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Researchers Use Microscope to Move Single Quantum Dot Precisely

Quantum dots may be small. But they usually don’t let anyone push them around. Now, however, JQI Fellow Edo Waks and colleagues have devised a self-adjusting remote-control system that can place a dot 6 nanometers long to within 45 nm of any desired location.

24 May 2010

Divestiture of Surgical Lighting, Solarc Product Lines by Welch Allyn

Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, today announced it has divested its surgical lighting and specialty metal halide (Sôlarc®) product lines.

From USHIO America, Inc. 24 May 2010

Tech Data Offers Digital Signage Experts Training Curriculum to Resellers

Tech Data Corporation, a leading distributor of IT products, today announced that 120 members of its Sales Division will be Digital Signage Certified Experts (DSCE) by the end of the month.

24 May 2010

SkyPower Forms Joint Venture with Canada-Based Solar Company

SkyPower Limited (Toronto) and Conergy, Inc. (Canada) have formed a landmark international joint venture, which brings forth a powerful portfolio of global expertise to the Canadian marketplace to deploy solar energy solutions on commercial rooftops in Canada.

24 May 2010

Knoxille-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley Businesses Advance LED Systems

Improved LED lights, high tech air filtration systems and lighter, stronger and easier-to-ship materials - all developed locally - are fueling a promising, and increasingly green, future for the Knoxille-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley.

24 May 2010

New Report Analyzes Innovations in Global FTTH Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Fiber-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/B) - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

24 May 2010

International Solar PV Exhibition to be Held in Shenzhen, China

The 6th China International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition, which is the largest scale and the most specialized solar photovoltaic exhibition in Southern China (i.e. Sino-EU International Solar Photovoltaic Development Forum) will be solemnly held in Shenzhen convention & exhibition center on the 25th – 27th September 2010.

24 May 2010

Experts to Discuss Night Vision Systems at Conference in Virginia

IDGA announces its 5th Night Vision Systems conference, to take place July 26 – 28, 2010 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA.

24 May 2010

ADI Releases Two Clock Products for Optical Networking

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and leading provider of data conversion technology, today introduced two clock products that, when designed in as part of a complete timing signal chain, improve performance and reduce programming and design complexity in synchronous optical networks and wireless base stations.

24 May 2010

Fibre-Optic Cables: A Key Growth Driver for Fixed-Line Telecom Market in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest fixed-line penetration rate in the world. Incumbent operators mainly attribute this to low investments in copper-wire network infrastructure in the past.

24 May 2010

JEOL Launches New SpiralTOF Ion Optical System

JEOL USA announced today the introduction of the company’s first commercially available MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, the JEOL JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF™.

24 May 2010

Research Report on Solar Cell and Module Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solar Cell Market 2009 - Current State and Future Prospects" report to their offering.

24 May 2010

Sony's New BRAVIA LCD HD TV to be Displayed at Future Shop Stores in Canada

Consumers are invited to step into Sony's 3D world at select Future Shop stores across Canada to experience 3D sports, movie and gaming demos with Sony's new 3D-capable HX800 series BRAVIA(R) LCD HD TV.

24 May 2010

Hot Solar Offers Effective Solar Paneling Using State-of-the-Art Materials

With each passing day the planet's natural resources are dwindling, with some speculating a complete exhaustion of fossil fuels in the span of fifty years.

24 May 2010

Advanced 25.6kW Solar Array Powers Craig Elementary School in New Orleans

An advanced solar panel array was unveiled Friday at Joseph A. Craig Elementary School, the second project of a partnership between Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), Nike Corporation, Winrock International, the Louisiana Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and the city of New Orleans.

24 May 2010