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Dolomite to Exhibit Microfluidics Technology at Major US Medical Equipment Manufacturing Show

Since 1983, MD&M East has provided an unparalleled array of resources for the design and manufacture of both current and next-generation medical devices. Microfluidics is an emerging technology that is changing the future of medical instrument
5/17/2008 6:43:00 AM

Weird Shrimp Has Astounding Vision

? A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. Dr Sonja Kleinlogel and Professor Andrew White have shown that
5/17/2008 6:18:00 AM

Spotlight On A Key Player In The Dance Of Chromosomes

? Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia University report on
5/17/2008 6:16:00 AM

Monkey Studies Important For Brain Science

? Studies with non-human primates have made major contributions to our understanding of the brain and will continue to be an important, if small, part of neuroscience research, according to a recent review published in the British medical journal, The
5/17/2008 6:15:00 AM

Prysmian : Optical fibre is bend insensitive

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5/17/2008 6:03:00 AM

Bio-Rad Announces Real-time PCR Detection System

Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the new Bio-Rad CFX96™ real-time PCR detection system. The CFX96 optical reaction module builds on the flexibility of the C1000 thermal cycler, creating a real-time PCR system that can deliver sensitive detection
5/17/2008 5:16:00 AM

IEEE Fellow first woman to receive highest award in engineering profession

By IEEE-USA Page 1 of 3 Among 7 honored with national engineering awards WASHINGTON (16 May 2008) -- Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, recently received the John Fritz Medal from
5/17/2008 4:53:00 AM

TGV Gets Serious with Suborbital Reusable Rocket DesignSikorsky's X2: Developing a Faster Helicopter

A decade after its founding, TGV Rockets of Norman, Okla., has moved from the back-of-the-napkin stage to serious design work, but company officials acknowledge they still have a long way to go before fielding the reusable launch vehicle of their
5/17/2008 4:51:00 AM

Discovery Of Most Recent Supernova In Our Galaxy

The supernova explosion occurred about 140 years ago, making it the most recent supernova in the Milky Way as measured in Earth's time frame. Previously, the last known galactic supernova occurred around 1680, based on studying the expansion of its
5/17/2008 4:12:00 AM

LIDAR Imaging Detector Could Build 'Super Road Maps' Of Planets And Moons

Three-Dimensional super roadmaps of other planets and moons would provide robots, astronauts and engineers details about atmospheric composition, biohazards, wind speed and temperature. Information like this could help land future spacecraft and more
5/17/2008 4:11:00 AM

Two-Step Laser Mass Spectrometry of Asphaltenes

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5/17/2008 3:36:00 AM

Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404,000

From the grave, Albert Einstein poured gasoline on the culture wars between science and religion this week. A letter the physicist wrote in 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, in which he described the Bible as pretty childish and scoffed at the notion
5/17/2008 3:26:00 AM

Universe shines twice as bright

The Universe is actually twice as bright than was previously thought, according to research conducted by an international team of astronomers.The Universe is actually twice as bright than was previously thought, according to research conducted by an
5/17/2008 3:14:00 AM

Chandra Uncovers Youngest Supernova in Our Galaxy

Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3. Image Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/NCSU/S. Reynolds et Radio (NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D. Green et Infrared (2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF/CfA/E. Bressert)The most recent supernova in our galaxy has been discovered by tracking
5/17/2008 3:14:00 AM

Technical Support Engineer - Ely, UK

We currently have a vacancy in our UK facility in Ely for a Technical Support Engineer Thorlabs is a broad based optical technologies company with expertise in the design and manufacture of an extensive array of innovative photonics products for
5/17/2008 3:00:00 AM

Huawei Dives for euro uros

and it's in Europe, where there's no shortage of submarine action. (See New Euro Subsea Action and Huawei Goes Underwater.) The Chinese vendor has been involved in the expansion of Telecom Italia SpA (NYSE: TI - message board)'s MedNautilus Submarine
5/17/2008 2:18:00 AM

Reflex Photonics Enhances 2 InterBOARD SNAP 12 Modules

Reflex Photonics, a developer of optical connectivity solutions for semiconductor packaging and data transfer applications, has introduced two versions of its InterBOARD SNAP 12 Parallel Fiber Optic Modules. The modules are capable of transmitting and
5/17/2008 1:57:00 AM

PICALO's International Enterprise Summit Declared a Success of Global Proportions

(Prudent Press Agency)-- Orlando, FL -- What happens when you bring together the most influential chief executives from major laser and photonics companies from around the world? Progress. These innovative leaders came from China, North America, and
5/17/2008 1:42:00 AM

An Optical Merger! May 16, 2008 4:00 PM -- But what does the Finisar/Optium deal take away?

That's what Georgio Anania told me was the problem with the optical components industry -- no one had the cajones to pull of the kind of big merger the sector needs. A couple of years later, you've got Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR - message board) and
5/17/2008 1:16:00 AM

Winners of New Video Game Could Score Nobel Prize

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5/16/2008 11:31:00 PM

Building 'super roadmaps' of planets and moons

Technology that could someday 'MapQuest' Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology's Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL), in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's
5/16/2008 10:02:00 PM

Disorder Enables Extreme Sensitivity In Piezoelectric Materials

? A research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors.* The ability to
5/16/2008 9:42:00 PM

Emergency Links: 'Sweet Spot' For Radios In Tunnels Identified

? As part of a project to improve wireless communications for emergency responders, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that underground tunnels--generally a difficult setting for radios--can have a
5/16/2008 9:41:00 PM

Tool Helps Internet Master Top-level Domains

? At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new 'top-level domains'--the last part of an
5/16/2008 9:40:00 PM

Crystal (Eye) Ball: Visual System Equipped With 'Future Seeing Powers'

? Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells ?fore.? Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly respond to a situation. Assistant Professor of
5/16/2008 9:39:00 PM