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Engineer Creates Lower-Cost Printable Solar Cells

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight.

24 Aug 2009

Research Aiding in Development of Artificial Photovoltaic Devices

A Kansas State University professor has a grant to study an area of physical chemistry that will provide more insight into the electronic structure and energy transfer processes in natural and artificial photosynthetic complexes.

24 Aug 2009

IntertechPira and OLED Association Announces 11th Annual OLEDs World Summit 2009

IntertechPira, in partnership with the OLED Association, is pleased to announce the 11th annual OLEDs World Summit 2009 to be held in a beautiful new location, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco.

23 Aug 2009

NextWindow Announces Addition of Several PC Manufacturers as New Clients

NextWindow, the market and technology leader in optical touch screens for all-in-one PCs, monitors and large-format displays, today announced it has added several PC manufacturers as new clients.

21 Aug 2009

Annual Small/Medium TFT LCD and AMOLED Product Roadmap Report

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, released the 2009 edition of its unique Annual Small/Medium TFT LCD and AMOLED Product Roadmap Report--providing an analysis of the roadmaps for small/medium TFT LCD and AMOLED display products and technologies by applications.

21 Aug 2009

Green Light for Laser Technology Transfer Project

A new project to speed up the transfer of groundbreaking research and development from the North West Laser Engineering Consortium (NWLEC) to Northwest businesses has been given the go ahead following the confirmation of an £882,000 investment from the Northwest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

20 Aug 2009

World's Leading Manufacturer of High Power LEDs Selects Veeco MOCVD for Production Ramp

Veeco Instruments announced today that Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, has selected Veeco's TurboDisc K465 gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to support its LUXEON LED production ramp.

From Veeco 20 Aug 2009

Ultrathin LEDs Creating New Class of Lighting and Display Systems

A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies.

20 Aug 2009

Training Quantum Dots to Display Magnetic Functions at Room Temperature using Light as Trigger

That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processing information on your computer or cell phone.

20 Aug 2009

Cost-Effective TDI Cameras Ideal for Flat Panel Display, Electronics and Web Inspection

DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA), today announced the availability of a new line of Piranha ES cameras for machine vision applications. With various models in the ES line, these new Piranha cameras deliver cost-effective solutions with Time Delay and Integration (TDI) technology; the same leading edge technology used in DALSA's HS (High Sensitivity) TDI cameras.

20 Aug 2009

DOE Grants Finelite Two Luminaire Categories

The DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Quality Advocates program recently granted Finelite, Inc. the Lighting Facts Label for its LED task lighting, PLS (Personal Lighting System).

20 Aug 2009

Improved Chip and Package Technology Makes It Easier to Address ENERGY STAR Applications

Philips Lumileds continues to advance its core LED technology and recent breakthroughs implemented in the latest LUXEON Rebel LEDs for illumination applications improve efficacy and light output performance at luminaire operating temperatures.

20 Aug 2009

Resolve Optics to Attend Photonex 2009 and VISION 2009 Exhibitions

Resolve Optics Ltd. has announced its presence at the forthcoming Photonex 2009 and VISION 2009 exhibitions.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 20 Aug 2009

Berkeley Lab's ALS Receives $11.3 Million To Enable New Types of Scientific Inquiry

A lot! Scientists using the powerful beam lines at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source in recent years have conducted breakthrough research on platinum-nickel alloys as a catalyst for fuel cells, made a discovery about the Ebola virus structure that could lead to a vaccine, and crafted a new technique for guiding self-assembly of nanostructures that should open up vistas for entirely new applications.

19 Aug 2009

Discovery Could Lead to Useful Applications in Lasers

Researchers in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK have discovered new electron properties that could lead to useful applications in computers and lasers.

19 Aug 2009