Current Headlines

1. Researchers Solve Mystery Of X-Ray Light Emitted From Black Holes
   6/14/2013

   It is a mystery that has stymied astrophysicists for decades: how do black holes produce so many high-power X-rays? By Latarsha Gatlin

2. Scooping Of Hemispherical Dome Blanks
   6/14/2013

   LWOS is the leading solutions partner for the advanced integrated optical systems, focusing on the complex optics needs of top medical technology, space, defense and commercial companies.

3. 'Promising' Results With Laser Brain Surgery For Epilepsy
   6/13/2013

   A minimally invasive laser-based tool for epilepsy surgery offers a quicker recuperation time for patients than major surgery, Mayo Clinic researchers report. By Matthew Peach is a contributing editor

4. Nanotechnology Helps Track And Improve Drug Action In Pancreatic Cancer
   6/13/2013

   UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny ‘biosensors’ along with new advanced imaging techniques.

5. UF Study Finds Brain-Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Movement Disorders
   6/13/2013

   A new University of Florida study suggests a promising brain-imaging technique has the potential to improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

6. Toward Ultra-High-Bandwidth Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
   6/13/2013

   Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have evolved as the emitters of choice for short-distance high-speed data communications, thanks to their low cost and high power efficiency.

7. Prying Open The Black Box Of The Brain
   6/12/2013

   The human brain is the most complex biological structure on Earth. It has about 100 billion neurons--each of which has thousands of connections to other neurons.

8. HL63153AT Red Laser Diode
   6/12/2013

   Oclaro Inc. has introduced the HL63153AT, a high-power red laser diode that delivers 150-mW, single-transverse-mode optical output power at a 638-nm wavelength for display applications. 

9. New Quantum Dot Technique Combines Best Of Optical And Electron Microscopy
   6/12/2013

   It's not reruns of "The Jetsons", but researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscopy technique that uses a process similar to how an old tube television produces a picture—cathodoluminescence—to image nanoscale features.

10. Optimized Photon-Counting Detector With No Dark Counts Enables Quantum-Mechanics Experiment
    6/11/2013

    To conduct an important quantum-mechanics experiment, an international team of researchers had to create an extremely efficient photon-counting detector; the type they chose was a transition-edge sensor (TES), which has no dark counts whatsoever -- a characteristic required for their precision experiment.