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  • Stones in the plumbing Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:11PMKidney stones are much more common than bladders tones, and can lead to serious complications.
  • Research and Markets: Magnesium Technology 2010: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:21PMDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1100dd/magnesium_technolo) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Magnesium Technology 2010: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of the Light Metals Division of TMS" to their offering. Magnesium Technology 2010 presents all ...
  • Research and Markets: Magnesium Technology 2010: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:09PMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Magnesium Technology 2010: Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of the Light Metals Division of TMS" to their offering.
  • Probing spin liquids with a new pulsed-magnet system Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:08PMEntirely new experimental vistas could be opened by a device called a precursor pulsed-magnet system developed by an international team of scientists. This system can generate magnetic fields as high as 30 Tesla for synchrotron x-ray scattering experiments. The researchers recently completed the first practical work using the system at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Advanced Photon Source (APS ...
  • Microneedle, Quantum Dot Study Opens Door To New Clinical Cancer Tools Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:20AMResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed extremely small microneedles that can be used to deliver medically-relevant nanoscale dyes called quantum dots into skin - an advance that opens the door to new techniques for diagnosing and treating a variety of medical conditions, including skin cancer. "We were able to fabricate hollow, plastic microneedles using a laser-based ...
  • Blotchy no more Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:10PMThe best way to avoid pigmentation is to stay out of the sun.
  • Microneedle, quantum dot study opens door to new clinical cancer tools Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 10:29AMResearchers have developed extremely small microneedles that can be used to deliver medically-relevant nanoscale dyes called quantum dots into skin -- an advance that opens the door to new techniques for diagnosing and treating a variety of medical conditions, including skin cancer.
  • Microneedle, quantum dot study opens door to new clinical cancer tools Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:38AMResearchers from North Carolina State University have developed extremely small microneedles that can be used to deliver medically-relevant nanoscale dyes called quantum dots into skin - an advance that opens the door to new techniques for diagnosing and treating a variety of medical conditions, including skin cancer.
  • Incumbent Boyd leads fundraising Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:23PMPANAMA CITY — Allen Boyd has raised nearly $1 million more in his re-election bid than all of his Republican and Democratic challengers combined. The Democrat raised $1.78 million from Jan. 1, 2009, through Aug. 4 of this year, the most recent date...
  • Photonics central to latest EU funding plan Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:00AMCore and disruptive photonics technologies are in line for more than EUR115 million support under the European Union’s information communication technology (ICT) program for 2011-2012.
  • Elementary particles star in new 'dance movie' Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 11:31PMScientists in Germany have directly measured the spatial positions of electrons and protons during a chemical reaction using ultrashort X-ray flashes.
  • Stones in the bladder Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:33PMYes, stones can form in the bladder, too.
  • DIY Laser Safety: How to Test Pointers and Save Your Eyes Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:03PMIn the last 20 years, green lasers have shrunk from table-size lab equipment to pocket-portable presentation tools (not to mention cat toys). But making laser pointers a household item may have come at a cost. A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology reports that some cheap laser pointers can emit more than 10 times as much invisible infrared light as bright green ...
  • Dirty Linen Night, Red Dress Run and more on Saturday, August 14, 2010 Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 1:11AMEvents happening in and around New Orleans.
  • Red Dress Run, Dirty Linen Night and more in New Orleans this weekend Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 1:11AMWhat's happening in and around New Orleans.
  • Electrons caught moving on the edge Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:22PMBreakthrough that could enable physicists to regulate photosynthesis
  • Related Stories Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 11:38AMMolecular puppets When it comes to charges, molecules of hydrogen are just too symmetrical. Clustomesogens developed for the first time Scientists at the universities of Rennes in France and Bucharest in Romania have produced a new class of compounds called clustomesogens, a combination of liquid crystals and metal clusters, which glow intensely in the red and infrared range when irradiated.
  • Watch it on Blu-ray Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 9:54AMIf it wasn't obvious, we're pretty big nerds. But even we have to admit that, on occasion, there are geeks who've pushed their taped glasses to their nose's bridge and taken the step to the dark side. Beware of when nerds go bad!
  • Scientists Watch An Atom's Electrons Moving In Real Time For The First Time Ever Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 6:21AMAn international team of scientists led by groups from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany, and from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley has used ultrashort flashes of laser light to directly observe the movement of an atom's outer electrons for the first time. Through a process ...
