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Solar Cell Developer AQT Secures Funds to Expand Business Operations

Applied Quantum Technology (AQT), a leading developer of low-cost CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, today announced that it has secured $10 million in venture funding. The latest investment from the original investor syndicate and additional undisclosed investors will be used to build out AQT’s first manufacturing line, to be located in Silicon Valley, and to aggressively expand the company’s staff in anticipation of full-scale production over the next 12 months. This funding round, which has completed its initial close, raises the total amount of funds that AQT has attracted to date to almost $15 million.

8 Apr 2010

ICFO Researchers Explain How Disorder Can Lead To New Quantum States of Matter

Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Barcelona) and the Institute of Optics (IO, Palaiseau) describe in Nature Physics the new trends in research on disordered systems using ultracold gases that could have important consequences both for understanding complex physics processes and for building future quantum simulators and computers.

8 Apr 2010

Hague’s Subsidiary Announces Incentive Pricing for Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., a solar technology and quantum dot manufacturing company (and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hague Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: HGUE)) announced today that only 18 months after licensing what has been characterized as a disruptive technology, they will be offering incentive pricing on orders for research quantities of its high purity, uniform, tetrapod quantum dots from the life sciences, academic, and other industrial research and development (R&D) communities.

8 Apr 2010

GAO Comm Introduces New Handheld Optical Power Meter for Fiber Optic Network Testing

GAO Comm has rolled out its innovative optical power meter which provides wider power measurements and more standard wavelengths than GAO’s previous models.

8 Apr 2010

Edmund Optics Introduces Latest Catalog on Infrared Optics Components

Edmund Optics, the leading manufacturer and provider of precision optical components, has released its latest catalog, featuring infrared optics components for OEMs and researchers in manufacturing, machine vision, semiconductor and defense applications. The new catalog includes over 300 off-the-shelf lenses, mirrors, windows, filters, polarizers, beamsplitters and prisms specifically designed for mid wave (MWIR) and long wave (LWIR) infrared spectra applications.

8 Apr 2010

JEOL Brings Thin Film Phase Plate Technology for Transmission Electron Microscopes

The imaging performance of today’s generation of Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs) is improved dramatically through the use of a novel technique, the thin film phase plate.

8 Apr 2010

Olympus Unveils Upright Microscopes With Advanced Imaging Features

Olympus has unveiled its BX3® line of upright clinical and research microscopes with exclusive ergonomic and imaging features that provide unprecedented comfort, ease of use and accuracy.

8 Apr 2010

Opsens Receives New Order for OPP-W Fiber Optic Pressure and Temperature Sensor

Opsens Inc. (“Opsens”) today announced the receipt of a new order from a Canadian global energy company for its OPP-W fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor.

8 Apr 2010

LightPath Introduces 14.9mm LWIR Lens Assembly for Infrared Sensors

LightPath Technologies is pleased to introduce an f/1.3, 14.9 mm focal length Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) lens assembly designed for uncooled infrared sensors.

8 Apr 2010

Kastle Systems Brings Advanced Security Systems to Washington Area

Kastle Systems will roll out the industry's most progressive security systems technology at Vornado/Charles E. Smith properties in the metro Washington area in 2010, featuring the use of IP technology and the integration of remote video monitoring services.

8 Apr 2010

CMTL Lab Test Finds No Mercury in ArmorLite Safer CFL Bulb

ear-Lite Holdings, Inc., a leading innovator of eco-friendly lighting and the appreciably safer ArmorLite™: A Safer CFL™, today announced that its flagship product was tested by a third-party testing lab, Cambridge Material Testing Limited ("CMTL"), in Ontario, Canada.

8 Apr 2010

Accu-Sort’s Enhanced Camera Bar-Code Scanner to be Featured at NA 2010

Executives of Accu-Sort® Systems, Inc. will discuss print-and-apply labeling and camera bar-code scanner capabilities at the North American Material Handling & Logistics Show (NA 2010) in Cleveland, Ohio, at the I-X Center, April 26–29.

8 Apr 2010

PhlatLight LED Developer Luminus Joins Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance

Luminus Devices, developer and manufacturer of high light output, “Big Chip” PhlatLight® LEDs, announced it has joined the Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance (NGLIA), an organization that partners with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the adoption of solid-state lighting in general lighting applications. Luminus leadership will be working closely with members on a diverse set of activities in support of core technology research, product development and manufacturing.

8 Apr 2010

New LED Spot Light Cooler from Nuventix to be Displayed at Light+Building 2010

From Light+Building, Nuventix, Inc., innovator of SynJet® active thermal management solutions, today announced the general availability in EMEA of the SynJet Spot Light Cooler.

8 Apr 2010