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U.S. Energy Secretary Delivers $377 million in funding for 46 New EFRCs

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation.

6 Aug 2009

Kingston University Students Benefit from New State-of-the-Art Laser Scanner

A new state-of-the-art laser scanner, which is revolutionising the way geographers, engineers, police officers, and scientists solve problems, is now transforming the problem-solving ability of students at Kingston University.

6 Aug 2009

FLIR Systems Receives 7.2 million U.S. Government Foreign Military Sale Order for Indian Air Force

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received a $7.2 million U.S. Government Foreign Military Sale (FMS) order for the Indian Air Force. The order includes FLIR System's Star SAFIRE® III infrared multi-sensor surveillance systems, training and related services.

5 Aug 2009

Navitar Introduces 50 mm Large Format Machine Vision Lens

Navitar Inc., a manufacturer of precision optical and opto-electronic systems, introduced today their new 50 mm large format machine vision lens ideal for use with full frame 11 and 16 mega pixel sensors.

From Navitar Inc. 5 Aug 2009

Dongwoon Anatech Selects Tower Semiconductor as Sole Manufacturing Partner for High Volume, Energy Saving LED Lighting Devices

Dongwoon Anatech, a fast growing analog semiconductor provider, today announced it has selected Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), a leading global specialty foundry, as its sole manufacturing partner for high volume, energy saving LED lighting devices used in both home and industrial applications.

5 Aug 2009

Converting Light to Electricity using Plastics

A research team headed by David Ginger, a University of Washington associate professor of chemistry, has found a way to make images of tiny bubbles and channels, roughly 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, inside plastic solar cells. These bubbles and channels form within the polymers as they are being created in a baking process, called annealing, that is used to improve the materials' performance.

4 Aug 2009

Shin-Etsu Chemical Introduces New Materials for Both Cell Processing and Installation Modules

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, has introduced a range of products specifically designed for the PV (photovoltaic) and solar marketplace.

4 Aug 2009

Reliable Path for Sculpting an Intricate X-Ray Focusing Lens Out of Diamond

A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.

3 Aug 2009

World's Smallest Medical Video Camera Based on Advanced CMOS Image Sensor

Medigus Ltd. (TASE: MDGS) and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM, TASE: TASE: TSEM), today announced successful sampling of a new CMOS imager that will serve in Medigus' line of disposable miniature cameras and its new medical devices camera.

3 Aug 2009

Boston College Discovery Bends Light Around Corners, Along Eastern Seaboard

Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building or the profile of the eastern seaboard.

31 Jul 2009

Innovative Laser Imaging Technique Aims to Save Millions and Cut More Than 7,700 Man Hours from Submarine Manufacturing Cycle

An innovative laser imaging technique, developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), could cut more than 7,700 man hours from the manufacturing cycle of the VIRGINA-Class Submarine (VCS).

30 Jul 2009

New Lighting to Utilize Energy Focus' Proprietary Solid State Optical Delivery Technology

Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFOI), a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that it has been selected to receive a $1.4 million contract by the Naval Research Warfare Center to develop and produce solid state lighting fixtures for use specifically on Virginia Class attack submarines.

30 Jul 2009

Litepanels Wins Prime Time EMMY Award and Statue

Litepanels, Inc., the worldwide leader in LED (light emitting diode) television and motion picture lighting equipment, will be awarded a Technology + Engineering Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts + Sciences for its proprietary lighting systems.

29 Jul 2009

Jet-propelled Imaging for an Ultrafast Light Source

John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. It's a particularly apt propensity for someone who works with x-rays, since they can't be focused with ordinary lenses.

29 Jul 2009

SenovvA Partners with Rockwell Group to Bring New LED Technology to New Musical

Los Angeles based production company SenovvA has partnered with Tony Award nominated designer and architect David Rockwell to bring new LED technology to the world premiere of the new musical "Catch Me if You Can" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. The two entities first collaborated on designs for this year's 81st Annual Academy Awards.

29 Jul 2009