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Hubble Space Telescope Providing Scientists With Largest Sample of Distant Galaxies

By using the gravitational magnification from six massive lensing galaxy clusters, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date. Some of the newly found magnified objects are dimmer than the faintest ones seen in the legendary Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which is usually considered the deepest image of the Universe.

24 Jul 2008

Innovative Glasses Making it Easier for People with Impaired Vision to Drive

Glasses embedded with a telescope promise to make it easier for people with impaired vision to drive and do other activities requiring sharper distance vision. Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists describe the advantages of these innovative glasses over earlier devices in an article published in the May/June issue of Journal of Biomedical Optics, mailed in print form to subscribers this month.

24 Jul 2008

High Heat Thermoplastic Light Bulbs Make Safe Replacements for Teflon Coated Glass Globes

Bravadus are manufacturing new high heat thermoplastic vapor-tight protective globe for industrial light fixtures. The Bravadus high heat thermoplastic globe replaces Teflon coated glass globes in food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing applications where containment of shattered glass is required to protect workers and products from contamination from broken glass.

24 Jul 2008

Versatile High Power LED Driver for Up to 30 Watts with Integrated MOSFET

Power Analog Microelectronics (PAM), a developer of innovative Class-D digital audio amplifiers and high- power LED display driver semiconductors, today announced its first high- voltage 30 watt LED Driver with integrated MOSFET based on the Bipolar-CMOS- DMOS (BCD) Technology developed at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC).

24 Jul 2008

Lambda Photometrics Announces Two New Tunable OPO Laser Systems from Opotek

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce two new tunable OPO laser systems from Opotek, the high-repetition rate Opolette HR and the high-energy Opolette HE.

24 Jul 2008

Polarised Sunglasses Help Astronomers See Black Hole Disks

For the first time astronomers have found a way to get a clean view of the elusive disks of matter surrounding supermassive black holes. By using a polarising filter on the Science and Technology Facility Council’s UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii, they have been able to see through the clouds of dust which surround these black holes. This work is published on 24th July 2008 in Nature.

24 Jul 2008

HelioVolt's Unique Process Expands Performance Envelope of Thin-Film PV

HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar energy products, today announced that it has garnered an R&D 100 Award from Research + Development (R&D) Magazine for work performed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

24 Jul 2008

Researchers Achieve Major Milestone in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye (the "sensitizer") to improve the optical absorption coefficient of the stained nanostructured electrodes, might color our dimming future energy security with a tint of rose, despite the looming depletion of fossil fuels. Costing only 10~20% as its silicon counterparts, the new devices might make it affordable for much more people to utilize solar energy, a handy renewable energy source.

24 Jul 2008

UK Ophthalmic Market Was Worth 2.74bn Pounds in 2007

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ophthalmic Goods + Services Market Report 2008" report to their offering.

23 Jul 2008

Work Greatly Strengthens Explanation of Quasars

For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers have long predicted they would be. Their work will be published in the July 24 issue of the science journal Nature.

23 Jul 2008

Universal Display Corporation to Develop Ceiling-Based white OLED Lighting System

Universal Display Corporation, a key innovator behind today and tomorrow's displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED(TM) technology, today announced a $1,918,878, two-year U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contract to develop a ceiling-based white OLED lighting system. Universal Display plans to use Armstrong World Industries as a key subcontractor to fulfill the requirements of the grant. Funded through the U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, this Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program award supports the DOE's long-term commitment to advance the development and market introduction of energy-efficient, solid-state white light sources for general illumination.

23 Jul 2008

Canon’s Latest DR Imaging System Offers Outstanding Diagnostic Imaging Quality

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technologies, today announced the expansion of its line of digital radiography (DR) systems with the introduction of the Canon CXDI-60G Portable Flat Panel Detector. Canon's ninth-generation flat panel detector extends DR beyond traditional applications to include room-to-room installations, mobile X-ray systems and more.

23 Jul 2008

Connection Between Vision, Learning Problems and Vision Therapy Treatments

As parents ready millions of children across the US to start the new school year, COVD's "August is Children's Vision and Learning Month" campaign is working to raise awareness about the important connection between vision and learning.

23 Jul 2008

Astron Clinica to Distribute Palomar's Range of Aesthetic Imaging Products

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced today that it has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Astron Clinica, Ltd. to distribute a range of aesthetic imaging products in the United States and Canada.

23 Jul 2008

New Laser Diode Driver Gives Customers Greater Flexibility in SFP Module Designs

Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched a new 4.25Gbps FP/DFB Laser Diode Driver. The SY88422L is a single 3.3V supply, small form-factor laser driver capable of delivering up to 90mA modulation current and 100mA bias current.

23 Jul 2008