  • Scientists See Atom’s Electrons Moving In Real Time Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:08AMAn international team of scientists led by groups from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany, and from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley has used ultrashort flashes of laser light to directly observe the movement of an atom’s outer electrons for the first time.Through a process called ...
  • Achtung! Test safety of laser pointers with paper cups, webcam Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 8:38AMIn recent years, handheld green lasers have become the hardware of choice for everything from delivering lectures to entertaining cats, in part because the human eye detects their light more efficiently than their red counterparts. But researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found that shoddy manufacturing processes can result in these lasers emitting up to ...
  • International Ice Core Team Hits Bedrock in Greenland Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 8:04AMNext to Antarctica, Greenland is home to the largest ice sheet on Earth. Scientists in the frigid north of this enormous island have achieved quite an accomplishment by drilling all the way to the bedrock under the ice. On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling site (NEEM), the team completed their drilling to a depth of 2537.36 meters (1.58 miles). The Eemian is an ...
  • Green lasers can present eyesight risk Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 4:46PMWASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Green lasers, brighter than red lasers and a popular consumer item, could be a hazard by emitting dangerous levels of infrared radiation, U.S. researchers say. Laser - Infrared - United States - Physics - Business
  • For the first time ever, scientists watch an atom's electrons moving in real time Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 4:35PMScientists have used pulses of laser light measuring mere quintillionths of a second long to probe the motion of an atom's outermost electrons in real time. Their methods promises a broad new way to examine how atoms in physical, biological, and chemical systems bond with other atoms to form molecules or crystal structures, and how these bonds break and reform during chemical reactions.
  • For the First Time Ever, Scientists Watch an Atom's Electrons Moving in Real Time Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:08PM(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by groups from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany, and from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley has used ultrashort flashes of laser light to directly observe the movement of an atom's outer electrons for the first time.
  • Cells use water in nano-rotors to power energy conversion Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 4:08PMResearchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have provided the first atomic-level glimpse of the proton-driven motor from a major group of ATP synthases, enzymes that are central to cellular energy conversion.
  • Ice Core Drilling Effort Involving CU-Boulder To Help Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 2:09PMAn international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock July 27 after two summers of work, drilling down more than 1.5 miles in an effort to help assess the risks of abrupt future climate change on Earth.Led by Denmark and the United States, the team recovered ice from the Eemian interglacial ...
  • Purple Light Means Go, Ultraviolet Light Means Stop Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:46PMA new membrane developed at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used. It is the first time that scientists have developed a membrane that can be controlled in this way by light.
  • Buoyant Newport raises 2010 sales guidance Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:31AMContinued strength in microelectronics, life science and industrial markets points to full-year sales in the region of $465 million.
  • Newport Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:24PMIRVINE, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newport Corporation (Nasdaq: NEWP) today reported financial results for its second quarter and six months ended July 3, 2010. The company noted the following highlights regarding its second quarter results: Received $125.5 million in new orders, a 56.2% increase over the second quarter of 2009;Recorded $114.6 million in net sales, a 30.9 ...
  • Newport Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:13PMNewport Corporation today reported financial results for its second quarter and six months ended July 3, 2010. Â The company noted the following highlights regarding its second quarter results:
  • Zecotek Announces Contract With the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois to Develop Micro-Pixel Avalanche ... Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:36AMSINGAPORE, SINGAPORE--(Marketwire - July 28, 2010) - Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I) , a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois (Fermilab) has contracted with Zecotek to develop a custom Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diode (MAPD) based on an ...
  • Developing More Efficient Solar Energy Cells Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:11PM(PhysOrg.com) -- Alexander Agrios and his engineering research team are probing ways to make inexpensive solar cells more energy efficient.
  • High Precision Absorbing Glass Shields for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:44AMGrayGlass, a full service glass fabricator, glass distributor and glass importer serving industrial, architectural, lighting and optical customers worldwide, successfully supplied over 6,000 high precision absorbing glass shields to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during the final two years of the NIF's assembly and completion. The project included ...
