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  • BBFight.com is One-Stop-Shop for Airsoft Guns, Tactical Gear, and Accessories Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:53AMFounder of BBFight.com, David Carhart, is pleased to debut his latest business endeavor. Customers are invited to browse a vast array of premium Airsoft guns from top brands like Thompson, UTG, and Crosman. Tactical gear and accessories, including full goggle masks and UTG Deluxe Tactical vests, is fully stocked. For additional Airsoft information, visit the site’s brand new blog. (PRWeb July 20 ...
  • Outdoors calendar -- Published July 20, 2011 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:08AMJuly 30
  • Construction on Al Ain's Wahat Hili Mall to start in Q3 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:31AMABU DHABI - The tendering process has begun to build the Wahat Hilli Mall in Al Ain and a contract is expected to be awarded within three months. "The tendering process has been set in motion," Wahat Hili Mall manager Mohamad El Sabawi said.
  • Piece Of Cake: Arrays Of Long Nanotubes May Help Measure Terahertz Laser Power Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:57AMTerahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials-plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissues-making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection and imaging skin tumors.
  • UAE- Construction on Al Ain's Wahat Hili Mall to start in Q3 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:57PMUAE- Construction on Al Ain's Wahat Hili Mall to start in Q3
  • Employee satisfaction drives sunglass maker’s success Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:47PMMost people know that Maui Jim, the high-end sunglass firm, is where employees routinely wear Hawaiian shirts to work, but what’s not treated so casually is the company’s business model.   Sales have grown by double digits each year since the 1990s — except for 2009, when sales dipped by 11 percent — said company president Michael Dalton.
  • Lenses Optimized For SWIR Sensors And Cameras Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:42PMIn response to increasing demand for off-the-shelf optics optimised for Short Wavelength Infrared performance - Resolve Optics Ltd has designed two new fixed focus lenses (25mm and 50 mm) specifically for the 0.9 to 1.7 um SWIR waveband.
  • The motorcycle-riding GOP Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:53PMForget bloated tour buses and RVs — the real hot GOP campaign accessory has only two wheels.
  • Piece of cake: Arrays of long nanotubes may help measure terahertz laser power Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:45PMTerahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials—plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissues—making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection and imaging skin tumors. However, to date there is no standard method for measuring the absolute output power of terahertz lasers, one source of this type of radiation. Now, researchers ...
  • EUV Light Makers Playing Catch-Up Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:31PM19 July 2011— Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light , the sort that’s needed to create the transistors of tomorrow, isn’t so easy to make. For years, the companies building EUV sources have struggled to deliver enough photons to match the output of a few incandescent lightbulbs.
  • Legrand | Ortronics Continues to Be a Corporate Leader of Sustainability With Eco-Friendly Packaging and Product ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:45PMNEW LONDON, CT--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2011) - Legrand | Ortronics ( PARIS : LR.PA ), a global leader in high performance network infrastructure solutions, is proud to introduce new environmentally friendly packaging and product innovations. Legrand | Ortronics continues their commitment to sustainable business practices as part of their corporate strategy, setting an example of best practices ...
  • Getting in shape for upcoming fall hunts Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:12PMResults from the Arizona Game and Fish Department lottery drawing for deer, turkey, sheep, and fall javelina hunting permits should soon be available on the Internet — type in azgfd.gov and follow the directions posted. Elk and antelope tag winners have already been determined and those lucky hunters now have those precious permits in their hands for the 2011 season. Now is the time to do your ...
  • Colnatec Awarded $450,000 Phase II D.O.E. Research Grant Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:17PMFirm wins Phase II funding to develop advanced process control sensors for solar cells. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8652439.htm
  • Nano Scale Energy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:50PMModern electronics as we know them, from televisions to computers, depend on conducting materials that can control electronic properties. As technology shrinks down to pocket sized communications devices and microchips that can fit on the head of a pin, nano-sized conducting materials are in big demand. Now, Prof. Eran Rabani of Tel Aviv University's School of Chemistry at the Raymond and ...
  • Primal/MapMyRIDE seeks strong finish at Cascade Classic Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:42PMThe Primal/MapMyRIDE Professional Women's Racing Team powered by BH Bikes heads to the team's final race of the season, the BMC Cascade Cycling Classic from July 19 to July 24 in Bend, Oregon.
