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Laser Technology News 2001 p6:

• Distributed Terascale Facility to Commence with $53 Million NSF Award
  The DTF will perform 11.6-trillion calculations per second and store more than 450-trillion bytes of data, with a comprehensive infrastructure called the TeraGrid to link computers, visualization systems and data at four sites through a 40-billion bits-per-second optical network.
• Space optics center makes king-size mold for high-resolution screens
  This master mold will be used to make several other molds, each capable of forming hundreds of screens that have fresnel lenses.
• Solar-Powered Robot Strolls Across the Arctic
  A prototype, solar-powered robot, developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute with support from NASA , has demonstrated a concept that could pave the way for future long-term robotic exploration of distant planets and moons.
• Optical technique studies brain activity without surgery on skull
  The technique based upon near-IR spectroscopy is reportedly simpler to use and less expensive than other methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography.
• Nanoparticles tailor complex fluids for photonics applications
  Researchers at the University of Illinois (Champaign, IL) have discovered a fundamentally new approach for tailoring the stability of colloidal suspensions, which are complex fluids utilized in numerous applications ranging from advanced materials to drug delivery. Controlling the stability of these fluids can influence such characteristics as flow behavior, structure, and mechanical response, and may result in materials with improved optical and electrical properties.
• Something New Under the Sun: Energy Walls
  Lean against a building's wall on a hot summer day and you can feel the sun's reflective heat. To better tap this under-used energy resource, builders and renewable energy experts are integrating electricity-producing photovoltaic cells into the exterior building envelope.
• Raman laser detects AMD, skin cancer
  Using low-energy resonance Raman laser spectroscopy, a test developed by University of Utah ophthalmology and physics researchers could help physicians detect the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and monitor the effects of nutritional intervention. It also has the potential to help users gauge a person's susceptibility to skin cancer.
• Proteins reveal the secrets of cancer
  Researchers at Vanderbilt University have combined molecular imaging with mass spectrometry to improve their ability to identify and quantify the production of proteins in potentially cancerous tissue.
• Laser senses arc welder route
  Arc welders are flexible and inexpensive, but don't have the precision and power density of high-power laser welding systems. Now, an idea in its early stages at Ohio State and Princeton Universities takes the precision of a laser, used as a sensor, to guide an arc welder. The goal? Low-cost precision arc welding.
• Sensors based on fluorescent molecules could detect metal pollutants
  The goal is an improved method of detecting and monitoring increased metal levels in the environment caused by mining, smelting, fossil fuel combustion and industrial use.

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