Analyze IQ Limited, producers of innovative spectroscopic analysis software, and Ocean Optics Inc., the industry leader in miniature spectroscopy, have today announced a partnership under which Ocean Optics will market and sell the Analyze IQ software suite.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland) have developed a highly sensitive, low-cost NIR spectroscopy technique that can measure the specific wavelengths used in telecommunications as well as single-photon levels of infrared light given off by fragile biomaterials and nanomaterials.

Scientists from IBM Research used an atomic force microscope to create the first-ever close-up image of a single molecule.

PerkinElmer announced that it has signed a new distribution agreement with VWR International.

Researchers from Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago used a form of optical emission spectroscopy to determine the metal composition of 62 modern sculptures.

Newport Spectra-Physics continued its support of student researchers with the awarding of Newport Spectra-Physics Research Excellence travel grants at SPIE Optics and Photonics earlier this month in San Diego.

CAMO Software, a leading supplier of multivariate analysis (MVA) and design of experiments (DoE) software, announced its planned integration into the ABB xPAT platform to further strengthen its position in the growing areas of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Quality by Design (QbD).

NASA scientists have detected the amino acid glycine in samples of the comet Wild 2 gathered by the spacecraft Stardust.

Pittcon announced that Alan G. Marshall, Kasha Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) and director of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, will be the plenary lecturer during the opening session on March 1 at Pittcon 2010.

Bruker Daltonics announced that it has established a collaboration with the Mass Spectrometry Resource laboratory at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Researchers at the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service (Manhattan, Kansas) conducted a pilot study at a commercial feedyard in which they used near-infrared spectroscopy to identify cattle with undifferentiated bovine respiratory disease (BRD), a leading cause of post-weaning bovine illness and death.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California) has agreed to purchase Varian, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) for $1.5 billion or $52 per share.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed light-detecting fibers that act like a flexible camera when woven into a web.

Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital (Heidelberg, Germany) determined that it takes just 6 minutes after consumption of two glasses of wine for changes to take place in the drinker's brain cells.

Charles Fadley, a physics professor at UC Davis (Davis, California) has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala, Sweden.

A custom-engineered spectrometer from Ocean Optics is part of the scientific payload on NASA's LCROSS mission that was launched on June 18, 2009.

Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, researchers at the University of New South Wales Brain Sciences (Sydney, Australia) recently showed that the brain is damaged more severely by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring than previously thought.

Using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and a scanning electron microscope, scientists from the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) determined the authenticity of a fossil found by an amateur fossil hunter in Vero Beach, Florida.

VICAM, a subsidiary of Waters Corporation (Milford, Massachusetts) recently relocated its operations from Watertown, Massachusetts, to the Waters Corporation headquarters facility in Milford.

Data from the U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program (DSP) missile warning satellites collected early June 1 over the central Atlantic Ocean is being studied to see if it detected the impact or a fiery breakup of the Air France Airbus A330 that disappeared enroute to Paris, France, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil early on June 1.

The world's most powerful laser was unveiled Friday at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California).

In an upcoming spacewalk, shuttle astronauts will swap the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) device for the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS).

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a technique that uses terahertz waves to measure structural properties in integrated circuits.

New research being conducted at the University of Arkansas is demonstrating that Raman spectroscopy can be used to detect and monitor circulating carbon nanotubes in vivo and in real time.

The Optics and Photonics Society of Singapore (OPSS), with roots in the former Singapore Chapter of SPIE, has been launched.

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a new QTOF method for detecting pesticides on produce.

A new dating method is allowing archaeologists to determine the age of ancient pictographs, or rock paintings.

Dutch astronomers C.P. de Vries and E. Costantini, both of SRON/Utrecht University Netherlands, used the Reflection Grating Spectrometer onboard the XMM-Newton satellite to obtain high-quality X-ray spectra of Scorpius X-1, one of the brightest X-ray sources in the sky, located about 2800 parsecs from Earth.