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New Magellan SEM First to Enable Rapid 3D Surface Imaging at Sub-Nanometer Resolution

The Magellan XHR SEM allows scientists and engineers to quickly see things they could not see before, such as 3D surface images at many different angles and at resolutions below one nanometer (about the size of ten hydrogen atoms, side-by-side).

7 Jul 2008

Company’s Breakthrough Technology Dramatically Reduces Cost of Solar Modules

BioSolar, Inc. reports that surging oil prices have resulted in unprecedented price hikes in photovoltaic solar module manufacturing, creating substantial growth opportunities for BioSolar. The company's breakthrough...

7 Jul 2008

Report Studies the Physics and Applications of Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials: Physics and Applications" report to their offering.

7 Jul 2008

Probing Nanostructures Such as LED Lights

Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be useful probes of nanostructures such as LED lights.

3 Jul 2008

Sunovia Energy to Develop LED Based Lighting Fixtures and Solar Lighting Systems

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc., a renewable energy and energy conservation company, is pleased to announce that it has finalized an exclusive partnership with Kauffman Consulting, LLC for the design and development of proprietary, high-efficiency LED based solid-state lighting fixtures and solar lighting systems.

3 Jul 2008

LED Displays for Use on U.S. Freeways

Tootoo.com announced today that one of their main LED component suppliers, Opto Tech, has landed a big order for LED displays for use on freeways in the U.S.

3 Jul 2008

A New Kind of Astronomy using Neutral Atoms Instead of Light

NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized particles in the region where the hot solar wind slams into the cold interstellar medium.

2 Jul 2008

USDC and Applied Materials Providing Innovations for Future Display Technology

The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC), a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display and flexible electronics supply chain, today announced a cost-shared contract award with Applied Materials, Inc. to develop metal-oxide films for next-generation thin-film transistors (TFTs). Oregon State University (OSU), a pioneer in transparent electronics, will work with Applied's Display Business Group-AKT, in this USDC-sponsored program, bringing together the U.S. government, private industry and university research to enable critical innovations for future display technology.

2 Jul 2008

GLAST Gearing Up for Data from Satellite

Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite.

2 Jul 2008

Providing Simple Solution for Flashing and On/Off LED Applications

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, has added a 16-channel I2C/SMBus LED driver/blinker to its line of bus products. The CAT9552 drives up to 16 LEDs in either programmable flashing or "on/off" modes. The CAT9552 is ideal for applications including advertising point-of-sale signage with flashing LEDs, and any type of consumer or industrial equipment with "on/off" LED indicators.

2 Jul 2008

A Major Step Towards the Goal of Developing Printable Electronics

European researchers have taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating radio frequency identification tags and flexible watch displays.

2 Jul 2008

Understanding and Controlling Optical Damage in Crystals

A new study undertaken by the non lineal optics and wave guides research group belonging to the department of Material Science of the UAM has advanced current understanding as well as the control of optical damage in crystals, offering new ways to increase light-power output of future optical integrated circuits.

2 Jul 2008

Considerable Utility of Simultaneous Framing and Streak Camera in Visualising Nanoscale Biomedical Events

Specialised Imaging Ltd. has announced the availability of a new technical report* demonstrating the considerable utility of a simultaneous framing and streak camera system in visualising nanoscale biomedical events.

2 Jul 2008

Latest Generation Ready for Fast-Growing LED Fabrication Market

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials today announced that a second-generation VaporStation(TM) central delivery system, which provides several enhancements to the highly-capable original version, is now available. The new systems use the latest version of the IvMB(TM) inverted mini bubbler, optimized control software and an improved panel layout.

1 Jul 2008

LARA Opens the Way for More Effective Carbon Trading, Drug Development and Carbon Dating

Carbon offsets increasingly are becoming a major component in the arsenal for reducing global warming. Even Bon Jovi, the Rolling Stones and the Dave Matthews Band are doing it: acquiring carbon offsets to reduce the carbon footprint of their tours. As more organizations and businesses start trading in carbon offsets, the need for accurate measurements of carbon emissions also is becoming critically important for fair and exact exchanges.

1 Jul 2008