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Highlights on Photonics Developments at SPIE Photonics Europe

SPIE Photonics Europewill provide a major forum for discussion of the latest developments in one of the key enabling technologies identified by the European Commission during its weeklong run in Brussels this month.

3 Apr 2010

Laser Research Offers OEM Replacement CO2 Laser Optics

A full line of direct OEM replacement CO2 laser optics, offered plain or in aluminum mounts, for most popular engraving and marking lasers is available from Laser Research Optics of Providence, Rhode Island.

3 Apr 2010

Electrophysics Unveils New Line of Mid- and Long-Wave Infrared Cameras

Electrophysics, a Sofradir Group company, has introduced a new line of high performance mid-wave (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) cameras designed to meet the demanding requirements of scientists, engineers and laboratory managers that rely on infrared cameras to study infrared phenomenology in a wide range of applications.

3 Apr 2010

Solar Power Signs Contract for Solar PV Installation at San Sevaine Villas

Solar Power, Inc. announced today that the Company entered into a sub-contract agreement to install a 230 kW DC photovoltaic solar system at San Sevaine Villas, an affordable housing development located in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

3 Apr 2010

Italy's Largest Solar PV Project Receives €173 Million Funding

AES Solar Energy Ltd (AES Solar), a joint venture between The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced that one of its subsidiaries closed on long-term project financing facilities of €173 million to finance the construction of the Cellino San Marco (CSM) project, a 43 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility located in the Puglia region of Italy.

3 Apr 2010

New Sono Bello Center for Laser-Assisted Body Contouring Opened in Texas

Sono Bello, one of America's fastest-growing body contouring specialists, has announced the grand opening of its eighth clinic at 335 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 130 in San Antonio, TX.

3 Apr 2010

Philips 47PFL5609 LCD TV Reviewed by Himfr.com

Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, evaluates Philips' 47-inch LCD TV.

3 Apr 2010

NASA Marks 20 Years of Hubble Telescope Achievements Through Book Release

NASA set out on a monumental journey with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Since then, it has captured the minds and imaginations of people around the world.

3 Apr 2010

New Report Discusses How Optical Component Suppliers Need to Encircle FTTx Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: FTTx market trends through analysis of optical components

3 Apr 2010

Kent Announces $1 Million Grant to Make Advances in Reflex Fexible LCDs

Kent Displays announced today a $1 Million award from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission's Advanced Materials Program.

3 Apr 2010

Hamamatsu Launches New Imaging Plate Reader

Hamamatsu has announced the release of the FDSS/uCELL, an affordable new imaging plate reader for kinetic cell-based assay development, including GPCR and ion channel research.

3 Apr 2010

Global Report on Key Trends and Technologies in Ophthalmic Devices Market

The Future of Ophthalmic Devices, Market Forecasts and Growth Opportunities to 2016 - The Vision Care Segment Emerges as a Key Revenue Generator

3 Apr 2010

Advancements in Thirty Meter Telescope Project

The April 2010 issue of Segments, the quarterly newsletter of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project, describes the progress TMT has made in the polishing of its primary mirror segments, acquiring sodium lasers for its adaptive optics system, and the role TMT will play in the hunt for extra-solar planets.

3 Apr 2010

UH Professor Uses OCT Imaging Device to Document Embryonic Heart Formation

Imagine being able to image life as it happens by capturing video of the embryonic heart before it begins beating. A professor at the University of Houston, in collaboration with scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, is doing just that.

3 Apr 2010

New Eye Care Center Opened by Columbia University Department of Ophthalmology

Columbia University Medical Center’s Department of Ophthalmology announces the opening of its new comprehensive eye care center in midtown Manhattan, the Gloria and Louis Flanzer Vision Care Center.

3 Apr 2010