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SBM Solar Obtains UL Certification for its C-Si Solar Panels

SBM Solar recently became the only company in the world to earn the prestigious UL certification on their non-glass, rigid, C-Si Solar Panels. SBM, located in Concord NC, is the recognized leader in research, development, and manufacturing of patent-pending, non-glass solar technology for traditional roofing, BIPV (Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic), marine, portable military and disaster relief, and solar OEM applications including pumps, carports, and industrial products.

10 Feb 2010

Visionworks Opens New Retail Location in The Mall at Robinson

On Friday Visionworks will celebrate the grand opening of its newest location in The Mall at Robinson. Visionworks is a full-service optical retail center that features several thousand private label and designer frames along with contact lenses at value prices. One of the nation's leading providers of eye care services, Visionworks recently debuted its first local store in the Cranberry Commons Mall.

10 Feb 2010

DRI Energy Announces Completion of Anaheim's Largest Solar System

DRI Energy today officially commemorated the completion of the largest solar system in the city of Anaheim. DRI Energy designed and installed a 500kW system for SA Recycling, a world leader in the metal recycling and processing industry. At SA Recycling Headquarters a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held with a key-note speech by Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle.

10 Feb 2010

Researchers Use Scanning Tunneling Microscopes to Observe Electron in Semiconductor

Just as the heartbeats of today's electronic devices depend on the ability to switch the flow of electricity in semiconductors on and off with lightning speed, the viability of the "spintronic" devices of the future will require similarly precise control over semiconductor magnetism

10 Feb 2010

Scientists Revealed Vesicular Stomatitis Virus' 3-D Structure Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Vesicular stomatitis virus, or VSV, has long been a model system for studying and understanding the life cycle of negative-strand RNA viruses, which include viruses that cause influenza, measles and rabies.

10 Feb 2010

Researchers Use Microscopes to Observe Individual Atom for the Study of Niobium

In a 1954 speech to the American Physical Society, the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi fancifully envisioned a particle accelerator that encircled the globe

10 Feb 2010

REC Solar Announces Activation of Largest Solar Power Plant in Pacific Northwest

Today the City of Gresham, REC Solar and SunEdison celebrated the activation of the largest ground mount solar power plant in the Pacific Northwest. This 419 kW solar power system was made possible by SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services company, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), and REC Solar, the nation’s leading solar integrator. The project required no upfront capital from the City.

10 Feb 2010

Frbiz.com Provides Review on Mobile Phones with Large-Screen

Frbiz.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms, discusses large-screen mobile phones.

10 Feb 2010

Quiktron Launches New Bend Tolerant Fiber Optic Cables

Quiktron, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic and copper cable assemblies for the datacomm and telecommunication industries, today announced a new Bend Tolerant Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies product. These cables are specifically designed to improve the overall performance of fiber networks by significantly reducing system attenuation, which commonly causes system unreliability and downtime.

10 Feb 2010

Power-Save Energy to Install Solar Array on Billboard in California

Power-Save Energy Company (OTC Bulletin Board: PWSV), an emerging leader in the renewable energy and energy efficiency products industry, announced today a contract from California Power-Save to supply a complete photovoltaic solar system for installation on a lighted Billboard in Sonoma County California. On the back of the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program, Power-Save Energy Co. and CA Power-Save will be installing 1.225k grid-tie solar systems complete with new retrofit high efficiency lighting on a Billboard owned by Veale Investment Properties. The first installation for Veale Investment Properties will be on a high profile Billboard along the U.S. Route 101 Freeway in Santa Rosa, CA.

10 Feb 2010

Global Analysis on Photovoltaic Cells Patents’ Landscape

Three-part analysis - “Silicon cells”, “Thin film cells” and “Organic and hybrid cells” provides extensive information and rational analysis of the global photovoltaic cells patents’ landscape.

10 Feb 2010

DigitalPersona to Unveil POS Software Featuring Fingerprint Biometrics Technology

DigitalPersona, Inc., a leader in fingerprint identity and authentication solutions, continues to expand its leadership in fingerprint biometrics solutions for restaurants and franchise owners. The latest version of the popular Digital Dining™ restaurant Point-of-Sale (POS) software, featuring U.are.U® fingerprint biometrics technology from DigitalPersona, will be unveiled at the Digital Dining National Dealer Conference in Austin, TX. DigitalPersona U.are.U fingerprint biometrics have become a standard part of Digital Dining's POS solutions. In fact, 80 percent of Digital Dining's restaurant and franchise customers use U.are.U fingerprint readers with Digital Dining POS software to cut costs by fighting labor fraud and till shrink.

10 Feb 2010

New Biometric Module from OKI Semiconductor Offers High Speed and Acccuracy

The new OKI Semiconductor MK67Q5250 fingerprint matching module is designed to speed implementation of automated fingerprint identification and access control in applications ranging from locks and garage door openers to portable devices, computer workstations and POS terminals.

10 Feb 2010

New Report on Applied Digital Optics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Applied Digital Optics: From Micro-optics to Nanophotonics" to their offering.

10 Feb 2010

Research Report on PV Market in Italy

Italy has been on the global PV investment map for the last three years. The reason is the generous feed-in-tariffs that have been offered since 2006. This, combined with remarkable solar irradiation, led to a quick boom on the Italian PV market. The purpose of the report is to study the Italian PV market situation and analyze the market potential and forecasts for the coming years.

10 Feb 2010