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STAAR Surgical Forms Team to Study the Use of Collamer Material for Accommodating Intraocular Lenses

STAAR Surgical Company today announced the creation of a team of leading ophthalmic surgeons, CAST (Collamer(R) Accommodating Study Team), to work with the Company in a collaborative effort in evaluating the accommodative properties of its Collamer lens technology.

20 Nov 2008

Aerosol Jet Printing Technology Improving Current Solar Cell Efficiency

The Solar Lab system is a process development platform that enables customers to define and develop improved collector line patterns for current and next generation high-efficiency solar cells by printing much finer collector lines than is currently possible with traditional screen-printing methods.

19 Nov 2008

Avo Photonics Selected to Manufacture Luna Technologies' PHOENIX 1000 Tunable Laser

Avo Photonics, specialists in optical packaging, and Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations are pleased to announce that Avo Photonics was selected as the manufacturing facility for the PHOENIX(TM) 1000 tunable laser.

19 Nov 2008

Company Launches Next-Generation Ultrafast Laser Platform and Secures $20 Million of New Funding

Raydiance, the world's first practical source of ultrafast light, announced today that it has secured $20 million in new funding that will allow the Company to scale its infrastructure, further evolve its technology and enhance its ability to address larger commercial markets.

19 Nov 2008

3DIcon's CSpace 3D Imaging System Receiving Praise from Scientific and Industrial Technology Leaders

3DIcon Corporation's CSpace(TM) 3D imaging system has received praise and acknowledgement as a groundbreaking technology in the field of 3D imaging from scientific and industrial technology leaders.

18 Nov 2008

Canadian Light Source Signs Agreement with Brazilian Association of Synchrotron Light Technology

Developing innovative, state-of-the-art synchrotron instrumentation is the purpose of an agreement signed today between the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and the Brazilian Association of Synchrotron Light Technology (ABTLuS), operator of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS). The agreement was signed at LNLS before Stockwell Day, Canada's Minister of International Trade.

18 Nov 2008

High-Resolution Multiphoton Microscopy with Even More Flexibility

The LSM 7 MP Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss is a system which is specially tailored to the needs of multiphoton microscopy. With its excellent flexibility, compact design and outstanding ease of use, it meets customer requirements for a system that is user-friendly in every respect.

17 Nov 2008

Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss Setting New Standard

The LSM 700 Laser Scanning Microscope from Carl Zeiss sets a new standard for confocal microscopy with maximum performance at a favorable price. Building upon proven technology concepts, it offers innovative solutions for image analysis with exceptional sensitivity and quality – with an extremely attractive price/performance ratio.

17 Nov 2008

NEC Successfully Developed New 12.1-inch Amorphous-Silicon TFT Color LCD Module

NEC LCD Technologies, together with its sales and marketing channels in the Americas and Europe, NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, today announced the successful development of a new 12.1-inch (31 centimeters diagonal) amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal display (LCD) module with super video graphics array (SVGA) resolution that enables naked-eye viewing of stereoscopic images.

17 Nov 2008

New Optical Imaging Technique Gives Detailed Look at the Interior of Human Coronary Arteries

For the first time researchers are getting a detailed look at the interior of human coronary arteries, using an optical imaging technique developed at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

17 Nov 2008