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Ohio State University orders AIXTRON system for Solar Cell Research

AIXTRON AG today announced an order for a Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD reactor from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, received in the third quarter 2008.

10 Nov 2008

Ellex Announces Six-Month Clinical Results for Groundbreaking Treatment Retina Regeneration Therapy

Ellex Medical Lasers Limited, a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced the six-month clinical study results for the groundbreaking treatment Retina Regeneration Therapy (Ellex 2RT(TM)) at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

9 Nov 2008

Tiny Solar Cells as a Power Source for Microscopic Machines

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), describes an inch-long array of 20 of these cells -- each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase "o" in a standard 12-point font.

6 Nov 2008

Cornell Researchers Developed Ultrafast Optical Oscilloscope

As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell have created a way to plot the waveform of an ultrashort-lived optical signal with a resolution of less than a trillionth of a second.

5 Nov 2008

Canadian Scientists Report Progress Toward a New Type of "Liquid Mirror"

Scientists in Canada are reporting progress toward a new type of "liquid mirror" - mirrors made with highly reflective liquids - whose shape can be changed to provide superior optical properties over conventional solid mirrors.

5 Nov 2008

Hybrid Composites as Functional Materials for Efficient LEDs and Photovoltaic Devices

The Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices.

4 Nov 2008

Carl Zeiss Receives R+D 100 Award for Most Technologically Significant New Products in 2008

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, was honored recently with a prestigious R+D 100 Award for one of the 100 most technologically significant new products in 2008. R+D Magazine recognized Carl Zeiss SMT's new ORION(TM) Helium-Ion-Microscope for its ability to produce images showing features never seen before.

3 Nov 2008

New Antireflective Coating Increases Amount of Sunlight Captured by Solar Panels

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.

3 Nov 2008

Hague Corp Enters into Binding Letter of Intent with Solterra Renewable Technologies

Hague Corp, a publicly traded resource exploration company, is pleased to announce that on September 24, 2008 Hague signed a binding letter of intent to purchase all of the assets of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. The agreement between Hague and Solterra requires Hague to fund Solterra a total of five million US dollars within sixty days of signing a final Asset Purchase Agreement.

1 Nov 2008

Thomas R. Baruch '60 Gift to Launch Research on Cutting-Edge Sources of Solar Energy

Thomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy research. The new center - the Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research - will conduct unprecedented research on biochemical solar technology.

1 Nov 2008