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Competitive Technologies Signs Joined Agreement for Solar Panel Technology

Competitive Technologies, Inc. and Articulated Technologies, LLC today announced that they have signed an agreement for CTT to license and commercialize Articulated's patented organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology for adaptation to solar power. The agreement provides for revenue sharing between CTT and Articulated of royalty and licensing payments.

26 Nov 2007

Moths Adopted to Create Industrial Lens for Low Light Environment

When moths fly at night, their eyes need to capture all the light available. To do this, certain species have evolved nanoscopic structures on the surface of their eyes which allow almost no light to reflect off the surface and hence to escape.

26 Nov 2007

New Organic Devices Production Plant Installed in Germany

Next-generation fabrication technology is being installed to establish a European center for producing small-molecule organic devices.

26 Nov 2007

Solar Outbursts Generates Conditions that Slingshot Matter in Earth's Magnetic Field

With Cluster data, scientists now have evidence that solar outbursts can generate conditions that slingshot matter in Earth¡¦s magnetic environment to speeds higher than 1000 km/s.

26 Nov 2007

China's Solar Panel Manufacturers Plan to Keep Prices Steady to win Market Share

Despite higher polysilicon prices, most Greater China solar panel manufacturers say they plan to lower or keep prices steady to win market share. This is according to Global Sources' China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels.

26 Nov 2007

Fellows of the Optical Society of America Awarded to Two Brookhaven Lab Scientists

Ralph James and Trevor Sears, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, have been named Fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Limited to ten percent of the total OSA membership, Fellows of the organization have served with distinction in the advancement of optics. The two scientists will each receive a Fellow plaque and a pin at an OSA meeting in San Jose, California, in May 2008.

20 Nov 2007

Miniaturized Organic Lasers - Key Components of Future Integrated Photonic Devices

Efficient organic lasers with small footprint structures demonstrate the key components of future integrated photonic devices for both, communication and sensing applications. Furthermore, they offer an attractive packaging possibility for light-emitting arrays coupled to high-density optical interconnects.

19 Nov 2007

World's Most Powerful Telescope Installed by a Swedish University

Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden is the first institute in that country to have installed an FEI Titan scanning/transmission election microscope (S/TEM), the world's most powerful commercially-available microscope.

19 Nov 2007

Team Effort Makes Inovateus Front Runner in Region for Large Solar Integration

Inovateus Development of South Bend, Indiana has teamed up with 1 Star Energy, one of North America's leading commercial/industrial integrators of solar electrical systems with offices in Texas, California, Florida, Indiana, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Inovateus has offices in Chicago, Illinois and St. Joseph, Michigan, where the company develops energy efficient housing. This team effort makes Inovateus the front runner in the region for large commercial and industrial solar integration.

15 Nov 2007

MedicalCV Announced Completion of 75th Case Utilizing Laser-Based Surgical Ablation Systems

MedicalCV, Inc., announced today the completion of the 75th surgical case utilizing its laser-based technology platform, which includes both the ATRILAZE and SOLAR Surgical Ablation Systems.

15 Nov 2007