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Raytheon Multi-Spectral Targeting System Exceeds 750,000 Operational Flight Hours

A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) airborne targeting system whose video imagery helps soldiers, intelligence analysts and commanders in the field make critical operating decisions recently exceeded 750,000 hours of flight.

1 Mar 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Ahura Scientific

Ahura Scientific, Inc., the leader in field-deployed analytical instruments for human health and public safety, today announced the close of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s acquisition of the company

1 Mar 2010

PerkinElmer to Acquire Remaining Interest of ICP-MS Joint Venture from Danaher

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its joint venture in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and related assets from Danaher Corporation.

1 Mar 2010

STC to Provide Landing Station for GBI’s Submarine Cable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first privately owned submarine cable operator, is pleased to announce that STC, the leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East Region, will provide the landing station for GBI’s cable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

1 Mar 2010

Boston Installs Everlight's SL-Dolphin LED fixtures for Jamaica Plain Demonstration Site

LED lighting is emerging as an important component of Boston's efforts to reduce energy costs, shrink our carbon footprint and help meet Mayor Menino's energy goals

1 Mar 2010

Wireless Internet Camera Offers Hands-On Science Learning Experience for School Children

Biologist Scott McRobert, Ph.D., likes studying fish behavior. He has published research on shoaling, or grouping behavior, in zebra fish, molly fish, painted tetras, killifish and female fighting fish

1 Mar 2010

Scientists Create New Technique to Study Protein Dynamics in Living Cells

A new technique to study protein dynamics in living cells has been created by a team of University of Illinois scientists, and evidence yielded from the new method indicates that an in vivo environment strongly modulates a protein's stability and folding rate

1 Mar 2010

Diggger Wasps Use Antibiotics to Fend off Fungal and Bacterial Infections

Digger wasps of the genus Philanthus, so-called beewolves, house beneficial bacteria on their cocoons that guarantee protection against harmful microorganisms

1 Mar 2010

Mitsubishi Electric Completes New PV Cell Production Facility in Japan

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today its has completed construction of PV Cell Plant #2, a new photovoltaic (PV) cell production facility at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture

1 Mar 2010

TriCipher Releases Hosted Version of Digital Signing Solution for Business Processes

TriCipher, a leading provider of Internet identity services, today announced a hosted, on-demand version of its powerful digital signature solution. myOneLogin SignatureBook is an on-demand service that accelerates and streamlines business processes requiring non-repudiable signatures across different groups, organizations or geographic locations. It supports a number of different online credentials, including a clientless credential and the SAFE-BioPharma digital signature widely adopted in healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

1 Mar 2010

New TECHSPEC Near UV Achromatic Lenses Ideal for Fluorescence Applications

Edmund Optics’ TECHSPEC Near UV Achromatic Lenses are perfect for use in fluorescence applications

27 Feb 2010

Thermoteknix Unveils New Thermal Imaging Camera

Work Smarter with NEW VisIR® 320-P Thermal Imaging

27 Feb 2010

Tamron to Demonstrate Mega-Pixel Compatible Lenses at SECURITY SHOW 2010

At Tamron booth you will find demonstrations of live images from our new mega-pixel compatible surveillance camera lenses. We will also showcase the complete lineup of our mega-pixel compatible lenses designed for a variety of applications.

27 Feb 2010

Free Workshop on Electron Backscatter Diffraction Offered by College of Microscopy

The College of Microscopy, in partnership with electron microscope equipment companies JEOL and EDAX, provided a free workshop on electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Experts in the fields of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EBSD sponsored the one-day event, providing information about the applications of these technologies for materials research and analysis. The College of Microscopy is the education division of The McCrone Group, Inc, a leader in materials analysis.

27 Feb 2010

NEC Electronics Introduces New IPDs for Automotive Lighting

NEC Electronics (TOKYO: 6723) announced today, four new intelligent power devices (IPDs), the µPD166017, µPD166019, µPD166020 and uPD166021. Each high-side IPD is applicable for automotive lighting and other critical vehicle loads. Designed for on-board electronic control units (ECUs) typically used in head- and fog-light applications, the new devices, or power ICs, have an embedded power MOSFET for switching and a control chip for protection features in a single package. The IPDs strongly contribute to the improvement of the ECUs’ efficiency, which help designers to develop environmentally friendly automobiles.

27 Feb 2010