  • New scientific milestone in optical communications: Revolutionary chip for optical routers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:16AMResearchers in Spain, the Netherlands, and Canada have achieved a scientific milestone in the field of optical communications. After many months of research, they have succeeded in developing a revolutionary chip for optical routers, capable of operating up to 100 times faster than currently available chips. This is the first monolithic integrated optical circuit for optical routers.
  • High-speed Internet, fiber optics coming to Climax; CTS Telecom project under way Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:22AMClimax Telephone is matching about $2 million in federal funding to build Fiber-To-The-Premise service and deliver high-speed broadband, video and voice service to people in Climax, Scotts and surrounding areas.
  • Conducting Energy on a Nano Scale Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:06AMSemiconductor nanocrystals can be doped in order to be used as conductors.
  • Synchronization of downtown Nampa traffic signals nears completion Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:06PMA $1.01 million project to link traffic signals in and around downtown Nampa to create a more effici
  • The Global Optical Communication Industry Is on a Path to Sustainable Profitability Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:25PMEUGENE, OR--(Marketwire - Jul 18, 2011) - LightCounting has released a report titled "State of the Optical Communications Industry: On a Path to Sustainable Profitability." This report examines profitability across the industry supply chain, which improved substantially in 2010. However, a wide gap remains between companies like Google, which generate high profits by taking advantage of the ...
  • Internships instead of summer break for some Bay area teachers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:00PMMore than a dozen Bay area teachers will be interning with local companies in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
  • 'Smart' sunglasses block blinding glare Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:21PMThe days of being blinded by glare from the sun, despite the $300 sunglasses straddling your face, may soon be over.
  • Southern Company Announces Quarterly Dividend Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:42PMSouthern Company today announced a regular quarterly dividend of 47.25 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable September 6, 2011, to shareholders of record August 1, 2011.
  • Invisibility cloaks move one step closer from science fiction to reality Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:13PMResearchers at Cornell University's School of Applied and Engineering Physics have achieved the first experimental demonstration that something can be made invisible through a technique called temporal cloaking.
  • How to make quantum entanglement last Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:38PMThe spooky link between quantum objects was thought to be fleeting and fragile – now it can be topped up
  • TN Guard unit set to deploy from Smyrna Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:28PMSignal Company unit will leave Smyrna on Thursday.
  • World’s largest photo on display in California (Yahoo! News) Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:35AMYahoo! News - With lenses you can mount to your phone to take incredibly high-quality photographs, and plenopticsthat use thousands of lenses to capture perfectly focused photographs, you might think that only high-tech cameras are making news these days. Not so! If you'll be in Riverside, …
  • Naylor: The weekend wrap going into Week 4 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:18AMPlease read the full story on TSN.ca for the latest details
  • Physicists take steps toward delivering quantum information to the home Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:19AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, fiber optics technology transports information in the form of classical data to homes and businesses. But researchers are currently working on ways to combine quantum data with the classical data in fiber optics networks in order to increase security. In a new study, scientists have shown how quantum and classical data can be interlaced in a real-world fiber optics ...
  • Manufacturing firms experience higher growth Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:13AMNORTH BAY -- With more than 300 manufacturers in Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Solano Counties, this industry is a vital part of the region’s economic health, according to Dick Herman, president of 101MFG, a private alliance of manufacturers throughout Northern California.
  • Prevent Blindness America Launches Most Beautiful Eyes Contest Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:06AMContact: Audra Friis, Pascale Communications, LLC, o: +1-631-462-1726, m: +1-917-519-9577, audra@pascalecommunications.com
  • Manufacturing Awards 2011: Customer Service: Architectural Plastics: When King Tut needs a display Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:59AMPETALUMA -- "There's a great future in plastics" was the advice given to Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin Braddock in the 1967 film The Graduate.
  • Manufacturing Awards 2011: Leadership: Enphase Energy takes lead in solar technology Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:58AMPETALUMA -- Enphase Energy is the winner in the Leadership category, clearly ahead of the pack of new, green technology companies in the North Bay.
  • Ciena and Felix Telecom Bring 100 Gigabit Ethernet to Eastern Europe Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:13AMLINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that the Romanian Educational Network (RoEduNet) has chosen Ciena’s high-capacity coherent optical technology for the first live 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network in Eastern Europe. The next-generation infrastructure, deployed together with Ciena’s BizConnect partner Felix Telecom ...
  • Smart Camera suits embedded clinical applications. Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:46AMMeasuring 1.80 x 2.10 x 1.00 in., Vision MINI allows for flexible positioning in tight spaces. Unit features fully integrated lighting, autofocus lens, complete AutoVISION(TM) software tool set, and wide angle optics for close-range applications. Suited for embedded clinical and lab automation applications, camera performs critical inspection tasks such as cap presence, color matching, and test ...
