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Worldwide Market Research Report on Biometrics

Increasing security concerns ranging from individual identity theft, corporate security, to even national security represents factors that are important to the biometrics market. Some countries have already rolled out biometric systems at airports and other ports of entry to check flow of illegal immigrants into their respective territories

30 Jan 2010

New Research Reveals Fluorescent Near-Infrared Probe Can Target Dead Cells in Tumors

For quite some time, the "Holy Grail" in medical imaging has been the development of an effective method to image cell death as a means to intervene early in diseases and rapidly determine the effectiveness of treatments. A new paper by researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the Washington University School of Medicine describes important progress in using a synthetic probe to target dead and dying cells in mammary and prostate tumors in living animals.

30 Jan 2010

Heliodyne Signs Sublicense Deal with Alanod-Solar

Heliodyne Corporation announced today that it has entered into a Sublicense Agreement with Alanod-Solar, Inc. Under the terms of this Agreement, Alanod-Solar, Inc. will become the sublicensee of Heliodyne’s rights to use a patent owned by Sandia Corporation for the laser welding of metal fins to metal tubes.

30 Jan 2010

Actions Semiconductor Launches New Series 25 Product Family

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC) and multimedia digital signal processing (DSP) solutions for portable consumer electronics, announced today that the company introduced its new Series 25 product family, which has succeeded in sampling with selective customers and is currently moving into mass production.

30 Jan 2010

Himfr.com Provides Review on Philips and Panasonic HD TVs

Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, evaluates HD TVs.

30 Jan 2010

Scientists Develop First All-Solid-State Optical Refrigeration Technology

This technology, which allows coolers to reach temperatures so cold that they can only be obtained by liquefying gases, may lead to advances in superconducting electronics because it would enable miniaturization for cooling purposes.

30 Jan 2010

Quantum Earns UL and C-UL Certifications for its Solar Photovoltaic Modules

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW) today announced that it has achieved the industry standard UL (US) and C-UL (Canada) certifications for its 230 Watt series of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic modules. Quantum's solar modules have also been successfully tested under the California Energy Commission (CEC) guidelines and subsequently listed as "eligible photovoltaic modules" under the California Solar Initiative program for state rebates.

30 Jan 2010

SANYO Electric to Release New Compact Full HD Dual Camera Xacti

New Dual Camera “Xacti" in Industry's Smallest, Lightest, and Thinnest Class Body Expands Image Capturing Possibilities

30 Jan 2010

IpAuctions to Sell Predicant Biosciences Developed Patents, Patent Applications

IpAuctions, Inc. is selling the patents and patent applications developed by Predicant Biosciences, formerly called BioSpect, and certain intellectual property of Perlegen.

30 Jan 2010

NeoMedia, Neustar Stretches License Deal into Mexico for Mobile Barcode Ecosystems

NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. and Neustar, Inc. today announced that they have expanded their agreement to license NeoMedia’s patented technologies beyond the US into Mexico. On October 6, 2009, the companies announced that they were working together to provide a “one stop shop” for consumer brands to simply and affordably use the barcode ecosystem to deliver new applications, services and compelling content to mobile consumers.

30 Jan 2010

Coherent Receives Orders for Laser-Based Solar Cell Process Tools

Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) has secured multiple orders totaling in excess of $20M from crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturers for laser-based process tools – just three months after releasing the Coherent Equinox™ and Aethon™ products at the EUPVSEC exhibition in Hamburg. Comprising some of the largest orders for laser-based tooling to date within the solar industry, deliveries are scheduled for completion in the first half of calendar 2010.

30 Jan 2010

Astronomers Find Coolest Sub-Stellar Body Using UK Infrared Telescope

An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire have discovered what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar system.

30 Jan 2010

Images from NASA Satellite Show Olga Storm Moved Back to Gulf of Carpentaria

Just like 1980s song by the Commodores, "Three Times a Lady," Olga has become a tropical storm for the third time in northern Australia. NASA satellite imagery showed that Olga's center moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria and it has regained strength.

30 Jan 2010

New Research Report on Medical Facility Lighting Systems Market

Technological advancements in lighting system have been playing a crucial role in improving ever-growing human activities in all spheres, including the critical medical domain. Additionally, transformation in the health care market impacts demand for lighting systems. Lighting Systems have become bare necessity in performing simple to critical medical activities and to significantly enhance clinical outcomes.

30 Jan 2010