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NIF's First Experiments Comply with Fusion Ignition Requirements

The first experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) have demonstrated a unique physics effect that bodes well for NIF’s success in generating a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction.

30 Jan 2010

Malvern's Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer Optimizes Charles Ross' PreMax Operation

A Malvern Mastersizer laser diffraction particle size analyzer is playing an important role in the development and evaluation of specialty mixing systems at the Test & Development Center of Charles Ross & Son Company (Hauppauge, New York).

30 Jan 2010

UVP Releases White Paper on Multiple Color Bacteria Counting Technique

UVP, LLC offers a white paper defining the technique to count multiple color bacteria

30 Jan 2010

DOMINANT Launches New LED Products Line with High Intensity Light Output

DOMINANT’s newest LED product series, Primax, is designed to provide a high intensity light output using a very small package optimized for applications where space is a premium. In order to fulfil the market demand and to complete the Primax product portfolio, DOMINANT is now extending the white series with a 2 chip version, the NCWW-FSG! With its high flux output and suasive luminous intensity, this Primax exceeds with its specification today’s standard lighting technology and its perception.

30 Jan 2010

New Back-Illuminated CCD and EMCCD Detector Technology Unveiled

Princeton Instruments (Trenton, USA), e2v (Chelmsford, UK), and Photometrics (Tucson, USA) are pleased to announce the launch of new eXcelon™ back-illuminated charge-coupled device (CCD) and electron-multiplication CCD (EMCCD) detector technology that is ready to revolutionize scientific imaging and spectroscopy. Princeton Instruments will introduce several new cameras based on this exclusive technology during the 2010 Photonics West Conference, January 26–28.

30 Jan 2010

Eizo Nanao Unleashes New Touch Screen Monitor for Industrial Applications

Eizo Nanao Corporation (TSE: 6737) today announced the addition of two 10.4-inch monitors for the industrial market – the DuraVision FDX1001T and the DuraVision FDX1002. These are the second and third offerings in EIZO’s DuraVision series of industrial monitors, which EIZO launched in September of 2009.

30 Jan 2010

Study on Nanocrystals Deformation Using TEM Provides New Knowledge on Nano Phenomena

With new, advanced equipment, scientists at Risø DTU have shown that materials to produce micro-and nanocomponents react very differently depending on whether crystals are large or small. This research creates important knowledge that can be used to develop technologies aimed at the nanoproduction of micro-electro-mechanical systems such as digital microphones in mobile phones, miniature pressure sensors in water pumps and acceleration sensors in airbags.

30 Jan 2010

New Solar LED Floodlighting System from Philips Illuminates Football Fields

LUXEON Rebel LEDs made by Philips Lumileds in Silicon Valley are the light source in a solar-powered LED floodlight system designed by Philips that was unveiled late last year much to the joy of local children and adults with a passion for play. For the first time, they can participate in sports even after the sun has gone down. The new lighting presents a fantastic opportunity to enrich their lives, their health and their well-being.

30 Jan 2010

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