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OSRAM Engineers Achieved New Records for Brightness and Efficiency of White LEDs

By improving all the technologies involved in the manufacture of LEDs, OSRAM development engineers have achieved new records for the brightness and efficiency of white LEDs in the laboratory. Under standard conditions with an operating current of 350 mA, brightness peaked at a value of 155 lm, and efficacy at 136 lm/W.

21 Jul 2008

Light Source Support Offers Lower Cost of Operation and Increases Productivity

Cymer, Inc., the world's leading supplier of light sources used by chipmakers to create advanced semiconductor chips, today announced that chipmaker customers around the world have added its OnPulse(TM) LaserLife Program to more than 900 of Cymer's 3,300 installed light sources.

21 Jul 2008

Aurora 1.5Tesla Breast MRI System Now Available to Patients in West Texas

Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is now available to patients in west Texas and its surrounding areas at Wellness Lubbock, a facility dedicated to women's imaging. This is the fifth installation of the Aurora System in the state of Texas, which leads the nation in the number of health care facilities providing this advanced breast imaging technology. The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for the detection, diagnosis and management of breast disease.

21 Jul 2008

Video Display Corporation Acquires Display Concepts

Video Display Corporation today announced that it has acquired the business of Display Concepts, LLC of Edgerton, Wisconsin for an undisclosed amount. Display Concepts provides high-quality replacement LCD monitors for automated teller machine (ATM) upgrade and repair and has earned a reputation for rapid turn-around and excellent customer service.

20 Jul 2008

ORION Helium Ion Microscope Wins Awards from Semiconductor International and R+D 100

Carl Zeiss SMT yesterday was presented with a 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award from Semiconductor International magazine in recognition of the revolutionary break-through performance of its ORION(TM) Helium Ion Microscope. The Best Product Awards are presented annually to acknowledge those products that deliver the level of excellence needed to succeed in today's and tomorrow's semiconductor industry.

17 Jul 2008

Shedding Light on the Secrets of Semiconductor Devices and Cellular Structures

A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures.

17 Jul 2008

Researchers Overcome Major Obstacle in Reducing Cost of Solid State Lighting

Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted.

17 Jul 2008

Award Recognizes Samsung’s Long-Standing Contribution to Industry

Based on its recent analysis of the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display market, Frost + Sullivan recognizes Samsung SDI with the 2007 Frost + Sullivan Market Leadership of the Year Award. This Award lauds Samsung's long-standing contribution to the industry in terms of technology development, and the high market share and revenue growth it has achieved over the past two years.

17 Jul 2008

Worldwide Digital Photo Frame TFT-LCD Module Forecast from 2008 to 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Digital Photo Frame TFT-LCD Module Forecast, 2008 - 2012" report to their offering.

17 Jul 2008

Global PV Market Prospects Will Be Infinite

The Global PV Market is Facing Some Turbulent Times. For Survivors, Market Prospects Will Be Infinite.

17 Jul 2008

EPV SOLAR Enters into a Long-Term Solar Module Supply Agreement with City Solar

EPV SOLAR, Inc. a thin-film solar module manufacturer and photovoltaic systems provider headquartered in New Jersey, USA, announced today that it has entered into a long-term solar module supply agreement with City Solar Kraftwerke AG. City Solar, headquartered in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, is a tier-one international developer, installer and operator of large-scale photovoltaic power plants.

17 Jul 2008

Goodfellow Offers an Extensive Range of Optical Components

The Technical Glass Company, part of the Goodfellow group of companies, offers a wide variety of optical components ranging from plain toughened float glass windows to sophisticated aspheric lenses made by vacuum molding hot glass in ultra-accurate molds. The company also specializes in micro-optics, with components in the millimeter or even sub-millimeter size range.

16 Jul 2008

Smart Lighting Control System Designed to Enhance Beauty of Olympic Village

Echelon Corporation today announced that the Olympic Village in Beijing is using Echelon's LonWorksR technology to create an energy efficiency lighting control system. Lighting typically consumes as much as a third of the electricity used in a building, making it a prime target for energy efficiency for the Olympic Village during the Games.

16 Jul 2008

The Search for The Source of X-Rays Emitted by Lightning

University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike.

15 Jul 2008

Pushing More Appealing White Light from Organic Light-Emitting Devices

The latest bright idea in energy-efficient lighting for homes and offices uses big science in nano-small packages to dim the future Edison's light bulb.

15 Jul 2008