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RAB Lighting Launches New Functional LED Wallpack

The 'LPACK' is a 10 watt, full-cutoff LED Wallpack

24 Dec 2009

Market Research Report on Microflow Cytometer

This book will describe the continuing development of inexpensive, portable flow cytometers through incorporation of microfluidic technologies and small optical components. The underlying microfluidic theories essential for microflow cytometry will be discussed in detail, as well as advances that are representative of the current state-of-the-art.

24 Dec 2009

New Microscope Techniques Help Understand How Malaria Parasites Move into Person' Skin from Mosquito

Motility mechanism of malaria pathogens explained / Heidelberg researchers publish in Cell Host & Microbe

24 Dec 2009

Scientists Develop New Imaging Method to View Graphene

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material in the world.

24 Dec 2009

Ontier Announces New Lens Technology for Webcam

Ontier Inc., developer of Pixetell, today announced the availability of an exciting new webcam technology: the Pixetell Hyperlens(TM).

24 Dec 2009

SunEdison and Xcel Energy to Install 50MW of Photovoltaic Solar Systems in New Mexico

SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), and Xcel Energy’s regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Company, today announced a deal for five photovoltaic solar installations in New Mexico that will total 50 megawatts (MW) in generation capacity.

24 Dec 2009

Astronomer Used WIYN Telescope on Kitt Peak Observatory to Study Blue Stragglers in NGC 188 Cluster

For almost 50 years, astronomers have puzzled over the youthful appearance of stars known as blue stragglers

24 Dec 2009

Leader in Microscopy Systems Enhances Solutions Through Addition of World Class Image Analysis Provider

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in Scientific Imaging, Spectroscopy Solutions and Microscopy Systems, is pleased to announce that on 23 December 2009 it has acquired Bitplane AG based in Zurich, Switzerland.

23 Dec 2009

Fairchild Semiconductor Develops New Energy-Efficient Solutions for LED Applications

Fairchild Semiconductor’s (NYSE: FCS) Global Power ResourceSM Centers (GPRCs), located in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Taipei, have further enhanced their reputation as a valuable resource for system design engineers around the world by announcing the development of a number of innovative, energy-efficient solutions. These solutions target a wide range of applications and markets including the rapidly emerging LED, netbook and PC power segments.

23 Dec 2009

Spiralight Network Selects Sorrento’s GigaMux 6400 to Improve Optical Transport Services

Sorrento Networks announced today that Spiralight Network, LLC, an optical transport service provider based in the upper Midwest, has selected Sorrento’s GigaMux 6400 to enhance service reliability and high-speed transport services for its customers based in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Spiralight’s services include Lightwave, SONET, Ethernet, Fast/GIG E and basic TDM.

23 Dec 2009

RealD 3D Technologies to be Integrated in JVC 3D Products

3D technology leader RealD today announced an agreement with JVC KENWOOD Holdings, Inc. to license multiple RealD technologies including the proprietary stereoscopic RealD Format. The RealD Format and other RealD 3D technologies will see integrated support in JVC 3D products including 3D LCD monitors.

23 Dec 2009

US Army Launches TALON Laser-Guided Rocket Guided Test Vehicle Rounds

The U.S. Army fired two TALON Laser-Guided Rocket guided test vehicle rounds during the Aviation Multi-Platform Munition Demonstration.

23 Dec 2009

BAE Systems Installs Laser-Based Countermeasures System on US Army Aircraft

BAE Systems has successfully installed the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system on U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook aircraft

23 Dec 2009

Evergreen Solar To Supply String Ribbon Solar Panels for Installation at Patriot Place

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of STRING RIBBON™ solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer manufacturing technology, announced today that its String Ribbon solar panels have been chosen for a 525-kilowatt installation at Patriot Place, a 1.3-million-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment complex located adjacent to Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots.

23 Dec 2009

Automotive Camera Sensor Technology Moving Ahead Quickly

Driven by a combination of lower-cost modules and new applications in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), automotive camera sensor technology is one of the fastest growing sensor technologies in the automotive industry. The Strategy Analytics report, “Automotive Cameras: Parking Systems Drive Demand,” reveals that cumulative annual automotive camera growth is estimated to reach 52 percent between 2009 and 2014.

23 Dec 2009