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Painting Solar Cells onto Steel Building Products

Researchers at Swansea University are developing a new, eco-friendly technology that could generate as much electricity as 50 wind farms.

6 Mar 2008

LIDAR Technology for Wind Energy Applications

Wind energy is currently regarded as the most important source of renewable energy. The optimal operation of the newest generation of large wind turbines is possible through the reliable measurement of the wind inflow characteristics.

6 Mar 2008

First Binocular Light - A Milestone for Science

The Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Ariz., has taken celestial images using its twin side-by-side, 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) primary mirrors together, achieving first "binocular" light.

6 Mar 2008

WaveReady Designed to Address Requirements for Today's Optical Network Operators

JDSU today announced the release of new additions to its WaveReady(TM) product line of scalable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transport solutions designed for metro, access and enterprise optical networks.

6 Mar 2008

New Test Process Once Requiring Two Technicians Now Takes One

JDSU today announced the addition of the industry's first 30 MHz far-end device (FED), the UltraFED, to its leading portfolio of triple-play service testers.

6 Mar 2008

LED Lighting Developer Granted Permanent Injunction Against Taiwanese Manufacturer

Altair Engineering, parent company of LED lighting developer ilumisys, has been granted a judgment and permanent injunction against High Tech Global Group Co., Ltd. (HTGG), a Taiwanese manufacturer.

6 Mar 2008

New Lights Energized the Workers

Lime Energy today announced it recently completed a lighting system retrofit project for ORCON Corporation of Union City, California.

6 Mar 2008

Asola WIns Contract to Supply State-of-the-Art Solar Modules

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that its German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, has been awarded a contract by AS Solar GmbH for the supply of high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic solar modules.

6 Mar 2008

TTCM China Establishes New Glass Subsidiary

TTCM China, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of glass-reinforced fiber plastic pipes and related products, today announced the establishment of a new subsidiary.

5 Mar 2008

Free Vision Correction Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury Patients

A Dawsonville, GA man who was left paralyzed from an auto accident 13 years ago is now living without his glasses thanks to Dr. George O. Waring, M.D., a surgeon at InView, a leading laser surgery center in Atlanta, GA.

5 Mar 2008

Unique Quantum Discovery Revolutionizes Encryption Technology

An unusual observation in a University of Central Florida physics lab may lead to a new generation of "Quantum Computers" that will render today's computer and credit card encryption technology obsolete.

5 Mar 2008

Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Reveals Switchable Nanochannels in Materials

Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close-on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their "exercises", as they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Such switchable nanochannels could be useful for future nanoelectronics and nanoscopic "machines".

5 Mar 2008

Using Sunlight to Convert Biomass to Synthesis Gas

The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy to develop rapid solar- thermal chemical reactor systems for the conversion of biomass material like switchgrass and algae to synthesis gas.

5 Mar 2008

More Than 95 Percent of LASIK Patients are Satisfied with Their New Vision

Worldwide, an average 95.4 percent of LASIK patients are satisfied with their new vision, according to the first review of the world body of scientific literature, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) announced today.

5 Mar 2008

Leading Renewable Energy Lab Chooses Spire For Solar Module Testing

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a purchase order for its advanced Single Long Pulse Solar Simulator from the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) located in Golden, Colorado.

5 Mar 2008