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EDF Energies Commission France's Largest Solar Power Plant

EDF Energies Nouvelles (Paris:EEN) has announced the commissioning and official opening of the La Narbonnaise photovoltaic solar power plant in the Aude region of France. With capacity of 7 MWp, this solar farm - built i...

18 Dec 2008

SAS Reach Green Milestone with Launch of Solar Farm

Sustainability has been a key focus in 2008 at SAS, the leader in business analytics. As the year draws to a close, the company celebrates a green milestone: its on-campus solar farm is now live and providing power to th...

18 Dec 2008

GE First-Ever OLED Christmas Tree Lighting Set to Transform the Lighting Industry

Illuminated in green light, GE's flexible OLED panels cut quite a tree and provide a glimpse at how this revolutionary lighting concept is going to transform the lighting industry.

18 Dec 2008

Siemens to Integrate Advanced Medical Diagnostic and Imaging Systems to Improve Patient Care

Siemens Healthcare announced the signing of an agreement today with Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, to integrate the use of laboratory diagnostics, imaging and information technology systems with the intent to impro...

18 Dec 2008

MEMSIC Introduce New Magnetic Sensor with Enhanced Digital Compass

MEMSIC, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEMS), a leading MEMS solution provider, combining proprietary MEMS technology with advanced mixed signal processing and system solution, today announced a new line of magnetic sensors with enhanced...

17 Dec 2008

Osram Introduce Full HD Home Cinema Projector with LED Lighting System

Driver technology from OSRAM is integrated into the first full HD home cinema projector with an LED lighting system which was presented by the Delta Electronics, Inc. at the IFA consumer electronics exhibition in Berlin. RAPCUR™ LED drivers enable LED front projectors to produce razor-sharp images of unparalleled quality.

17 Dec 2008

High-Reflective Thin-Film Coatings for Laser Applications

Both coatings are designed to minimize group velocity dispersion and third order dispersion, maintaining close to a transform-limited pulse performance in ultrafast laser systems. They are available for 0 and 45° angle of incidence operation, and they are available on 25 and 50 mm diameter fused silica substrates.

17 Dec 2008

Osram Expand LED Product Portfolio with Announcement of Joint Venture with Leading LED Solution Provider

Osram is strengthening its portfolio in the field of professional LED lighting systems and solutions by setting up a joint venture with Traxon Technologies Ltd., Hong Kong. The new company, in which Osram has the majorit...

17 Dec 2008

3D Nano-Porous Optical Biosensor Receives Most Innovative Product (MIP) Award

Silicon Kinetics SKi Pro is the world's first 3D label-free platform for biomolecular interaction analysis in proteomics research, biomarker and drug discovery, vaccine development as well as quality control in drug manufacturing.

17 Dec 2008

Optical Obama a Shining Beacon for Change in Science and Art

The EnvisageChange.com team today released an artistic optical illusion featuring President-Elect Barack Obama. Aiming to spark lively discussion about the nature and necessity of change in many aspects of our lives, the optical illusion is an allegory about the importance of taking action.

17 Dec 2008