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New Digital Processor and Flat Panel Detector Enhance Ability to Perform Cardiac Procedures

Improving upon the success of its current X-ray technologies, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. is introducing a new addition to its InfinixTM -i cardiovascular system offering - the Infinix VF-i with mid-sized flat panel detector (FPD) and Next Generation AIP technology.

30 Mar 2009

Lime Energy and Nexxus Lighting Announces Partnership to Provide Energy Saving LED Lighting Solutions

Lime Energy Company (NASDAQ:LIME) and Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXS) today announced that they are collaborating to expand the use of Nexxus Lighting's new Array™ Lighting LED light bulb in numerous projects to help Lime Energy's customers save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2009

Elsevier Announces the Launch of Innovation Explorers

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Innovation Explorers, an online community of 300 researchers from 69 countries.

26 Mar 2009

Industrial Laser Sales to Fall 32% in 2009

The industrial laser market will fall 32% in 2009, to the level of 2004, if sales stay at current levels. Sales will return to 2008 levels by 2013, helped by military, biomedical instruments, and energy-related applications.

25 Mar 2009

New Company is Developing Phosphor Products Engineered for Green-Friendly Solid State Lighting Industry

Sarnoff Corporation today announced the creation of Lightscape Materials Inc., the latest in a series of independent company spin-offs. Lightscape Materials has secured $3 Million in Series A funding from Wisepower Co. LTD and Foosung HDS Co. LTD to develop and market components for a breakthrough, green-friendly Light-Emitting Diode (LED) light bulb and a variety of other phosphor light products for new lighting applications.

25 Mar 2009

New Surface Treatment that Boosts Light Absorption of Silicon Photovoltaic Cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways.

24 Mar 2009

High-Tech Photonics Exhibition to Include Special Section

A high-tech Photonics exhibition, which is to be held at Expocentre (Moscow) on April 20 - 23, 2009, will include a special section. It will be completely devoted to laser nanotechnologies, which are considerably transforming the image of modern electronics.

20 Mar 2009

UV Light Could Slash TB Transmission

Installing ultraviolet C (UVC, a type of UV ray) lights in the upper part of wards and waiting rooms could cut the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in hospitals by 70%, new international research published in the journal PLoS Medicine reveals.

18 Mar 2009

Researchers Designed New High-Performing Photoconducting Material Using Zinc Oxide

Photodetectors -- devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials -- are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture of very powerful photodetectors needs to be improved before they can qualify for solid green status.

18 Mar 2009

Blue Ridge Numerics and Bolton Photosciences Collaborate to Provide Industry-First Upfront CFD UV Reactor Design Tool

Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. today announced the availability of the new CFdesign UVCalc Module, an industry-first Upfront CFD solution for simulating and validating ultraviolet (UV) reactor performance to ensure accurate fluence rates (irradiances) for UV light disinfection.

18 Mar 2009