Phoenix, AZ--Researchers at Arizona State University have combined electrochemistry with microscopy to see and identify specks of TNT.

Aachen, Germany--The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology has developed a packaging process for microcomponents that is based on laser glass soldering.

Pittsburgh, PA--A "cradle-to-grave" assessment of LED streetlights shows that they have the best balance of features.

The high-brightness (HB) LED market is humming, and the nearly 3000 registrants at Strategies in Light 2010 showed that the industry recognized that hum.

San Francisco, CA--At SPIE's Photonics West 2010, Laser Focus World captured video from StellarNet, Stanford Photonics, and Newport about their latest technologies.

Albuquerque, NM--Boeing and wholly owned subsidiary Spectrolab have developed a compact, energy-efficient camera that provides 3D images for military and commercial applications.

Tokyo, Japan--Sony has developed a RGB laser light source module for large-screen projectors such as digital cinema projectors.

Yorktown Heights, NY--A silicon-based nanophotonic avalanche photodetector capable of receiving optical signals at a record rate of 40 Gbit/s was unveiled last week by IBM scientists at the T. J. Watson Research Center.

Monrovia, CA – CA - Volume holographic grating manufacturer Ondax, Inc., announced that it has received a major order for that company’s PowerLocker wavelength stabilization filters ...

Pittsburgh, PA--Omnyx and Olympus America entered into a nonexclusive licensing agreement allowing Omnyx to access Olympus virtual microscopy and digital pathology patents.

Osaka, Japan and Milpitas, CA--Sumitomo and JDSU successfully transmitted and detected 100 gigabit Ethernet traffic through Sumitomo pluggable optics using JDSU’s ONT instrument.

Bordeaux, France--Twelve photonics companies have been chosen to participate in funding opportunities at the Invest in Photonics International Partnering Convention 2010.

Port Washington, NY--The NPD Group has acquired Solarbuzz LLC, an international solar-energy market research and consulting company.

Greenbelt, MD--The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reached a mission-readiness landmark yesterday.

Thousand Oaks, CA--Teledyne Scientific & Imaging acquired a minority interest in Optical Alchemy, a designer and manufacturer of ultra-light electro-optical gimbal systems.

Malaga, Spain--Spanish scientists used Andor Shamrock spectrometers and CCDs for the simultaneous use of Raman spectroscopy and LIBS for instant standoff analysis of explosives.

McKinney, TX--An Erchonia laser trademarked Zerona is successfully being applied for laser liposuction.

Nashua, NH--The March 10 deadline is rapidly approaching; submit your innovative product now to the CLEO-Laser Focus World Innovation Awards.

A new approach to electro-optic terahertz imaging uses a time-of-flight camera as a demodulating detector array, eliminating the need for amplified laser sources.

Santa Clara, CA--Strategies Unlimited and PennWell exceeded all previous records with the largest exhibition and attendance to date at Strategies in Light 2010.