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M-Com Selects Veeco MOCVD Tool for Production of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Millenium Communication Co. Ltd. (M-Com) of Hsinchu, Taiwan has ordered a TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) arsenic phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of high-efficiency III-V compound multi-junction solar cells.

From Veeco 2 Apr 2008

Enabling Ultra High Capacity Data to Be Transmitted to the Other Side of the Planet

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. announced it is the world's first to achieve all optically regenerated transmission, which enables unlimited transmission of 160Gbps optical signals with single wavelength.

2 Apr 2008

Panels Provide Electrical Power for GLAST

Preparations for launching NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. NASA KSC's "NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report" on Thursday, March 20, noted that GLAST's twin solar panels have been attached. The panels will provide electrical power for GLAST after its launch into earth orbit.

2 Apr 2008

The World's Largest LED and Free-Hanging Chandelier

The World's Largest LED and Free-Hanging Chandelier will be illuminated by Meyda Lighting on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 6 PM, at the Stanley Center for the Arts in Utica, New York.

1 Apr 2008

NEC Announces New 7.0-inch Amorphous-Silicon TFT Liquid Crystal Display

NEC LCD Technologies, together with its sales and marketing channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today introduced a new 7.0-inch (18 centimeters diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module, part number NL8048BC19-02, with wide video graphics array (WVGA) resolution.

1 Apr 2008

LIGHTimes Announces the Return of the Blue LED Conference

CompoundSemi Online and Solid State Lighting Net, publishers of the LED industry supply chain news source, LIGHTimes Online, have announced the return of the "Blue" LED conference to Hsinchu, Taiwan, May 7-8, 2008.

1 Apr 2008

Lighting Designers Enhances the Magnificence of the New Poly Plaza

Beijing has become a hot spot for avant-garde architecture as the world pays more attention to the city's building boom. Many of the world's great architects have bold structures sprouting all over the city, with such descriptive nicknames as the bird's nest, twisted doughnut and eggshell.

1 Apr 2008

Agilent Technologies Acquires Developer of Microscopy Products for Life Sciences

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of TILL Photonics GmbH, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of optical, fluorescence microscopy products for life sciences. Financial details were not disclosed.

1 Apr 2008

Ascent Solar Sign Cooperative Development Agreement wirh Solar Cell Developer

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive cooperation agreement with ICP Solar Technologies Inc. Pursuant to the agreement, Ascent Solar will provide ICP Solar with thin-firm photovoltaic (PV) material from Ascent Solar's existing 1.5 MW production line in 2008 and 2009, during which time ICP Solar will develop, test, and integrate Ascent Solar's PV materials into ICP Solar's portable power and other electronic integrated PV products.

1 Apr 2008

MyCall Converged Communications Brings IP-Based Voice Services to Consumers

Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Connexion Technologies, a leading US fiber-optic amenity company, has launched Comverse's MyCall Converged Communications to help telecommunications companies serve residential customers with high-quality IP-based voice services over Connexion's Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks.

1 Apr 2008

New Advanced Image Processing Feature Improves Diagnosis with Increased Visibility

At this year's American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Chicago, March 30 - April 1, 2008 (Booth # 8001), Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. will be showcasing its Advanced Image Processing (AIP) technology for its Infinix(TM) X-ray product line.

1 Apr 2008

The U.S. Introduction of the TECNIS 1-Piece Intraocular Lens

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced the U.S. introduction of the TECNIS® 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL).

1 Apr 2008

New Type of Imaging System That Can Illuminate Tumors in Living Subjects

Doctors' quest to see what is happening inside a living body has been hampered by the limits on detecting tiny components of internal structures and events. Now a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has developed a new type of imaging system that can illuminate tumors in living subjects-getting pictures with a precision of nearly one-trillionth of a meter.

1 Apr 2008

New Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers from Routine Analysis to Advanced Research

Varian, Inc. announced today its new 200-MS Series of ion trap mass spectrometers for GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry).

1 Apr 2008

New Technologies Help Customers to Move Science Forward

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched a number of innovative new products at Analytica 2008, the world's largest laboratory technology tradeshow, taking place in Munich, Germany, from April 1 - 4.

1 Apr 2008