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Compound Restores Balance in Eye with One Treatment

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States.

2 Jul 2009

Zecotek Photonics Green Fiber Laser Selected by Russian Academy of Sciences

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that its proprietary Green Fiber Laser GFL 550 has been selected by the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) as the main laser source for Raman spectrometers in solid-state research and for confocal microscopy in biomedical (DNA) research.

2 Jul 2009

World's Fastest Single Port Re-Configurable Linear Image Sensors

Panavision Imaging LLC, a pioneering innovator and developer of high performance CMOS image sensors, and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq:TSEM) (TASE:TSEM), a leading global specialty foundry, today announced production of Panavision’s family of DLIS-2K re-configurable line scan CMOS image sensors.

30 Jun 2009

Innovative Technology Shatters The Barriers of Modern Light Microscopy

Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technische Universität München are using a combination of light and ultrasound to visualize fluorescent proteins that are seated several centimeters deep into living tissue.

30 Jun 2009

Proprietary UL-Wet-Listed Platform Reducing Streetlight Energy Consumption 65 Percent

Orion Energy Systems' (Nasdaq:OESX) UL-wet-listed fluorescent outdoor technology has been selected to be part of an evaluation process conducted by the city of Pittsburgh "to understand (the) potential effect on energy usage and maintenance costs, and to determine total cost of ownership," according to the city.

30 Jun 2009

Freescale Introduces MC34845 LED Driver With High-Speed Pulse Width Modulation Capability

Enabling slimmer laptops with brighter screens and extended battery life, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) as the dominant backlighting technology for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in notebook PCs and industrial and medical displays.

30 Jun 2009

$2.2 Million To Support Their Ongoing Vision Research

A group of scientists working in Indiana University's School of Optometry and the Department of Biology will share more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their ongoing vision research.

29 Jun 2009

austriamicrosystems Introducesled Driver With Front-panel Activity Control

austriamicrosystems (SIX:AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, expands its comprehensive LED driver portfolio with the AS1115, an easy to use user interface (UI) LED driver.

29 Jun 2009

Using Laser Beams Create Ultra-High-Speed "Temporal Lenses" Capable Of Making "Movies" Of Molecular Processes

Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been one of the holy grails among physicists. That ability could open the door to a wide range of applications in ultrafast elect...

28 Jun 2009

World's First Acoustic "Superlens"

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive structural testing of buildings and bridges, and novel underwater stealth technology.

24 Jun 2009