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Resolve Optics Motorised Non-Browning Zoom Lens Incorporates Range of Useful Features to Assist Operation in Radiation Environments

The Model 290 Motorised Non-Browning Zoom Lens from Resolve Optics Ltd. incorporates a range of useful features to assist operation in environments subject to radiation such as nuclear fuel handling operations, reactor active zones and nuclear waste storage plants.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 19 Feb 2010

Sequenom’s MassARRAY System Used for SensiGene Fetal(XY) Test

Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) today announced the launch of the SensiGene™ Fetal(XY) (Fetal Sex Determination) test by Sequenom's CAP accredited and CLIA-certified laboratory, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM). This is the company's second laboratory developed test powered by its SEQureDx™ technology.

18 Feb 2010

Ahura Scientific Updates FTIR Chemical Identification System

Ahura Scientific, Inc., the leader in field-deployed analytical instruments for human health and public safety, today announced the availability of TruDefender™ FT version 1.2, which now features more than 7,500 pure substances in the instrument’s onboard library. The TruDefender FT library has more than quadrupled in size in just one year, enabling more pure chemicals and millions of potential mixture combinations to be identified.

18 Feb 2010

SEMATECH to Demonstrate Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Advancement at SPIE

Critical issues and potential solutions in preparing extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) for high-volume manufacturing will be explored by SEMATECH technologists at the SPIE Advanced Lithography 2010 conferences Feb. 21-25 in San Jose, CA.

18 Feb 2010

Atomic Public Relations to Provide Marketing Assistance for Polaroid Brand

Atomic Public Relations has been appointed to assist in the re-introduction of the iconic Polaroid brand. Atomic’s Los Angeles and New York teams are working with PLR IP Holdings, the owner of the Polaroid brand, on the brand's overall media strategy including social media, video and search activities.

18 Feb 2010

EDAPS' Holographic Security Elements Secure Cigarette Tax Stamps from Counterfeiting

As the world continues to grapple with global economic challenges, a new method of securing cigarette tax stamps from counterfeiting and falsification could save nations from revenue losses totaling more than $50 billion (US) annually. New specialized holograms used as a foundation of the comprehensive enforcement solution from the EDAPS Consortium, may cut off funds supporting organized crime and terrorism, two consistent beneficiaries of the world’s near trillion dollar counterfeit and piracy plague.

17 Feb 2010

Waters Offers New Analytical and Preparative SFC Columns for Compound Purification

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) introduces today Viridis™ SFC columns, a new family of analytical and preparative supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) columns. Waters new Viridis SFC columns were developed to give laboratories using SFC a reliable source of high-quality columns for compound purification. Paired with Waters® TharSFC™ instrumentation laboratories now have a single source for both instrumentation and columns for their all-important purification work.

17 Feb 2010

Physicists Use Polarized Light to Design Model for Quantum Physical Random Walk

An experiment with a Galton board - a board containing vertical pins arranged in a triangular pattern

17 Feb 2010

Nemotek Launches Wafer-Level Camera Lens for Laptop and Mobile Phone Applications

Nemotek Technologie, a manufacturer of customized Wafer-Level Cameras for portable applications, today launches its first two-element VGA wafer-level lens. Providing an advanced camera lens design with lower distortion, better resolution and higher image quality, the two-element lens utilizes glass wafers instead of traditional plastic. Marking the first steps in the next-generation of wafer-level lenses, Nemotek brings to market a compact, reflowable lens that provides high-end features at lower costs.

17 Feb 2010