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First High-Resolution Image of Mercury

One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.

24 Jan 2008

Spire Dedicates 50,000 Square Foot Facility to Manufacture Solar Concentrator Cells

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor, will provide dedicated, large-scale contract design and manufacturing capabilities to manufacturers of solar concentrator cells within its 50,000 square foot facility in Hudson, New Hampshire.

From Veeco 24 Jan 2008

Ecology Coatings Increases Public Awareness of Company

Ecology Coatings, Inc., a leader in the discovery, development, and manufacture of nanotechnology-enabled, ultra-violet curable coating materials, today announced that it has retained McCloud Communications to design and execute a comprehensive investor awareness program for expanding its shareholder base and increasing public awareness of the company.

24 Jan 2008

New Pump Laser Provides More than 1 kW of Pump Power

Avensys Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Avensys Corporation today announced that its R&D partner, ITF Laboratories Inc. (ITF Labs) has successfully passed all the Telecordia GR-1221-CORE qualification requirements and therefore added another key product to its high power end-coupled fiber combiner family.

22 Jan 2008

IPG Latest Compact Fiber-Coupled Laser Diodes Offers Ultra-Reliable Output Power

IPG Photonics today announced that it is now selling the most powerful and highest brightness fiber-coupled laser diodes on a merchant basis to OEM customers in a variety of industries.

22 Jan 2008

Nichia Begins Shipment of Semiconductor Laser

Nichia Corporation has succeeded in developing 488nm blue-green GaN-based laser diode, will start its shipment from March.

22 Jan 2008

IAM Offers New Laser Training Curriculum

The Institute for Aesthetic Medicine (IAM) announced today the acquisition of Medical Laser Dynamics (MLD). The acquisition delivers a new, full-spectrum laser training program for plastic surgery and dermatology professionals. Participants now have a single laser training resource dedicated to improving patient safety and minimizing professional liability.

22 Jan 2008

Precision Optics Announces Sale of Thin Film Products Optometrics Corporation

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. today announced the sale of its custom optical thin film product line to Optometrics Corporation, located in Ayer, MA, a subsidiary of Dynasil Corporation of West Berlin, NJ.

22 Jan 2008

DMD Discovery Developer Platform Drives High Performance and Resolution

DLP(R) Technology from Texas Instruments (TI), is highlighting the latest Discovery(TM) 4000 development platform at the Photonics West Show this week -- Booth #5036. The Discovery 4000 enables extremely fast, high contrast and high resolution display applications with an optical semiconductor module that allows developers to manipulate light digitally.

22 Jan 2008