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Key to Making Next Generation Lighting Technology Commercially Viable

GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric, and GE Consumer and Industrial, today announced the successful demonstration of the world's first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices.

12 Mar 2008

Company Clarifies Structure and Mission by Establishing New Infrared Division

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has established a new infrared materials and systems integration division for advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) and mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) infrared imaging and sensor products.

12 Mar 2008

Laser Radar System Detects Low-Level Wind Shear and Improves Flight Safety

Lockheed Martin announced the Japan Meteorological Agency has purchased a second WindTracer(R) lidar system, which will operate at the Narita International Airport in Tokyo.

12 Mar 2008

Miniature Device That Will Identify Chemical Compounds on Demand

The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Dr. George Radziszewski a U.S. Patent (No. 7,342,664) for his revolutionary ChemiD Mini Lab, a miniature device that will identify chemical compounds on demand.

12 Mar 2008

Overview of Mobile Display Technology and Applications

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Mobile Displays: Technology and Applications to their offering.

11 Mar 2008

Significant Sale for GT Solar in Polysilicon Production Chain

GT Solar Incorporated, announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Trina Solar (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Trina Solar, Ltd. with polysilicon reactors and converters worth $49 MM.

11 Mar 2008

The Global TFT-LCD Panel Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "TFT-LCD Panel Industry Development in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan" to their offering.

11 Mar 2008

First Pictures from an Automated Eye in the Sky

One of the experiments housed on the European Columbus laboratory's external platform is an automated eye in the sky known as the Earth Viewing Camera (EVC). Now, after several weeks of troubleshooting by the EVC team in the Netherlands, the first pictures from the orbiting camera have arrived safely back on Earth.

11 Mar 2008

Helping Doctors get a Better Look at Esophageal Conditions

Novel techniques to improve the quality of imaging are helping doctors get a better look at esophageal conditions such as Barrett's esophagus (BE), but they do not necessarily improve the diagnosis or physician agreement on images, according to a study published this month in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.

11 Mar 2008

A New Twist on Photosynthesis

A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Photosynthesis by plants, algae, and some bacteria supports nearly all living things by producing food from sunlight, and in the process these organisms release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

11 Mar 2008

Lunar Telescope to See into the Dark Ages

A team of scientists and engineers led by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will study how to design a telescope on the Moon for peering into the last unexplored epoch in the Universe's history.

11 Mar 2008

Camera Provides Anyone with Ability to View Entire Scene

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a wide-angle camera that will be able to provide security forces with the ability to monitor large areas through high-resolution images taken from a satellite or an airborne craft, according to researcher David Pollock.

11 Mar 2008

Integration of Five Leading Companies in the Photonics Industry

Five leading companies in the photonics industry have been integrated under the "Gooch and Housego" brand name. Although they were all previously owned by Gooch & Housego Plc, they had operated under separate names.

11 Mar 2008

Security Applications to Benefit From Canesta's Electronic Perception Technology

Canesta, Inc, the pioneer of Electronic Perception Technology, announced today that Japan’s Optex Corporation – one of the world’s leaders in optical image sensing technology – has adopted one of Canesta’s 3D CanestaVision sensor chips for use in Optex’s new 3D image sensing technology platform.

11 Mar 2008

Consumers Now Have Easy Access to Home Theater Lenses

Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has expanded the sales and service capabilities of its Home Cinema line of products with the addition of manufacturers' representatives covering every region of the United States.

10 Mar 2008