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Breakthrough Performance In Oled Devices For Solid-state Lighting Applications

SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, and Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), a Japan-based chemical industry company in partnership with Itochu Plastics Inc. (CIPS), have achieved record-breaking results using SRI's new cavity organic light-emitting diode (COLED) technology and SDK's light-emitting polymers to produce a highly efficient light source that could one day replace incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs.

28 Jul 2009

Carl Zeiss Makes Digital Microscopy in the Lab and Industry Even Easier

AxioVision Version 4.8 software from Carl Zeiss offers new possibilities and more convenience for all areas of the life sciences and for industrial applications in which digital microscopy is used for routine tasks.

28 Jul 2009

Small in Size, Providing a Powerful Performance

This new generation of a single chip LED has an exceptionally long lifetime supported not only by a silicone encapsulation but also by the outstanding low thermal resistance of Rth (js) = 8K/W in a SMT package dissipating efficiently the heat generated by the chip. The K Nova is available in 3 colors: yellow, red and amber.

28 Jul 2009

UCSD Begins Producing Electricity with Newly Installed Solar Panels Made by Concentrix Solar

The University of California, San Diego has begun producing electricity with newly installed solar panels made by Concentrix Solar that automatically track the sun as it crosses the daytime sky and concentrates sunlight onto hundreds of electricity-producing solar cells, each smaller than a shirt button.

27 Jul 2009

Italy Sets to Become World's Second Largest PV Market After Germany

An attractive feed-in tariff incentive and rapidly decreasing solar module prices have made Italy the most attractive PV market in the world. This year, Italy is set to become the world's second largest PV market after Germany, the undisputed leader.

27 Jul 2009

Bombarding Aluminium with World's Most Powerful Soft X-Ray Laser

Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

27 Jul 2009

New Device Makes Invisibility a Reality

One of the first things that come to mind when thinking about Harry Potter and his cloak is ... invisibility. Researchers in Spain have developed a device that makes objects invisible under a certain kind of light. Called 'dc metamaterial', the device brings the inside of the magnetic field down to zero but does not change the exterior field.

27 Jul 2009

Researchers Discover Cell that can Sense Light and Contribute to Vision in Fish

Nearly all species have some ability to detect light. At least three types of cells in the retina allow us to see images or distinguish between night and day.

26 Jul 2009

PI Announces Availability of P-653 Miniature Piezo Motor Demo Kit

PI (Physik Instrumente)'s patented P-653 piezo motor linear slide is significantly smaller than other miniature linear stages and provides significantly higher velocities and resolution.

25 Jul 2009

Advanced Lumonics Introduces New Price Points for its Popular Earthled Evolux and Zetalux Products

Advanced Lumonics, an early leader in the direct replacement LED lighting market through its EarthLED brand has announced new pricing for its popular EvoLux (TM) and ZetaLux (TM) LED light bulbs.

24 Jul 2009

Unlocking Optical Secrets of Jewel Beetles

A small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful that for centuries it was used in jewelry.

24 Jul 2009

Full Conversion of Blue into Amber Light by New Nitride Phosphor

Monochromatic light-emitting diodes cover a large part of the visible spectrum with high effi-ciency. For blue light, nitride diodes achieve external quantum efficiencies in excess of 65%, i. e., one photon is emitted for approx. 2/3 of the electron-hole pairs injected into the diode.

23 Jul 2009

Arkema Unveils New "Evolve" Sunglasses Collection

Smith Optics and Arkema unveil the new "Evolve" sunglasses collection using Rilsan Clear G830 Rnew at the Outdoor Retailer Summer fair in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 21st to 24th. Rilsan Clear G830 Rnew ...

23 Jul 2009

Lasers Trigger Nano-Earthquakes

With the "Reinhard Koselleck-Program" the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) has an independent funding scheme for especially innovative and risky research since 2008. Now the experimental physicist Prof. Manfred Bayer from TU Dortmund is one of the supported scientists.

23 Jul 2009

Brookhaven Lab and Hybridyne Imaging Win R+D 100 Award

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., of Toronto, Canada, have won a 2009 R+D 100 Award for developing a compact gamma camera for high-resolution imaging of prostate cancer.

23 Jul 2009