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New Product Line Offers Researchers Enhanced Functionality for Wide-Field Imaging

Leica Microsystems and MDS Analytical Technologies today announced the launch of Leica MM AF imaging systems, a product line that combines Leica's industry-leading microscopy and MDS Analytical Technologies' latest MetaMorph® software, to provide researchers with a more comprehensive range of solutions for wide-field imaging in life sciences research.

7 Dec 2008

Intel Researchers Made Next Advance in Field of Silicon Photonics

Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and improve performance as compared to commercially available optical devices.

7 Dec 2008

Physicists Taken Significant Step Toward Creation of Quantum Networks

Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms. Though the information remains usable for just milliseconds, even that short lifetime should be enough to allow transmission of data from one quantum repeater to another on an optical network.

7 Dec 2008

Researchers Create Quantum Dots with New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to their size and possible toxicity.

7 Dec 2008

OSRAM SYLVANIA Team Up on Annual Home Lighting Contest

WBCN, New England Patriots Rock Radio Network and OSRAM SYLVANIA, along with Patriots tackle Matt Light, have teamed up once again to provide an assortment of home-lighting products just in time for the holidays for radio contest winner Deirdre Cady of Taunton, Mass.

6 Dec 2008

Carl Zeiss Introduces LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope for Materials Research

Carl Zeiss introduces the LSM 700 / mat laser scanning microscope for materials research. It allows very precise, 3-dimensional imaging of surfaces. The combination of fluorescence and reflection techniques enables high-precision examination of semiconductors, metal, glass and polymers with high information content.

5 Dec 2008

Samsung Offers New PC Camera CMOS Image Sensor System-on-Chip for Real-time HD Video

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has expanded its industry-leading portfolio of CMOS image sensors to include a new high-definition 1/4-inch, 1.2 Megapixel (Mp) system-on-chip (SoC) imager, the S5K4AW, for notebook and desktop computers.

5 Dec 2008

Dong In Optical Introduces New Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher

Dong In Optical Co., Ltd. a manufacturer of Military Red Dot Sight for various weapons in South Korea, introduced their new Dot Sight for 40 mm Caliber Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL) named Model DCL401. This latest invention from Dong In Optical is the world's first Dot Sight for Automatic Grenade Launcher and will be distributed to various armed forces markets in Europe and Northern America.

4 Dec 2008

'Tis the Season for Brighter Living Solutions

Today, lighting innovator OSRAM SYLVANIA debuted the newest products in its extensive lighting portfolio with the help of actress Kelly Rutherford, star of the hit TV-show, "Gossip Girl." Rutherford unveiled SYLVANIA Living Spaces(TM), the brand's next generation of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) with instant-on, warm light and a new line of LED innovations designed to take light beyond the socket.

4 Dec 2008

Researchers Use Optical Lattices as a Construction Kit for Electronic Materials

The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic because of the presence of disorder and many competing interactions in real crystalline materials.

4 Dec 2008

Kopin Awarded a 3-Year Program to Develop World's Highest-Resolution Microdisplays

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), the U.S. Army's RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), and the U.S. Army's Product Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers (PM-SSL) have jointly awarded a 3-year, $3.1 million program to Kopin for the development of the world's highest-resolution microdisplays for use in future vision systems, including integrated day-night weapon sights and solid state image intensifiers.

4 Dec 2008

Insight into the Turbulent Atmosphere of Our Neighbouring Planet

A pale yellow-green dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight into the turbulent atmosphere of our neighbouring planet.

3 Dec 2008

Technologies Corporation Introduces New Benchmark in Solar-Powered Obstruction Lighting

Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) today introduced a new benchmark in solar-powered obstruction lighting: the solar-powered A810 Obstruction Lighting System. Suitable for marking towers and other fixed obstructions up to 150 feet (46 meters) in height, this stand-alone lighting system installs quickly to produce a bright, steady red signal wherever it's needed.

3 Dec 2008

Solarc NGX Ideal for Precision Industrial, Medical, Analytical Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces Solarc® NGX, a new generation of portable, low-wattage, high-intensity discharge (HID), metal halide light sources.

3 Dec 2008

Kyocera Mass-Producing New Transflective 5.7" VGA TFT LCD Module

Kyocera is now mass-producing a new transflective 5.7" VGA thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD module. The display produces images by reflecting ambient light or using the onboard backlight system in low ambient light conditions. Reflecting ambient light reduces power consumption and offers excellent viewability, especially in direct sunlight.

3 Dec 2008