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Two New Acquisitions Enhance China Sunergy's Position in Solar Market

China Sunergy Co., Ltd., a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, announced today an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of two related module manufacturers, CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co., Ltd and CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy Co., Ltd.

16 Mar 2010

Luxtera's 40G Optical Blazar Interconnects NOAA Data Center

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) selected Luxtera’s award-winning 40G Active Optical Cable (AOC), Blazar, to interconnect its multi-room data center.

16 Mar 2010

Forepi Acquires License to Manufacture Small Form-Factor LEDs with PhlatLight

Luminus Devices, developer and manufacturer of big-chip PhlatLight® LEDs, today announced a licensing agreement that enables Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) to manufacture small and mid-power chip blue and green GaN LEDs on the PhlatLight platform.

16 Mar 2010

HRSC High-Resolution Camera Captures New Images of Phobos

Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for the forthcoming Phobos-Grunt mission.

16 Mar 2010

New IJAGS Journal Covers Articles on Glass in Optics, Medicine and Other Applications

From cutting-edge photovoltaic power generation systems to substrates for repairing or even growing new human tissue, glass-based materials are playing an expanding role in the world's scientific and technical advances.

16 Mar 2010

Cosmologists Measure Mass of a Supernova Using Telescopic Images

An international team led by Yale University has, for the first time, measured the mass of a type of supernova thought to belong to a unique subclass and confirmed that it surpasses what was believed to be an upper mass limit.

16 Mar 2010

Vishay's Staff to Demonstrate Optocouplers at epChina 2010

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that it will showcase the company's latest industry-leading capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes and modules, power MOSFETs, power ICs, and optocouplers at electronica and Productronica China (epChina) 2010, taking place March 16-18 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.

16 Mar 2010

International Conference on Optical Communication to be Held in San Diego

The world's largest international conference on optical communication and networking convenes this month from March 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center.

16 Mar 2010

Visible Images of Tropical Storm 90Q Captured by GOES-12 Satellite

The second–ever known tropical cyclone in the South Atlantic Ocean can't escape satellite eyes, and today, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-12 captured a visible image of Tropical Storm 90Q now located off the coast of Argentina.

15 Mar 2010

Unauthorized Underwater Lighting Fixtures Notification to Consumers

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is notifying consumers that the underwater lighting fixtures, identified below, bear unauthorized UL Listing Marks.

15 Mar 2010

Scientists Provide New Insights on DNA Repair Mechanism

New research led by scientists at the University of Essex has given an insight into how the body finds damage in the DNA code to repair it.

15 Mar 2010

Altergy Introduces Fuel Cell to Power Lights

Altergy Systems, announced today that its Freedom Power™ Systems turned the red carpet "green" at Sunday's 82nd annual Oscars® by supplying the first clean hydrogen fuel cell power systems used to power numerous applications at the Academy Awards® ceremonies.

15 Mar 2010

Complete Analysis of Solar PV Technologies in Asian, European and U.S. Market

The current report (2010 Edition) gives an overview of the global solar PV market, discussing the various technologies, size of the market and geographic distribution. The important solar PV markets like the US, Europe and Asia have been analyzed.

15 Mar 2010

AIXUV Acquisition Expands BEST's Product Portfolio to Include XUV/EUV Light Sources

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today announced that its subsidiary has acquired the assets of AIXUV GmbH in Aachen, Germany, a company specializing in XUV/EUV systems and key components.

15 Mar 2010

Lightwave's Prototype Phase Modulator Passes Electrical and Optical Performance Test

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG) a technology company focused on the development of the 'Next Generation Electro-Optic Polymer Material Platform' for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced the successful electrical and optical performance testing of its prototype phase modulator, which concludes the Scientific evaluation stage of its testing.

15 Mar 2010