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OFC/NFOEC paper submissions deadline extended to Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 12:00 p.m. noon EDT (16.00 GMT)

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OSA Congratulates the 2008 Recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien

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OSA Congratulates Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa, the 2008 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Optics InfoBase launches next-generation design and functionality

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OSA, NIH Partner on Interactive Science Publishing

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Optical Society, American Physical Society to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Laser

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Register Now for FiO 2008/LS XXIV

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Nomination deadline extended for the Holonyak Award, Leadership Award, Lomb Medal and Walther Award to October 17, 2008

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OSA Fellow and Chair of the Board of Editors Tony Heinz Receives Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Heinz awarded for pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials, including carbon nanotubes. Read More

OSA Congratulates Physicists Marin Soljacic, Alexei Kitaev, Andrea Ghez and Adam Riess on Receiving 2008 MacArthur Fellowships

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OSA Corporate Member News

Read about current announcements from LightCounting, nLIGHT, SCHOTT North America and more! Read More

Optics Express: Chinese Scientists Demonstrate How to Uncloak an Invisible Object

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In Memoriam: Ralph W. Nicholls

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Optics Letters: Scientists Demonstrate the Sharpest Measurement of Ice Crystals in Clouds

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OSA Foundation Announces Funding for New and Continuing Programs

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In Memoriam: Daniel Chemla, 1940-2008

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OSA and EESI Host Successful Congressional Briefing on Solar Energy

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Optical Phenomena Poster Series and their corresponding educational pamphlets now available in Spanish, Hindi, Romanian and Turkish.

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Lighten Up! - Discovering the Science of Light, produced by the OSA Foundation and Girl Scouts of the USA, wins a 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers.

Distinguished Achievement Award

New OSA Member Benefit: McGraw Hill Publication Discounts!

Members receive a 20% discount on all McGraw Hill publications. For more information, please visit the Members-Only section of osa.org. Members-Only Login

OSA Announces 2008-2009 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows

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