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Coherent and SiOnyx Collaborate to Gain New Opportunities in the Solar Industry

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) and SiOnyx, Inc. (Beverly, MA) announced they have entered into a joint development agreement for solar cell capital equipment (tools) manufacturing utilizing SiOnyx’s Black Silicon processing that is based upon the interaction of ultrafast laser light and silicon in a controlled environment.

7 May 2010

Olympus Launches New Endoscope Reprocessor

Olympus, a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, today announced the launch of the OER-Pro, the fastest technology in automated endoscope reprocessing and the only reprocessor on the market designed by an endoscope manufacturer.

7 May 2010

Tamron Designs Two New Zoom Lenses for True Far-Infra Red Imaging

Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan announces two prototype zoom lens models designed for true Far-Infra Red Imaging with its proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) system built in, the very first in the industry.

7 May 2010

Market Trends and Developments of High Efficiency Lighting Technologies

LED Solid State Lighting and Other High Efficiency Lighting Technologies for Commercial, Industrial, and Outdoor Stationary Applications

7 May 2010

New eBook Light Launched by Belkin for Kindle

Belkin introduces the new eBook Light to brighten your Kindle in any reading environment, and several new cases to protect it while you are on the go.

7 May 2010

SteelSeries, GUNNAR Optiks to Co-Brand New Line of Advanced Gaming Eyewear

Today SteelSeries, a global leader of gaming peripherals and accessories proudly announced a strategic partnership with GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear. SteelSeries and the GUNNAR team are working together, along with Carl Zeiss Optics, to co-brand a new line of products for PC and console gamers to be released over the coming months.

7 May 2010

Tamron Introduces Prototype of New Surveillance Camera Unit

Tamron Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan announces a concept model of a totally new security/surveillance camera unit which renders normal flat-field images, while enabling to capture an entire 180°field of view with no blind spot in any orientation all the way across.

From Tamron Co., Ltd. 7 May 2010

Opsens Receives Follow-Up Order for its OPS-Z Fiber Optic Sensor Systems

Opsens Inc. ("Opsens") (TSX-V: OPS) has received a follow-up order from an existing client for two of its OPS-Z reservoir surveillance systems.

7 May 2010

New LED Parking Garage Lights from Sunovia Save 50% of Energy Consumption

Sunovia Energy Technologies today announced the release of a line of new LED parking garage lights that reduce energy consumption by about 50 percent and require no bulb replacements for approximately 12 years.

7 May 2010

New Semi-Industrial Laser System Equipped at GKSS Research Centre

A new hall with a semi-industrial laser system has been built at the GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, in collaboration with Airbus Deutschland GmbH.

7 May 2010

Largest Astronomical Telescope Captures New Images of Star-Forming Clouds

The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation.

7 May 2010

New Software-Based Microscopic Tool Accelerates Research in Fat-Melting Drugs

Anglers rely on fish finders to help them locate the big catch. Now Tel Aviv University researchers in tissue engineering have developed a "fat finder" that can help scientists accelerate their research into new fat-melting drugs.

7 May 2010

Scanning Probe Microscope Helps to Reveal Unique Properties of Nanoscale Materials

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7 May 2010

Physicists Use Optical Lattice to Trap Rydberg Atoms

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap. Rydberg atoms are highly excited, nearly-ionized giants that can be thousands of times larger than their ground-state counterparts.

7 May 2010

EVSO Congratulates MIT Scientists for Breakthrough in Solar Technology

Evolution Solar (PinkSheets:EVSO) applauded the news that Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully coated paper with a solar cell, part of a suite of research projects aimed at energy breakthroughs. The paper solar cells are one of many avenues being pursued around nanoscale materials at the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

7 May 2010