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enXco Begins 3 MW Pocono Raceway Solar Project

enXco – an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company - has confirmed the start of construction on the 3 MW photovoltaic array at Pocono Raceway Solar Project.

21 May 2010

UV-Wavelength Lasers Help to Clean Chemical-Contaminated Buildings

Dhiren Barot was an al Qaeda operative involved in plots to blow up the London subway, among other targets.

21 May 2010

Veeco’s K465i MOCVD System Qualified for High Volume LED Production

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Epistar Corporation, headquartered in Taiwan, has recently qualified Veeco’s TurboDisc® K465i™ gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for high volume light emitting diode (LED) production.

From Veeco 21 May 2010

Luna Launches New Optical Backscatter Reflectometer

Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, today announced the launch of its Optical Backscatter Reflectometer(TM) 4200 (OBR 4200), a new generation, portable, ultra-high resolution reflectometer offering advanced inspection and diagnostic capabilities to manufacturers and installers of fiber optic assemblies and short networks.

From Luna Technologies 21 May 2010

DALSA to Showcase New Industrial Cameras at Vision Show 2010

DALSA Corporation will showcase new industrial camera models, plus a new frame grabber, vision processor, and vision software tools, exhibiting the full depth and breadth of its machine vision technology at Automated Imaging Association’s The Vision Show on May 25 – 27, 2010.

From DALSA Corporation 21 May 2010

IVV Uses ADVA’s Optical-Fiber Platform to Connect its Data Centers

IVV GmbH, an IT services provider to Germany’s public insurance carriers, is using the FSP 3000 platform from ADVA Optical Networking to connect its data centers.

21 May 2010

Dental Curing Lights Utilize UV Blocking Glass to Limit Tissue’s Heat Exposure

Dental curing lights utilize coated glass filters, such as a UV blocking glass, to selectively emit specific bands of light.

From ZC&R Coatings for Optics, Inc. 21 May 2010

Panasonic Starts Advertising Camping for Full HD 3D VIERA Plasma TVs

Panasonic, an industry leader in Full HD 3D and HDTV technology announced today the start of an advertising campaign focusing on the company's innovative, award-winning Full HD 3D VIERA™ Plasma TVs.

21 May 2010

Fritz Ruck Chosen to Market Tek-Clear Intraocular Lens in Germany

Tekia, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company, announced today it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement, for Germany, with Fritz Ruck/T-MED of Baesweiler, Germany to market its Tek-Clear Accommodative Intraocular Lens used in the treatment of presbyopia, an eye disorder that affects near vision in middle age and older people worldwide.

21 May 2010

New Method to Manufacture Semiconductors Used in Solar Cells

Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at the University of Illinois, the future of solar energy just got brighter.

21 May 2010

Narrow-Band Imaging Helps to Assess Mucosal Angiogenesis in IBD Patients

Angiogenesis plays a crucial role in neoplastic and non-neoplastic chronic inflammatory disorders, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Several reports have shown that blockade of angiogenesis in preclinical models of IBD is a promising new therapeutic approach.

21 May 2010