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SPI Lasers Announces New Investments in Facilities, Equipment and Personnel

SPI Lasers, a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber lasers, today announced new investments in facilities, equipment and personnel with respect to fiber laser applications development.

1 Apr 2009

Novel Optical Technique that Permits Rapid Analysis of Single Human Immune Cells Using Only Light

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light.

1 Apr 2009

Frost + Sullivan Recognizes Carl Zeiss Meditec for Dominating the OCT Market for Ophthalmic Applications

Frost + Sullivan recognizes Carl Zeiss Meditec with the 2009 North American Frost + Sullivan Market Leadership Award for its optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology for ophthalmic applications.

31 Mar 2009

Light-Activated Antibacterial Coating New Weapon in Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections

A new hard coating with antibacterial properties that has been tested by researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute has been shown to kill 99.9% of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on its surface to activate it.

30 Mar 2009

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