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Mighty Scope from Aven Has Practical Convenience of Fully Adjustable Magnification from 10X - 200X

High-resolution magnification and image capture are available in a sophisticated, compact Mighty Scope from Aven that incorporates technology advances. The hand-held precision magnifier with a USB interface, introduced recently by the 25-year-old optical inspection systems company based in Michigan, has several best-in-class features to provide maximum precision, sensitivity and convenience.

31 Oct 2008

Save Energy This Holiday Season with dotstrand Energy-Efficient LED Lights

As the winter Holidays approach, thousands of students are faced with a decorating dilemma. Many dorms ban traditional strands of Holiday lights as they use too much electricity, and also often get too hot, raisi...

30 Oct 2008

Researchers Develop New Way of Looking at Molecules

In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them to see how its electrons rearrange as the molecule changes shape.

30 Oct 2008

Nanoscale Dimensioning Is Fast and Cheap with New NIST Optical Technique

A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity.

28 Oct 2008

Green Dopant Material Enables Low-Power, Full-Color, Long-Life OLED Displays

Eastman Kodak Company, a pioneer in organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), today announced the introduction of a highly efficient OLED material that will enable low-power, full-color displays with outstanding lifetimes.

24 Oct 2008

Swedish Government Give Green Light to MAX IV Synchrotron Light Facility

In the Swedish government's research bill for 2009-2012, that was presented today by the Minister of Research Lars Leijonborg, the building of MAX IV is seen as urgent, as it will be important for many scientific areas of strategic interest.

23 Oct 2008

Significant Supplier in the Fast Emerging Flexible Display and OLED Markets

NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," are pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the 4th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase in Berlin Germany from October 27- 29, 2008. During the conference, they will be featuring their Advantage Series extrusion deposition (ED) system and the NexTStar automated optical inspection (AOI) tool.

23 Oct 2008

Extremely Powerful Lasers Pave Way for Cleaner Energy

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.

23 Oct 2008

Largest Market for Optical Coatings Worth Estimated US$2.81 Billion in 2008

Thanks to continuous innovations, optical coatings industry is driving new markets and business opportunities with its progressive transformation. The coatings are utilized in various sectors including environmental, chemical, and abrasion resistance; EMI shielding; climate control; biological protection; and high and low temperature operation, in addition to applications in optical fibers and filters.

23 Oct 2008

Global Market for Microscopes is Projected to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2012

United States, Japan and Asia-Pacific collectively command over 72% of the world microscopes market as stated by the recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing market for microscopes at a CAGR of 11.2% over the 2011-2015 period. The rapid pace of industrialization in developing countries such as India, China, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea, is expected to boost global demand for microscopes in the upcoming years. Developing markets are additionally emerging into hot-spots for production activities with manufacturers increasingly relocating production activities from the saturating Western Europe and North America markets to Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific, in an attempt to cut costs.

From Veeco 23 Oct 2008