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Overview of the LCD and Plasma TV Market in US

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Snapshots US LCD & Plasma Television Sets 2008" to their offering.

12 Mar 2008

Solar Photovoltaics Expects to Reach $74 Billion by 2017, Says Report

Global clean-energy markets are expanding rapidly, with revenues in four benchmark sectors - biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells - up 40 percent from $55 billion in 2006 to $77.3 billion in 2007, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2008 report released today.

12 Mar 2008

Experiment Collected Many Images of the Moon

Newly-released images of the lunar south-polar region obtained by ESA's SMART-1 are proving to be wonderful tools to zero-in on suitable study sites for potential future lunar exploration missions.

12 Mar 2008

Korean Memory Supplier Places Order for ESI IR Laser Systems

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a leading provider of world-class photonic and laser systems for micro-engineering applications, today announced that a major Korean memory supplier has placed a follow-on, multiple system order for ESI Model 9850 infrared (IR) laser link-processing systems.

12 Mar 2008

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