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Emcore Supplies 700 Megawatt of Solar Energy Over Multiple Years

EMCORE Corporation announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of between 200 MW and 700 MW of solar power systems that are scheduled for deployment in utility scale solar power projects under development in the southwestern region of the United States.

31 Jan 2008

New Device Drives Up to 10 White LEDs

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc., a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced today the AAT1239-1, a high frequency, high efficiency constant current boost converter capable of driving up to 10 white LEDs (WLEDs) connected in series.

31 Jan 2008

The Eyes Have It

Using the radiocarbon dating method and special proteins in the lens of the eye, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus can now establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was born. This provides a useful tool for forensic scientists who can use it to establish the date of birth of an unidentified body and could also have further consequences for health science research. The findings are published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on January 30.

30 Jan 2008

Using DNA to Yield Optical Nanomaterials

In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles (particles with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter).

30 Jan 2008

Police Continues to Use Laser Guns

Police in Hong Kong will continue using laser guns to detect speeding offences as the recent controversy over a case was down to poor evidence gathering rather than an inaccurate laser reading.

30 Jan 2008

First Annual World Glaucoma Day Draws Attention To 'The Sneak Thief of Sight'

In an effort to combat one of the main causes of blindness around the globe, the World Glaucoma Association and the World Glaucoma Patient Organization have announced the first annual World Glaucoma Day, to be observed on March 6, 2008.

30 Jan 2008

Palomar Medical Technologies Unveils Newest Fractional Laser Handpiece

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, announced today that it will unveil two new fractional handpieces at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Antonio.

30 Jan 2008

World Smallest Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor

FISO Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Roctest Ltd and a leading manufacturer of high-quality fiber optic sensors and measurement systems for challenging and demanding applications, announces the introduction of the FOP-F125 pressure sensor at MD&M West, a major exhibition in the medical market.

30 Jan 2008

GfK Asia Releases Optic Retail Audit Data Covering Major Cities

GfK Asia released its premier retail audit data on the 2007 Optics industry in China covering the contact lens market in three major cities: Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.

30 Jan 2008

Simpler and More Precise Measurements of Luminous Flux

The total light irradiated by a lamp in all directions is expressed by its luminous flux. To determine the luminous flux of lamps more rapidly, the lamp industry uses so-called integrating spheres.

29 Jan 2008

Organic Dye Converts Sunlight into Electricity

Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world's largest trade fair for nanotechnology. Their solar module, which they will be presenting in the BMBF marketing campaign "Nanotech Germany", is the size and shape of a door: two meters high and sixty centimeters wide.

29 Jan 2008

Researchers Develops Less Expensive Method to Decontaminate Bioterrorism Hazards

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in collaboration with Austin-based Stellar Micro Devices, Inc. (SMD) have developed prototypes of a rapid, non-disruptive and less expensive method that could be used to decontaminate bioterrorism hazards in the future.

29 Jan 2008

Researchers Paving the Way for New Generation of Artificial Vision Systems

An international team of experts has just recommended a new Research Centre for Neurotechnology in Frankfurt/Main with funding totalling several million Euros over a period of five years. It is part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research´s Bernstein Programme for neurotechnology. The aim of neurotechnology is to elucidate the principles of information processing in the brain and to use this for developing new technologies.

29 Jan 2008

Innovative Hardware and Software Provide Flexibility and Performance

Nikon Instruments, Inc. today launched the A1 series of confocal laser point scanning systems, which seamlessly integrates with the new Ti-E research inverted microscope.

29 Jan 2008

DOE Selects Rice University to Compete in Solar Decathlon

Rice University was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 20 university-led teams to compete in the fourth Solar Decathlon, which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009.

29 Jan 2008