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New Way of Making LEDs Could See Household Lighting Bills Reduced by up to 75 Percent

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% within five years. Gallium Nitride (GaN), a man-made semiconductor used to make LEDs (light emitting diodes), emits brilliant light but uses very little electricity. Until now high production costs have made GaN lighting too expensive for wide spread use in homes and offices.

28 Jan 2009

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Among First in the Country to Use New Micro-Laser

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are among the first in the country to use a new micro-laser, which uses light energy in place of a cutting tool to remove complicated brain and spine tumors. The technique offers greater precision and efficiency during surgery, reducing the incision size, surgery time and patient recovery period following surgery.

28 Jan 2009

Air Force Researcher Develops Satellite Imaging Technology

A research associate at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Laser and Optics Research Center here is developing a new capability that will allow satellites to be seen and see clearer.

26 Jan 2009

JDSU Introduces New Ultraviolet Filter

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU and TSX: JDU) today announced at the SPIE Photonics West availability of a new ultraviolet (UV) filter, an optical component critical to instrument makers and used for applications such as environmental monitoring, genetic research, biomedical instrumentation, and medical/aesthetic laser instrumentation.

26 Jan 2009

Company Will Feature Latest Suite of Metal Halide Fiber-Optic Illuminators for Medical, Industrial Applications

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, a premier manufacturer of high-performance lighting and technology, introduces the "LB24" suite of Solarc metal halide fiber-optic illuminators for medical and industrial applications. LB24 products are compact, efficient, long-life illumination sources that produce high-quality, daylight-appearing light for delivery via small-diameter fiber bundles.

20 Jan 2009

PI Introduces Novel Ceramic Linear Motor Actuators at Photonics West Conference

Piezo systems specialist PI will introduce the novel N-380 / N-381 NEXACT® ceramic linear motor actuators at this year's Photonics West conference in San Jose, CA. The new actuator is based on the Piezo Walk principle and replaces classical lead screw actuators combining high forces and long travel ranges with sub-nanometer resolution in a small package.

20 Jan 2009

Designed To Provide Cataract Patients High-Quality Near And Distance Vision In A Range Of Light Conditions

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE:EYE), the global leader in advanced refractive technologies for eye care professionals and patients, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the TECNIS® Multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) for cataract patients.

16 Jan 2009

Strasbourg Equipped with One of the Best-Performing Microscopes in Europe

The Institut de physique et de chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS - CNRS/Université de Strasbourg) inaugurated its new transmission electron microscope on 9 January 2009. This instrument, which will be devoted to studying matter at the atomic scale, is one of the best-performing in Europe.

16 Jan 2009

FUJIFILM Acquires Russian Distributor of its Medical and Imaging Products

FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) has acquired, through its European local corporation, FUJIFILM Europe GmbH (President Shigehiro Nakajima), all shares in "FUJIFILM-RU" (herefater, Fujifilm Russia), a Russian independent distributor of its medical and imaging products, from Marubeni Corporation.

15 Jan 2009

New Insights into the Way Molecules Absorb and Move Energy

Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics.

15 Jan 2009