies: Less is more. Kavakli, founder of the Virtual and Interactive Simulations of Reality Research Group at Macquarie University, did not...
Industrial lasers shine at Photonics West
SAN JOSE, Calif. – According to Tesko Laser, a company in the Chicagoland area that provides laser cutting and metal fabricating services, industrial lasers can slice through the hardest materials and make the most precise cuts with the narrowest heat-affected zones...
Looking to attract venture capital?
Mar 1, 2009 — If you want venture capital this year, it would be wise to consider going into clean technology. “The area that is growing most is clean technology, which includes alternative energies like solar, wind, biofuels; conservation companies; even...
New Solutions for working with Solutions
Mar 1, 2009 — When creating a new technology – or tweaking an old one – you always end up starting from the bottom and working your way up. No, not your position in the company, the basic nature of the materials with which you are working. It doesn’t matter...
Next-Gen researcher
TOLEDO, Ohio – The life of the stereotypical 14-year-old girl revolves around friends, fashion and boys. However, Zainab Al-Firdaus is anything but typical. A sophomore at Perrysburg High School in Ohio, she is a co-author of a published scientific paper. ...
Night-vision goggles no longer just for military
TEMPE, Ariz. – Pilots flying aircraft at night and during low-light conditions know how difficult it can be to perform flight operations when visibility is limited. Not seeing clearly can seriously affect what could already be a dangerous task. Medical responders...
Product reviews in the palm of your hand
TOKYO – With so many options to choose from, how do you pick the best digital camera? You could close your eyes and point, ask your friends for recommendations, or stand there in the store while the salesperson drones on and on. But how can you be sure your...
Protecting aircraft with photonics technology
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Shoulder-fired missiles, or man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), have been used by terrorists, criminals and other nonstate actors to take down civilian aircraft. In 2003, the US Department of State estimated that, since the 1970s, more...
Teleporting a step closer to quantum computing
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – It’s not “Star Trek,” but it does seem like science fiction. Researchers from the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland have for the first time teleported information from one atom to another at a distance of 1 m, without the data...
Bendable Display Screens
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2009 – Screens typically used on mobile phones, laptops and televisions have consistently become sharper and thinner and are changing the way we send and receive information. Now, a breakthrough in flexible display technology has demonstrated a screen that...
NSB Mulls Spending NSF's $3B
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 23, 2009 – Deliberations about spending and oversight of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) $3 billion portion of the economic stimulus package are expected today at the National Science Board’s (NSB) first meeting of the year. Under the $787 billion...
Obama, Don't Let Pot Research Go Up In Smoke
Feb 3, 2009 — Try as they might, researchers in the United States have a hard time obtaining permits to grow marijuana. Take University of Massachusetts professor Lyle Craker, for instance. He did win a recommendation from an "administrative" (In other words,...
GPS could help football refs make calls
PITTSBURGH – This Super Bowl Sunday, imagine if referees could make more accurate calls using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPS technology. Priya Narasimhan is making this dream a reality. “We can track the wide receiver catching [the football],” said Narasimhan, an...
Grenade cam would let military launch and look
EDINBURGH, UK – So much can be inspired by a simple cup of tea. Just ask the late author Marcel Proust, whose novel “Remembrance of Things Past” draws upon a memory that floods back when a madeleine is dipped into a cup of tea. Or you could ask Paul Thompson,...
Laser vision for robots
ADELPHI, Md. – Modern-day soldiers are trained in urban warfare. They know how to maneuver the streets of a strange city, where the enemy is likely to hide, and how to avoid booby traps. Many technological advances have focused on making soldiers’ jobs easier and...
Neighborhood watch, sans neighbors
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Humans in general are pretty good at identifying people and things that don’t belong in a given scene. That’s the theory behind the neighborhood watch concept – that neighbors can pick out people who are acting in an unusual manner. This model...
The Entrepreneur and the Environment
Feb 1, 2009 — In the October/November issue of EuroPhotonics, we met four researchers-turned-entrepreneurs and explored the role that the environment played in fulfilling their goals. This time, we examine that environment and the elements that shape it. Among...
View atoms moving in real time with this microscope
PASADENA, Calif. – It’s one thing for scientists to ponder the nature of materials indirectly – and quite another to watch those materials change before their eyes. The electron microscope has enabled scientists to view atoms in materials, and now Ahmed Zewail and...
Stretchable Electronics
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 22, 2009 – A new design for stretchable electronics that could be used to improve eye cameras, smart surgical gloves, body parts, airplane wings, back planes for liquid crystal displays and biomedical devices has been unveiled. Jizhou Song, a professor in the...
New Cloak vs. Cloak Classic
DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 15, 2009 – A new type of device that can render an object invisible in visual light has been revealed by the same research team that constructed the first prototype in 2006. The new device is significantly more sophisticated at cloaking in a broad range of...
New LED Drops the 'Droop'
TROY, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2009 – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have developed and demonstrated a new type of LED with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency. The new polarization-matched LED, developed in collaboration with Samsung...

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