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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

Innovate Series Based Street Lights Deliver Better Light, Lower Costs and a More Environmentally Friendly Solution

Enfis Group Plc. (LSE: ENF), an innovator of intelligent LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced the launch their new Innovate Series of LED arrays for use in myriad street lighting applications throughout North America.

22 Jul 2009

NREL Research Garners Three Prestigious R+D 100 Awards

An ultra-accelerated weathering system, a parabolic trough solar concentrating collector, and a microbattery - all developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - were honored today as top 100 innovations for 2009 by R+D Magazine.

22 Jul 2009

Philips Lumileds Expands Luxeon Rebel Family of LEDs

Philips Lumileds today expanded its LUXEON® Rebel family of LEDs with nine new emitters designed specifically for illumination solutions such as recessed lighting, street lamps and retrofit bulbs.

22 Jul 2009

Straightforward Way to Address Thermal Reliability Constraints in High-Power LED Lightings

Leadis Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: LDIS), an analog and mixed-signal semiconductor developer of LED drivers for consumer electronic devices, today announced sample availability of the LDS9001 and LDS9003, two new LED controllers featuring Leadis' patent pending LED-Sense™ Temperature Compensation engine.

22 Jul 2009

Moritex Expands Family of Telecentric Machine Micro Lenses

MORITEX Corporation, a leader in the field of lighting systems based on LED and fiber optic technology, today unveiled the latest addition to its family of telecentric Machine Micro Lenses (MML) with a new high resolution (HR) zoom lens to exploit the full potential of Mega Pixel (MP) sensor cameras.

22 Jul 2009

Frost + Sullivan Recognizes MIRTEC with 2009 Product Innovation of the Year Award

Based on its recent analysis of the automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment market, Frost + Sullivan recognizes MIRTEC with the 2009 Global Frost + Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year for its innovative MV-7xi inline AOI system.

22 Jul 2009

Sensacell Announces New Addition to its's Line of Modular Sensor Surface Technology

Sensacell Corporation launches the HSI64-36-RGB module, a new addition to Sensacell's line of Modular Sensor Surface Technology.

22 Jul 2009

NTT-AT Launches New Antistatic Fiberoptic Cleaner

Neoclean-E is a simplified pen type cleaner with a replaceable cleaning cartridge, which allows the cleaning of the end-faces of fibre connectors and in-adapter ferrules. Residue on the endface of optical connectors can be removed by a simple push that provides a consistent and dependable cleaning every time.

22 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop New Blue Light Nanocrystals

Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.

21 Jul 2009

Sustained Drug Release Could Ease Treatment of Glaucoma and Other Conditions

Taking eye drops multiple times a day can be difficult for patients to do, and because of blinking and tearing, as little as 1 to 7 percent of the dose is actually absorbed by the eye.

21 Jul 2009

Zecotek Receives Grant Payment from Singapore Economic Development Board

Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMS)(FRANKFURT:W1I), today announced it has received another grant payment under the previously announced Government of Singapore Economic Development Board's (EDB) Research Incentive Scheme for Companies.

21 Jul 2009

Agreement Enables Solution Providers to Capitalize on Fast-Growing Market for Large Format Touch Screen Displays

Addressing IT solution provider demand for the latest in large touch screen technology, Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE:IM) today announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Horizon Display that includes a diverse and growing portfolio of interactive display solutions.

21 Jul 2009

Specialised Imaging Releases New Application Note

Specialised Imaging Ltd. has released a new application note describing how its SIM-8 ultra-high speed framing camera has been used to show the full development of a blast initation event.

21 Jul 2009