News Releases

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  OSA's Review Journal Advances in Optics and Photonics Announces Editorial Advisory Board

  10 October 2008
  The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to announce the inaugural editorial advisory board of its newest journal, Advances in Optics and Photonics (AOP). World renowned for their scientific achievements and advances in the optics and photonics community, the advisory board will help the editor-in-chief formulate editorial strategy and identify new directions for AOP.
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  Where Optics Meets Medicine Medical Highlights of Frontiers in Optics Meeting in Rochester, Oct. 19-23

  09 October 2008
  Following are a few of the many technical highlights to be discussed at the meeting. • A New Look at Mini-Strokes • A Potential New Tool for Brain Surgeons • New Technique for Mapping Blood Supply in Retina Increases Safety, Comfort of Exams • The Optics of Alzheimer’s Disease • Potential Non-Invasive Optical Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
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  Neuron Microscope, Treating Bone Cancer and Futuristic Lighting at FiO

  08 October 2008
  Additional technical highlights from Frontiers in Optics include: Neuron Microscope, Treating Bone Cancer and Futuristic Lighting
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  Alternative Energy, Virtual Reality, Innovative Approaches to Medicine Highlights of Frontiers in Optics Meeting in Rochester, Oct. 19-23

  08 October 2008
  Following are a few of the many technical highlights to be discussed at the meeting. • Reality to Go: 3-D Virtual Reality on Mobile Devices • A Potential New Tool for Brain Surgeons • New Optics for Improved Solar Power Generators • Using Algae to Convert Sunlight into Biofuel • Highest Power Tabletop Laser Ever Built
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  Emil Wolf to receive Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award

  02 October 2008
  Emil Wolf, world-renowned author and researcher in physical optics, has been named winner of the 2008 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award.
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  Optical Society, American Physical Society to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Laser

  30 September 2008
  The Optical Society (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS) are partnering on LaserFest, a multi-year celebration designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser.
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  OSA, NIH Partner on Interactive Science Publishing

  30 September 2008
  The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that it is partnering with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Library of Medicine (NLM) on an “Interactive Science Publishing” initiative (ISP). ISP enables authors to submit a manuscript including large three-dimensional data sets. ISP provides the opportunity for researchers, scientists and engineers to evaluate new research results more thoroughly.
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  Christine Orr Joins OSA as Director of Publication Sales

  23 September 2008
  The Optical Society (OSA) announced today that Christine Orr has joined its staff as director of publication sales. In this position Orr will work to increase the presence of OSA’s journals in the library and institutional subscriber communities.
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  Invisibility Undone

  03 September 2008
  Harry Potter beware! A team of Chinese scientists has developed a way to unmask your invisibility cloak. According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society’s (OSA) open-access journal, certain materials underneath an invisibility cloak would allow invisible objects be seen again.
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  OSA's OpticsForKids Web Site Wins iParenting Media Award

  21 August 2008
  The Optical Society’s (OSA) optics youth education Web site, OpticsForKids.org, recently won an iParenting Media Award for Outstanding Products of 2008. iParenting.com is an online community for parents and parents-to-be and is part of Disney’s network of family-focused Web sites. The award recognizes exceptional products for parents and their families in 20 categories. OpticsForKids.org joins an impressive list of winning organizations all specializing in education Web sites.

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