Cambridge, MA--BMC was awarded a contract for more than $500K from NASA's ROSES Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions towards detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around nearby stars.

St. Paul, MN--A new display film from 3M allows up to 50% more color than current levels in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices.

Austin, TX--An optically advanced rifle made by TrackingPoint has begun shipping to invited customers; the first units were delivered at the company's board meeting in Mason, Texas on May 15, 2013.

Glasgow, Scotland--A group at the University of Glasgow has created a single-pixel imaging setup that captures 3D images.

Pasadena, CA--NASA JPL is developing a device for hydrogen gas production based on water-splitting redox reactions facilitated by catalysts stacked on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on silicon substrates.

Chicago, IL--UIC researchers have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper "guest" ions into each and every quantum dot to produce spectacular colors.

Buffalo, NY--Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo assistant professor of electrical engineering, and his team are developing photovoltaic (PV) cells that cost less to manufacture than existing devices.

Evanston, IL--An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has developed a hemispherical digital camera inspired by the complex fly eye.