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New Ultrafast Thermal Measurement Technique

Global warming isn't the only heat scientists are feeling. Another area in which heat flow is becoming crucial is the field of molecular electronics, where long-chain molecules attached to tiny electrodes are used to transport and switch electrons.

9 Aug 2007

Two RSC Awards for Bristol University Chemists

Two staff members in the School of Chemistry at University of Bristol have won Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) industrially sponsored awards.

9 Aug 2007

Astronomical Thermal Emission Camera Unveils Extremely Distant Galaxy

By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, teams of scientists, including University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomers, have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe.

9 Aug 2007

Biological Imaging with Fourth-Generation Light Sources

Most people think of Sir Isaac Newton as the father of gravity.
But for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Henry Chapman and his colleagues, Newton's 'dusty mirror' experiment served as a launching pad for them to keenly watch the X-ray induced explosion of microscopic objects.

9 Aug 2007

Nikon's New LV-UDM Provides Universal Optical Technology on Single Microscope Platform for Industrial, Biological and Crossover Use

Nikon Instruments has introduced the LV-UDM Universal Design Microscope, a breakthrough universal microscope platform able to meet the demands of the academic and industrial fields.

7 Aug 2007

New SPNovaLED Product Range

With the on going demand of highly efficient light source, extremely long life hours of source are required. DOMINANT Semiconductors' SPNovaLED product range has proven track record to produce this ideal light source in various lighting applications such as architecture and general lighting.

7 Aug 2007

World's Largest 'Thermometer Camera'

The world's largest bolometer camera for submillimetre astronomy is now in service at the 12-m APEX telescope, located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes. LABOCA was specifically designed for the study of extremely cold astronomical objects and, with its large field of view and very high sensitivity, will open new vistas in our knowledge of how stars form and how the first galaxies emerged from the Big Bang.

6 Aug 2007

JDSU Introduces New Color-Shifting Capability of High-Performance Pigment

JDSU has taken a color-generating cue from nature. The company, a leading enabler of broadband and optical innovation, today introduced ChromaFlair ColorShift Glitter, a new color-shifting flake that gives paints, coatings, plastics, textiles and packaging the ability to exhibit a wide range of hues when viewed from different angles.

30 Jul 2007

OSRAM Announces 2.7-inch Pictiva OLED Display

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors today announced the newest addition to its Pictiva TM line of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) graphic display products.

27 Jul 2007

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Showcases Infrared Golden DRAGON LED at Photonics West 2006

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc. today announced a groundbreaking addition to its Golden DRAGON™ family of high-performance, light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

27 Jul 2007

OSTAR LEDs Provide Considerable Increase in Luminous Efficacy

More than 30% gain - the new high-output OSTAR Lighting LED in the standard lens version provides a considerable increase in luminous efficacy.

27 Jul 2007

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Wins Patent Case Against Dominant Semiconductors

Osram Opto Semiconductors has won a patent action in the USA against Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian manufacturer of light emitting diodes (LEDs).

27 Jul 2007

OSRAM and Avago Technologies Sign Patent Cross-License Agreement for White LEDs and LED System Technology

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH and Avago Technologies today announced that the companies have signed a limited patent cross-license agreement.

27 Jul 2007

Jörg Thäle Takes Over production at Os-ram Opto Semiconductors

At the start of this year Jörg Thäle (42) was appointed to the Managing Board of Os-ram Opto Semiconductors with responsibility for production.

27 Jul 2007

Peak Performance from Osram 30° LED

The new Power TopLEDs with lens are the brightest 30° LEDs in red and yellow yet. They produce 6300 mcd in super-red, 12000 mcd in amber and 6500 mcd in yellow. The blue and green LEDs in this series are especiall...

27 Jul 2007

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