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The Largest and Most Detailed Map of Heavens Ever Produced

Our view of the Universe is about to be changed by the largest and most detailed 'map' of the heavens ever produced.

8 Apr 2008

The Highest Powered Laser in the World

The Texas Petawatt laser reached greater than one petawatt of laser power on Monday morning, March 31, making it the highest powered laser in the world, Todd Ditmire, a physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, said.

8 Apr 2008

LED Lamp Offers Excellent Light Efficiency

Delta Electronics, Inc. announced it has developed an advanced, energy-saving High Brightness 5W/9W/12W LED Lamp, and will demonstrate the new lamp at the Light+Building 2008 exhibition in Frankfurt, April 06-11.

7 Apr 2008

Step-Up Converters Deliver Compact Solution for Display Applications

STMicroelectronics, a world leader in power applications, has introduced three monolithic step-up converters for LED backlights and lighting, providing 30mA or 85mA current sources for six rows of up to 10 white LEDs.

7 Apr 2008

LED Driver Supports 1- to 5-W High-Brightness LEDs

Opening the door to new technology advancements in industrial and architectural lighting, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced today a 4.5 V to 52 V wide-input voltage, non-synchronous boost controller, intended for applications where the output is a regulated current instead of a regulated voltage.

7 Apr 2008

A Revolutionary Lighting Application Based on OLEDs

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and celebrated lighting designer Ingo Maurer have unveiled a revolutionary lighting application based on organic LEDs (OLEDs) at the Light+Building Fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (April 6-11, 2008).

7 Apr 2008

New Insight into the Powerful Processes Shaping Galaxies During Formation and Evolution

XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes shaping galaxies during their formation and evolution.

7 Apr 2008

Deal Broadens Company’s Display Technologies Business into OLED Materials

Rohm and Haas Company has acquired Gracel Display, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) materials. The transaction, worth approximately $40 million, gives Rohm and Haas controlling interest in South Korea-based Gracel.

7 Apr 2008

Next-Generation Solar Cells With High-Efficiency

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) announce the development of new solar cell materials that Sunovia and EPIR believe will rival the most efficient multi-junction solar cell performance in existence today at significantly less cost.

7 Apr 2008

Custom Laser Delivers More Than 300 Watts and is Comparable in Size to a Laptop

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer display, industrial, defense, and medical markets, announced today that it has shipped a compact custom Ultra(TM) laser exceeding 300 watts to a US Government prime contractor.

7 Apr 2008

SynJet Fanless Air Cooling for Philips Fortimo LED Downlight module

Today at Light + Building, Nuventix, Inc., electronics cooling technology innovator and LED industry thermal management specialist, announced its SynJet cooling option for the Philips Fortimo LED Downlight module.

7 Apr 2008

Garmin Receives FAA STC for Synthetic Vision Technology

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that it received FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT(TM)), which is designed to integrate with the acclaimed G1000 avionics suite.

7 Apr 2008