News Releases

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  More Certainty on Uncertainty’s Quantum Mechanical Role

  04 October 2012
  Researchers from the University of Toronto have gathered the most direct experimental evidence that Heisenberg’s original formulation is wrong. The results were published online in the journal Physical Review Letters last month and the researchers will present their findings for the first time at the Optical Society’s (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO).
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  Specialty Contact Lenses May One Day Help Halt the Progression of Nearsightedness in Children

  02 October 2012
  Experimental work by biomedical scientist David Troilo and colleagues at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry in New York City supports the development of a potential cure for myopia by using specialty contact lenses that coax the eye to grow in a way that can correct nearsighted vision while reducing myopia progression.
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  3-D Medical Scanner: New Handheld Imaging Device to Aid Doctors on the ‘Diagnostic Front Lines’

  02 October 2012
  Engineers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have created a new imaging tool for primary care physicians: a handheld scanner that would enable them to image all the sites they commonly examine, and more, such as bacterial colonies in the middle ear in 3-D, or monitor the thickness and health of patients' retinas.
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  Cyborg Surgeon: Hand and Technology Combine in New Surgical Tool That Enables Superhuman Precision

  27 September 2012
  Even the most skilled and steady surgeons experience minute, almost imperceptible hand tremors when performing delicate tasks. Normally, these tiny motions are inconsequential, but for doctors specializing in fine-scale surgery, such as operating inside the human eye or repairing microscopic nerve fibers, freehand tremors can pose a serious risk for patients.
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  The Optical Society Partners with the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics to Launch New Journal: Photonics Research

  25 September 2012
  The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that it will launch a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) and Chinese Laser Press (CLP).
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  Tissues Tell the Tale: Non-Invasive Optical Technique Detects Cancer By Looking Under the Skin

  24 September 2012
  The trained eye of a dermatologist can identify many types of skin lesions, but human sight only goes so far. Now an international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively map out the network of tiny blood vessels beneath the outer layer of patients’ skin, potentially revealing telltale signs of disease.
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  Third Quarter 2012 Industry News Summary

  17 September 2012
  The U.S. Congress may have spent most of the third quarter in recess, but OSA’s Corporate Associate Members were anything but idle. They spent the end of the summer setting records, advancing drug research, improving cars, and even lending a hand in space exploration.
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  OSA Student Members Organize IONS Conference in China

  14 September 2012
  The International OSA Network of Students (IONS) is hosting the third IONS-Asia conference, beginning today and running through Sept. 16 at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (CIOMP) in Changchun, China.
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  Laser-powered ‘Needle’ Promises Pain-free Injections

  13 September 2012
  A new laser-based system, however, that blasts microscopic jets of drugs into the skin could soon make getting a shot as painless as being hit with a puff of air.
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  Industry Leaders Unveil Optics and Photonics Report for U.S. Policymakers

  12 September 2012
  OSA co-hosts two events emphasizing economic importance of optics and photonics for federal agency and congressional staff

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