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Shedding New Light on Solar Cells

The electric breakthrough of solar cells cannot be ascribed to the surface preparation as has now been demonstrated by physicists at the University of Leipzig and the company Q-Cells SE in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Innovative methods deliver images of the phenomena in previously unachieved spatial resolution.

16 Feb 2009

New Devices Shrinks Display Backlight Driver Board Area by Up to 62 Percent

Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched a new family of extremely efficient White LED (WLED) drivers that extends mobile handset talk time by up to an astounding 32 percent.

16 Feb 2009

High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Organic Dye

Kohjiro Hara and Nagatoshi Koumura, Research Scientists at AIST, have developed a high-performance dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) based on organic dye as part of the Grants-in-Aid Program for Scientific Research led by the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (budget: about 5 billion yen).

16 Feb 2009

SCE and BrightSource Energy Reach Agreement on Clean Solar Thermal Power

Southern California Edison (SCE) and BrightSource Energy have reached agreement on a series of contracts for 1,300 megawatts of clean solar thermal power, enough to serve nearly 845,000 homes.

16 Feb 2009

Full Colour Range of Displays using Quantum Dot Technology

Nanoco Technologies is producing a full colour range of displays using their proprietary quantum dots which includes their cadmium free quantum dot technology (CFQDTM).

15 Feb 2009

The Start of a Revolution in the World's Energy Supply and Usage

In a few years, photovoltaic solar energy will have become a competitive energy source in major markets in the world. Without the need for subsidies. This will be the start of a revolution in the world's energy supply and usage. Are we prepared for this?

15 Feb 2009

Powerful Tool for Reading Beneath the Paint on a Parchment Document

About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur on its way to becoming a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilized in limestone.

15 Feb 2009

New Spectroscopy Technique May Help Detect Deadly Disease Early

A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. Though the new technique has not yet proven effective in double-blind clinical trials, it may one day help diagnose cancers of the pancreas and, potentially, other organs at their earliest and most treatable stages, before they spread.

13 Feb 2009

Acquisition Expands Navitar's In-House Optical Coating Capabilities

Navitar, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision optical systems, announced today the recent sale of Navitar Coating Labs, located in Newport Beach, California. The decision was made to sell the coatings division based on the success of Navitar's recent acquisition of Special Optics, a Wharton, New Jersey firm, which has quadrupled the company's optical design capabilities and expanded Navitar's in-house optical coating capabilities.

From Navitar Inc. 12 Feb 2009

Palomar Technologies to Exhibit at 2009 Strategies in Light Exhibition and Conference

Palomar Technologies announced today it will return to exhibit at the 2009 Strategies in Light Exhibition and Conference to be held February 18 - 20, 2009 in Santa Clara, California.

12 Feb 2009

Improved Sensor Technology Could Keep Tabs on Terrorists by Remote Control

Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat.

12 Feb 2009

A. Kruess Optronic Introduces Small Software Revolution for Polarimeter P8000

In time for the Analytica Vietnam, A. Kruess Optronic presents a small software revolution for its flagship polarimeter P8000. The improvements and extensions made are almost a quantum jump in regards to the software.

12 Feb 2009

Carl Zeiss Meditec Launches Visalis 100 for Surgical Treatment of Cataracts

Carl Zeiss Meditec successfully launched its new Visalis 100 system for the surgical treatment of cataracts at the most important ophthalmic meeting in India, the AIOC (All India Ophthalmology Congress) - which took place this year in Jaipur from 5 - 8 February. For the first time, the company chose a growth market for the initial presentation of an innovation.

12 Feb 2009

Thermal Models for Computing LED Designing Available from Osram Opto Semiconductors

Once again, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
is demonstrating its high level of customer support by providing for the first
time thermal models for computing different LED designs as downloads.

12 Feb 2009

Beams From the Sky Map the Ground Underfoot

Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping tools available to geologists and hydrologists have had their limits.

12 Feb 2009