  • Additional news "Real estate" Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:58AMAccording to the regulations of the Committee for Northern Affairs and Indigenous Peoples of the Federation Council outreach meetings are held no more than twice a year. Arkhangelsk Region has become the second region of Russia where such events took place twice.
  • Despite tough economy, area employers try to maintain steady workforce Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:49AMLEOMINSTER -- Officials for the region's largest private-sector employers are pleased their companies have largely maintained their payrolls through the recession, but as job growth stagnates nationwide, so could their hiring.
  • Nature Fest Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:55AMAn example of hummingbird banding. (Tom Woods • For the Herald/Review) Story by Julie Bradley For the Herald/Review Arizona’s Longest Running Nature Festival, Southwest Wings, is an educational celebration of the diversity of birds, mammals, reptiles and insects in their unique environment; the sky islands in southern Arizona. The 20th Annual Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival takes ...
  • Growing infrastructure means customers bombarded with options for TV, phone, Internet Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:11PMHuge investments in digital infrastructure by communications and entertainment providers are enabling new products and services that will change the way consumers access information at home or through wireless devices.
  • Conducting energy on a nano scale: Are 'doped' nanocrystals the future of technology? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:21PMScientists have succeeded in making delicate and sensitive nanocrystals susceptible to the engineering techniques that would make them practical semi-conductors. The new method of "doping" these crystals may lead to advances in solar panels, cell phones and cameras.
  • Serendipity in nature Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:31AMFascination with natural phenomena is common among people, and the migration of birds is one such phenomenon. Just last evening, I had an enjoyable conversation with former Freeporter Ruth Burstrom about bird watching along the south shore of Lake Erie. She exclaimed excitedly that “warblers were dripping from every trailside bush.” It was the prospect of seeing just such a sight that had ...
  • Barska Optics Launches New Line Of Quick Access Biometric Safes Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:17AMCompact, convenient, and state of the art, Barska’s new biometric safes provide the safety and reliability needed to keep your valuables out of the wrong hands. La Verne, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2011 BARSKA, the world leader in tactical scopes , binoculars, and home safety technology, has further improved its product offerings with the introduction of a new line of biometric safes designed for the ...
  • New DNA sequencer will provide deeper insight into gene regulation Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:15AMThe Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) of the Max Delbr-ck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany, will be the first academic research institution in Continental Europe to acquire a novel DNA sequencer enabling the sequencing of single DNA molecules in real time.
  • Ready for the big one Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:26PMSeveral Kingston pro bass anglers are looking forward to hooking up on Lake Ontario with the best of them at the second running of the Canadian Open of Fishing next week. "You will not find a more challenging group of anglers," said Yarker's Jeff Magee.[...]
  • Cheer 2011 promises to be grander affair Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:12PMPARTICIPANTS of Cheer 2011 can look forward to receiving even more goodies thanks to sponsors like Starbucks, Perskindol, Momoe and RevitaLens OcuTec.
  • Video: Hand-crafting behind each Leica lens Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:12PMTake a look at the customization behind Leica lenses in this peek behind the scenes at the company's German optics plant.
  • Council approves fund balance policy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:05PMIn addition to approving the budget and setting the property tax rate, City Council took care of numerous other items of business during their Thursday night meeting.
  • Conducting Energy On A Nano Scale Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:21PM'Doped' nanocrystals are the future of technology, says Tel Aviv University researcher Modern electronics as we know them, from televisions to computers, depend on conducting materials that can control electronic properties. As technology shrinks down to pocket sized communications devices and microchips that can fit on the head of a pin, nano-sized conducting materials are in big demand. Now ...
  • WSJ Publisher Latest Casualty in News Corp. Scandal Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:46PMLes Hinton arriving at Rupert Murdoch's apartment on Tuesday. Les Hinton, who was in charge of the company's British newspapers during the hacking, has stepped down from his job as Wall Street Journal publisher and chief executive of News Corp. It's the biggest sign to date of the scandal bleeding over into the U.S. division, and particularly bad optics since Hinton runs the most upstanding of ...
  • Breakthrough toward quantum computing Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:22PMTo build a quantum computer, one needs to create and precisely control individual quantum memory units, called qubits, for information processing. Scientists have made a breakthrough in the creation of massive numbers of entangled qubits, more precisely a multilevel variant thereof called Qmodes.