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Lighting Designers Enhances the Magnificence of the New Poly Plaza

Beijing has become a hot spot for avant-garde architecture as the world pays more attention to the city's building boom. Many of the world's great architects have bold structures sprouting all over the city, with such descriptive nicknames as the bird's nest, twisted doughnut and eggshell.

1 Apr 2008

Agilent Technologies Acquires Developer of Microscopy Products for Life Sciences

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of TILL Photonics GmbH, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of optical, fluorescence microscopy products for life sciences. Financial details were not disclosed.

1 Apr 2008

Ascent Solar Sign Cooperative Development Agreement wirh Solar Cell Developer

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive cooperation agreement with ICP Solar Technologies Inc. Pursuant to the agreement, Ascent Solar will provide ICP Solar with thin-firm photovoltaic (PV) material from Ascent Solar's existing 1.5 MW production line in 2008 and 2009, during which time ICP Solar will develop, test, and integrate Ascent Solar's PV materials into ICP Solar's portable power and other electronic integrated PV products.

1 Apr 2008

MyCall Converged Communications Brings IP-Based Voice Services to Consumers

Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Connexion Technologies, a leading US fiber-optic amenity company, has launched Comverse's MyCall Converged Communications to help telecommunications companies serve residential customers with high-quality IP-based voice services over Connexion's Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks.

1 Apr 2008

New Advanced Image Processing Feature Improves Diagnosis with Increased Visibility

At this year's American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Chicago, March 30 - April 1, 2008 (Booth # 8001), Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. will be showcasing its Advanced Image Processing (AIP) technology for its Infinix(TM) X-ray product line.

1 Apr 2008

The U.S. Introduction of the TECNIS 1-Piece Intraocular Lens

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced the U.S. introduction of the TECNIS® 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL).

1 Apr 2008

New Type of Imaging System That Can Illuminate Tumors in Living Subjects

Doctors' quest to see what is happening inside a living body has been hampered by the limits on detecting tiny components of internal structures and events. Now a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has developed a new type of imaging system that can illuminate tumors in living subjects-getting pictures with a precision of nearly one-trillionth of a meter.

1 Apr 2008

New Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers from Routine Analysis to Advanced Research

Varian, Inc. announced today its new 200-MS Series of ion trap mass spectrometers for GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry).

1 Apr 2008

New Technologies Help Customers to Move Science Forward

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched a number of innovative new products at Analytica 2008, the world's largest laboratory technology tradeshow, taking place in Munich, Germany, from April 1 - 4.

1 Apr 2008

New Moria Microkeratome Provides All the Benefits of SBK at a Much More Economical Cost

Moria will unveil its new One Use-Plus SBK microkeratome at this year's meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Chicago. At the Moria booth on April 5, Richard J. Duffey, MD will present the results of his clinical trials.

1 Apr 2008

Optelecom-NKF Announces Launch of New Line of Video Cameras

Optelecom-NKF, Inc., a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, today announced the launch of its new comprehensive line of video cameras at the 2008 ISC West Show in Las Vegas, NV (April 2nd through 4th).

1 Apr 2008

Project Enable Homeowners to Gain Benefits of Rooftop Solar Power Systems at No Upfront Cost

Open Energy Corporation announced today that it has signed a development agreement with San Diego based John DeWald + Associates to create its first "solar community" project which will enable homeowners in the Pacific Station development in California to gain the benefits of rooftop solar power systems at no upfront cost to the developer or homeowner.

31 Mar 2008

Industry's First High-Current LED Driver that Enables Dual LED Operation

National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced the industry's first high-current light-emitting diode (LED) driver that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in portable multimedia devices.

31 Mar 2008

Payback from Energy and Maintenance Savings Made Possible by Long LED Life

The Brazilian government has awarded a first-place Rational Use and Energy Conservation National Award to a project by electric power distributor Bandeirante Energia S.A. that replaced all the incandescent-based traffic lights in a Sao Paolo suburb with LUXEON LED-based lamps.

31 Mar 2008

First 10G EPON Reference Designs for FTTH Deployments

PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announced the availability of complete reference designs for 10Gbit/s IEEE 802.3av EPON Optical Line Terminals (OLT) and Optical Network Units (ONU).

31 Mar 2008