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New Telescope Added to ESO's Paranal Observatory in Northern Chile

VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to ESO's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

11 Dec 2009

Hot Electron Effect Helps Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to improved solar power efficiency, the authors report in the current online edition of Applied Physics Letters.

11 Dec 2009

BTU International Wins Orders to Supply Solar Processing Equipment in Asia/Pacific Region

BTU International (Nasdaq: BTUI), a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes to the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today announced it received approximately $5.5 million in orders from Asia/Pacific customers for BTU solar processing equipment. The majority of the equipment will be used for contact formation in a new high efficiency process for the manufacture of silicon solar cells. The balance of the ordered equipment consists of current-generation metallization systems. Revenue recognition for these orders is expected during the first half of 2010.

11 Dec 2009

Global Market Trend Report on Ophthalmic Instrumentation

In addition to ageing demographics and higher incidence of vision disorders, key factors underpinning demand for ophthalmic instrumentation include development of innovative technologies and procedures, especially in vision correction surgery, growing recognition of laser surgery, and the trend towards permanent visual correction. The surgical vision correction market is set to change with continuing acceptance of customized ablation, wavefront analysis technology, and intralase technology. Treatment of cataracts is one of the most important segments of the ophthalmic surgical devices market. Extraction of cataract and IOL implantation is one of the most widely performed procedures in the western world.

11 Dec 2009

ISIS Unveils New Biometric Verification Solution for Border Security

Innovative Solutions Integrative Systems (“ISIS”), LLC, has announced a breakthrough biometric verification solution—the Immigration Customer Visa (ICV) card—that will be a powerful tool in helping the United States to secure its borders.

11 Dec 2009

Insight Media Expects 3D Market to Reach 40 Million 3D-Capable Displays by 2014

Insight Media, the recognized leader in Emerging Display Technology Market Research, says that the stereoscopic 3D market is poised to grow from a handful of 3D-capable displays and a few thousand gamers, to an expected worldwide market of over 40 million 3D-capable displays by 2014. The results were published in Insight Media’s groundbreaking 2009 Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Report: A Comprehensive Analysis of S-3D Technology for Gaming.

11 Dec 2009

Market Research Report on Bronchoscopy Devices in US

The US markets for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and bronchoscopy devices will grow moderately through 2013. The ENT market will be far larger than the market for bronchoscopy devices and will also expand more rapidly, reaching a value of more than $360 million dollars by 2013.

11 Dec 2009

Glimmerglass to Present on Optical Solutions for Lawful Interception at ISS Conference

Glimmerglass, the premier supplier of optical layer management solutions for lawful interception and the intelligence community, today announced that Jay Bowker, Glimmerglass Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific region, will speak at the ISS World Asia Pacific 2009 conference held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 11:15 - 11:45 AM and 3:30 - 4:30 PM. Addressing intelligence, law enforcement, and telecom operators responsible for lawful interception and network intelligence gathering and dissemination, Mr. Bowker will discuss Optical Solutions for Lawful Interception and the Intelligence Community. Glimmerglass will also provide conference attendees demonstrations of the company’s optical switching systems, illustrating the benefits of using pure optics with no electronic conversions to provide flexible optical signal distribution solutions.

11 Dec 2009

Bruker Nano Announces Upgraded N8 TITANOS Atomic Force Microscope

Bruker Nano today announced that its N8 TITANOS™ large-sample inspection AFM has been further improved to provide highest spatial resolving power

11 Dec 2009

HyperCube to Improve its Traffic with Alpheus Fiber Optic Network

Alpheus Communications, operator of an extensive fiber optic network across Texas, and HyperCube, LLC, a premier provider of local and national tandem services to carriers across the United States, today announced that HyperCube has selected Alpheus to provide critical network services to further enhance HyperCube’s growing volume of voice traffic.

11 Dec 2009

Biomoda and Christiana Care Developing Cancer Diagnostic That Involves Ultraviolet Light

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. (OTCBB: BMOD) today announced that The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center associated with Christiana Care Health System, a screening site for the International Early Lung Cancer Program (I-ELCAP), will recruit a cohort of patients diagnosed with lung cancer to participate in the final stage of the Phase II pilot study of the investigational CyPath® assay, an early-stage diagnostic test for lung cancer.

11 Dec 2009

Carmanah Installs Rooftop Solar Power Systems for Burnaby School District

Burnaby School District (no. 41) is outfitting two newly-constructed school buildings with rooftop solar power systems from Victoria-based Carmanah Technologies Corporation in an effort to meet sustainability objectives. The decision to install the photovoltaic array will bring the school district closer to realizing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for both buildings. LEED certification is a distinction given to buildings and facilities that meet a set of environmentally sustainable standards in construction for which the installation of alternative energy options and eco-friendly infrastructure is a requirement.

11 Dec 2009

Sopogy Opens World’s First MicroCSP 2MW Solar Thermal Plant

Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii – Sopogy, Inc. inaugurated the world’s first MicroCSP™ Solar Thermal Plant today at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii

11 Dec 2009

IXYS Unveils High Efficiency LED Drivers for Use in Photo Flash

IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS) announces today sample availability of the LDS8640/41 and LDS8680/81, innovative 2 channels, charge-pump based, high efficiency LED drivers with low dropout voltage for Photo Flash applications. The drivers provide full output power from a single-cell lithium ion battery or supply voltage in the range of 2.7V to 5.5 V.

11 Dec 2009