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Hinode Provides New Insights Into Workings of Solar Flares

With its Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), effectively a solar speed camera, it is now possible to pinpoint the source of eruptions during solar flares and to find new clues about the heating processes of the corona.

22 Aug 2007

Enormous Detector Makes First Real-Time Detection of Elusive, Low-Energy Neutrinos Streaming from Sun's Core

An international team of researchers has detected low-energy solar neutrinos--subatomic particles produced in the core of the sun--and measured in real-time the rate the particles hit our planet.

21 Aug 2007

Silicon Nanoparticle Film Added to Silicon Solar Cells Boosts Power, Reduces Heat and Prolongs Cell Life

Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell's life, researchers now report.

20 Aug 2007

Dow Corning Turns to Solar Energy to Lower C02 Emissions

Dow Corning has turned to renewable forms of energy to help power one of its largest manufacturing sites in Europe. More than 1,000 square meters of solar panels, installed on the roof and facades of office and production buildings, are expected to generate the amount of energy needed to satisfy the annual electricity needs of 35 households.

20 Aug 2007

Volkswagen and OSRAM Partner on Futuristic Technologies

Volkswagen of America, Inc. and OSRAM have
collaborated for an exciting new concept vehicle, dubbed the “Chameleon.” OSRAM LED
technology and other cutting edge advancements are showcased on the “Chameleon,” a
futuristic update of the 1964 Volkswagen Deluxe Microbus.

27 Jul 2007

NASA Researchers Probe Curious Behavior of Moondust

Each morning, Mian Abbas enters his laboratory and sits down to examine--a single mote of dust. Zen-like, he studies the same speck suspended inside a basketball-sized vacuum chamber for as long as 10 to 12 days.

24 Jul 2007

New DM1000 LED Microscope from Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems introduces the Leica DM1000 LED, the latest addition to Leica's successful DM series of microscopes for cytology, histopathology, and other clinical and biomedical laboratory applications.

21 Jul 2007

New Industrial Laser from Coherent Enables High-Throughput Micromachining

The new PRISMA 1064-32-V from Coherent, Inc. is an industrial laser that delivers an optimum mix of high peak power, short pulsewidth, high average power and exquisite beam quality.

21 Jul 2007

Newport Ships New Fiber-Based Laser System

Newport Corporation has announced that its Fiber Laser Business Group has shipped the first units of a new laser system based on its innovative fiber technology platform to select international customers.

From Newport Corporation 17 Jul 2007

Newport's New Fiber Based Laser Offers Highest Picosecond UV Power Commercially Available

Newport Corporation today reported that its new fiber-based picosecond UV laser, which delivers 12 watts of output power at a wavelength of 355nm, offers 50 percent higher output power than competitive offerings.

From Newport Corporation 17 Jul 2007

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