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StockerYale to Present at the ROTH 2007

StockerYale, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industry leading OEMs, will present at the ROTH 2007 New York Conference.

23 Aug 2007

NASA Awards NOAA GOES-R Instrument Contract

NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R) Program, has awarded a contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

23 Aug 2007

GE Acquire Leading Producer of High Resolution Computed Tomography

GE Inspection Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire phoenix|x-ray, a leader in high-resolution computed tomography (CT) / X-ray technology used in non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. The transaction will be completed upon receipt of regulatory approvals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

23 Aug 2007

ESO Launch New Near Infrared Imaging Capacity and Advance Astronomy

Europe's flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new 'eye' to study the Universe. Working in the near-infrared, the new instrument - dubbed HAWK-I - covers about 1/10th the area of the Full Moon in a single exposure. It is uniquely suited to the discovery and study of faint objects, such as distant galaxies or small stars and planets.

23 Aug 2007

Cheaper Solar Power Using Thin Later Photovoltaics

Scientists are researching new ways of harnessing the sun’s rays which could eventually make it cheaper for people to use solar energy to power their homes.

23 Aug 2007

Applied Materials Expands Portfolio of Solar and Photovoltaic Cell Solutions

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of HCT Shaping Systems SA (HCT), the world’s leading supplier of precision wafering systems for manufacturing crystalline silicon (c-Si) substrates for the solar industry. The acquisition expands Applied’s portfolio of solutions for helping solar customers reduce the costs of manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) cells to make solar energy more competitive with grid electricity.

23 Aug 2007

Commercial Solutions for Solar Cell Manufacturers from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. has introduced a line of new production-scale PV-Series(TM) Thermal Deposition Sources, enabling copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar manufacturers to more quickly transition from pilot to full scale solar cell production. Veeco's new line of thermal deposition sources for CIGS includes PV-Series SUMO(R) (for copper, indium and gallium) and PV-Series Valved (for selenium and sulfur) for R & D and production environments.

From Veeco 23 Aug 2007

Ionatron Awarded Military Contract for Counter-IED Technology

Ionatron, Inc., the Laser Guided Energy (LGE) Company, today announced that they have received a $1,027,000 contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN for development activities relating to Counter-IED technology.

22 Aug 2007

New Multiphoton Microscope Advances Knowledge of Congenital Degenerative Diseases

An innovative use of technology that shows promise in advancing knowledge of the causes of congenital degenerative diseases of the eye, such as retinitis pigmentosa, has been developed by SUNY Upstate Medical University researcher Peter D. Calvert, Ph.D.

22 Aug 2007

Precise Control of Nanoparticle Assembly

Using optical measurements, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray scattering at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source, Maye and his colleagues have shown how to control the self assembly of gold nanoparticles with the assistance of various types of DNA.

22 Aug 2007

Hinode Provides New Insights Into Workings of Solar Flares

With its Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), effectively a solar speed camera, it is now possible to pinpoint the source of eruptions during solar flares and to find new clues about the heating processes of the corona.

22 Aug 2007

Laser Diode Controller Now with Increased Power Specifications

AMS Technologies announces the release of VueMetrix Inc.’s new Vue-MV-21 laser diode controller. Based on the VueMetrix proven and fully integrated laser diode control platform, this new high-power, low-noise controller ...

22 Aug 2007

Protection Against Cascade Failure of Laser Diodes

AMS Technologies announces DiodeGuardTM from VueMetrix Inc., a new approach to in-series diode laser protection. For the first time, diode lasers operated in series are protected against cascade failure with DiodeGuard's innovative circuitry design, in the event that one or more diodes fail.

22 Aug 2007

USPTO Grants Patent on Opsens Technology

Opsens Inc. has announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) has granted Opsens, patent no. 7,259,862 entitled Low-coherence
interferometry optical sensor using a single wedge polarization readout
interferometer.

21 Aug 2007

Enormous Detector Makes First Real-Time Detection of Elusive, Low-Energy Neutrinos Streaming from Sun's Core

An international team of researchers has detected low-energy solar neutrinos--subatomic particles produced in the core of the sun--and measured in real-time the rate the particles hit our planet.

21 Aug 2007