  • Highlights Of The American Association Of Physicists In Medicine 52nd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., July 18-22 ... Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:29AMThe 52nd meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) convenes from July18 - 22, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. AAPM is the premier organization in medical physics, a broadly-based scientific and professional discipline encompassing physics principles and applications in medicine and biology. Its membership includes medical physicists who specialize in research that develops ...
  • AIVtech supplies LED-backlit LCD TVs to Europea Trade Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 1:24PMShenzhen-based consumer electronics provider AIVtech International Group Co. will be supplying 15,000 LED -backlit LCD TVs to Europea Trade N.V.. The ODM contract between AIVtech, Europea Trade and its trading partner Q Media is for the manufacture of LCD TVs that employ LED backlighting , offering improved lifetime, brightness, and picture quality versus traditional fluorescent tube-backlit LCD ...
  • Tokyo scientists develop liquid-crystal memory device Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 11:03AMScientists in Japan have made a breakthrough in the advance of data storage using liquid-crystal technology.
  • September-October GSA Bulletin highlights Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 8:01AM( Geological Society of America ) The September-October 2010 issue of GSA Bulletin is now available online. Research collected from around the globe addresses fast erosion during floods; improving ancient Earth's geological time scale fidelity; geologically recent tectonic plate movements; potential effects of volcanic activity on a California community; and an effort to identify the source of ...
  • Ti: Sapphire Laser Crystals Reach 200mm Diameter Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 7:48AMThe unprecedented increase in peak laser powers in recent years has led to exciting new fields of research, driving the demand for solid- state lasers operating at the Petawatt power level and beyond. Many of these laser facilities will utilize the unique lasing characteristics of titanium doped sapphire, (Ti:sapphire), as the laser gain material. These laser facilities will be pushing the ...
  • Secret revealed: The crystal structure of ribose Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:58AM(PhysOrg.com) -- D-Ribose is just a small molecule - but an extremely important one for us life forms. It is astounding that the crystal structure of ribose is not included among the over 500,000 structures that have been solved. After all, ribose is a fundamental building block of ribosomes, the `protein factories` of cells. A Nobel Prize was awarded in 2009 for studies of the structure and ...
  • A pinch of light: Laser 'tweezers' for medicine, communications and harvesting energy Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 1:59PMStar Trek fans will remember "tractor beams," lasers that allowed the Starship Enterprise to trap and move objects. Tel Aviv University is now turning this science fiction into science fact -- on a nano scale.
  • Blog - A Step Closer to Perfect 3-D Data Storage Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 1:34PMUsing new classes of engineered fluorescent proteins, scientists get closer to storing data at unprecedented densities.
  • Hog wild passion leads to success Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 6:53AMIt all started with the hogs, of the clay variety.
  • LED-backlit models drive LCD TV shipments growth Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 11:39AMNot only does the level of demand for LCD TVs look strong, rising 29 percent to 188 million units, but both plasma and CRT TV technologies have a better outlook in 2010 than previously expected.
  • Design LED drivers for mobile phones, PDAs Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 7:54AMLED is the technology of choice in battery-powered portable devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, thanks to its high luminous efficiency, durability and small size. Low-power white LEDs at about 0.1W are used in backlighting LCD panels and keyboards.
  • Print your own lasers, lights and TV screens Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 4:39PMImagine printing your own room lighting, lasers, or solar cells from inks you buy at the local newsagent. Jacek Jasieniak and his colleagues at CSIRO, the University of Melbourne and the University of Padua in Italy, have moved a step closer to such a future, by developing liquid inks based on quantum dots that can be used to print devices.
  • Premium Luxury Eyewear from Nike, Guy Laroche, Henry Julien Launched in India Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 1:08AMIndia’s tryst with luxury eyewear continues as International brands like Nike, Guy Laroche, Henry Julien make grand entry into Indian market. Pramukh Swami Optics, the largest optical distributor of India has introduced the premium eyewear in India.
  • Nano-lasers to light future homes Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 7:57AMScientists have invented a way to 'print' lasers that could possibly be used to create wafer-thin televisions and lighting panels.
  • Nano-lasers to light future homes Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 5:53AMMelbourne, June 30 : Scientists have invented a way to 'print' lasers that could possibly be used to create wafer-thin televisions and lighting panels.
  • Nano-lasers to light homes of the future Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 10:03PMScientists have come up with a way to 'print' lasers that could one day be used to create wafer-thin televisions and lighting panels.