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Using Light to Destroy Cancer

When Sammie Bush mentioned to his doctor that he sometimes felt something in the back of his throat, he didn't expect to learn that he had cancer or that he would be the first patient at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago to undergo photodynamic therapy -- a new procedure that uses light to destroy cancer.

4 Jun 2008

An Innovative Recipe for Giant Telescope Mirrors on the Moon

Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust.

4 Jun 2008

Solid-State Lighting to Replace Incandescent and Fluorescent Lighting

Professor Shuji Nakamura, Director UC Santa Barbara's Solid-State Lighting and Energy Center, has been named a recipient of the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

4 Jun 2008

Halving the Cost of Traditional Solar Panels

HP and Xtreme Energetics (XE), a solar energy system developer based in Livermore, Calif., today announced they have entered into an agreement for the development of a solar energy system designed to generate electricity at twice the efficiency and half the cost of traditional solar panels.

4 Jun 2008

New Innovations and Improvements in How Solar Panels are Manufactured

Reuters is reporting on production and efficiency developments in solar cell manufacturing from Evergreen Solar.

4 Jun 2008

Advanced Technology Drives Ongoing Live-Cell Research

Nikon Instruments Inc. and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine announced the opening of a collaborative core microscopy imaging center, establishing a partnership that brings improved research capabilities to Northwestern, while providing critical feedback for Nikon product development.

4 Jun 2008

VIASPACE Enters into Distribution Agreements for its Laser Based Relative Humidity Instrument

VIASPACE Inc., a company that transforms proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions, announced today that it has entered into distribution agreements for its laser based HS-1000 VIASENSOR relative humidity instrument with WonATech of Korea. WonATech has already purchased their initial unit.

4 Jun 2008

DuPont Dry Film Photoresists Address Productivity and Environmental Challenges

DuPont Advanced Packaging Lithography, part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, has fully commercialized DuPont"! WBR 2000 Series dry film photoresist material for advanced semiconductor packaging applications, including electroplated solder, photostencil and copper pillar bumping.

4 Jun 2008

Physicians Say Sedationless Transnasal Endoscopy is Now Practical

Vision-Sciences, Inc. announced today that it has launched to the global gastroenterology market its new video-based flexible esophagoscope at the Digestive Disease Week Annual Conference in San Diego, California.

4 Jun 2008

Boeing Fires New Thin-Disk Laser

The Boeing Company fired its new thin-disk laser system repeatedly in recent tests, achieving the highest known simultaneous power, beam quality and run time for any solid-state laser to date.

4 Jun 2008

The Most Advanced Digital Displays in the World

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, and Outdoor Promotions, LLC, announced today that they are collaborating to line the Las Vegas strip with the most advanced digital displays in the world.

4 Jun 2008

Steerable Camera Pill

Images of the inside of the intestine can be obtained even today: The patient swallows a camera that is no larger than a candy. It makes its way through the intestine and transmits images of the intestinal villi to an external receiver which the patient carries on a belt.

4 Jun 2008

Sunovia Energy Awarded LED Lighting Contract

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a LED lighting contract by the city of Fairview, Texas. The contract calls for Sunovia to provide its energy-efficient EvoLucia(TM) LED lighting products for street lighting within the city.

4 Jun 2008

Sumitomo Electric Reaches the 10 Million Milestone

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., today announced that it has now shipped more than 10 million units of optical transmitters/receivers/transceivers.

3 Jun 2008

Lamina Opens Product Showroom and Design Studio

Lamina Lighting Incorporated (Lamina), the world leader in the development and manufacturer of high-power LED light engines, today announced it has opened The Lamina Design Center, a product showroom and design studio at 336 West 37th Street in Manhattan.

3 Jun 2008