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NanoMarkets Announces Report on Transparent Conductors Including Indium Tin Oxide and ITO Replacement

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, today announced the addition of a new report to its schedule. The report, "Indium Tin Oxide and Alternative Transparent Conductor Markets" will be released in Mid-March of 2009.

11 Feb 2009

Navitar Announces Release of New 2009 Product Catalog

Navitar, a global leader of imaging optics technology announces the release of its new 2009 product catalog featuring a full line of optical solutions for Machine Vision, Automation, Assembly, Imaging, Measuring, Inspection and Biomedical Sciences.

From Navitar Inc. 10 Feb 2009

More Light While Consuming Less

More light while consuming less - the new star in industrial lighting is the LUMILUX T5. No wonder global businesses such as logistics provider DHL rely on these cost-effective fluorescent lamps. They light up DHL's new aviation hub at Leipzig/Halle, for example. The result is low energy costs while maintaining the best lighting conditions in offices, the distribution centre and outside areas.

10 Feb 2009

New Widely Tunable Semiconductor Lasers Offer Wide Range of Applications

A single semiconductor laser chip with world-record wavelength tuning range of 200 nanometers - from 500 to 700 nanometers - has been demonstrated by a research team led by Cun-Zheng Ning, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University.

8 Feb 2009

Quantum Light Platform Surpasses Brightness and Lifetime Performance Thresholds

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based solutions for displays and lighting, announced it has achieved significant improvements in brightness, efficiency and lifetime thresholds for its Quantum Light" product platform, advancing its quest to make quantum-dot-based light-emitting devices (QLEDs) deliver best-in-class performance among display technologies.

7 Feb 2009

Imatek Installs Integrated High Speed Video System at Corus Swinden Technology Centre in Rotherham

Imatek has recently installed its Integrated High Speed Video system at the Corus Swinden Technology Centre (STC) in Rotherham. The new system will be used to improve understanding of the performance of steel at high rates of strain and for other general applications.

4 Feb 2009

Chromaticity and Color Spatial Uniformity Tool Automates Complex Computations and Verifies Compliance with Published Standards

Philips Lumileds has launched a free online tool that makes it easier for manufacturers of LED-based luminaires to show compliance with ENERGY STAR® standards. The tool is available from both the Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions web sites.

4 Feb 2009

Solid-State Lighting Market Will Reach $33 Billion Worldwide by 2013

Energized by improvements in the technologies that have produced dramatic increases in light output for both high brightness (HB) and color, and significant extensions of their life spans, Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) have powerful and vocal proponents among local, state and federal governments, commercial industries and private citizens. These groups all are encouraging widespread acceptance and adoption of LEDs as a viable mainstream and green technology.

3 Feb 2009

First LED Downlight to Meet Stringent ENERGY STAR Requirements

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:CBE), announces that its Halo® LED recessed downlight is the first in the industry to meet stringent ENERGY STAR® requirements for solid state lighting (SSL) luminaires. The Halo LED Downlight's performance earns an ENERGY STAR qualification by meeting the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Solid State Lighting Luminaires: Eligibility Criteria - Version 1.0 for Category A - Recessed Downlights.

3 Feb 2009

Countries with Highest Levels of Artificial Light at Night also have Highest Rates of Prostate Cancer

A new study at the University of Haifa discovered: Worldwide, countries with the highest levels of artificial light at night also have the highest rates of prostate cancer

3 Feb 2009