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Thin Film Solar Technology Company Receives Funding to Advance Solar Technology

Bloo Solar announced today that is has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

28 Feb 2008

Landmark Research Partnership on Emerging Areas of All-Optical Networking

The Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR), headquartered in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, has announced that it has entered into a landmark research partnership with NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. (NCOS), part of Japanese technology giant NEC Group, focused on the emerging area of all-optical networking.

28 Feb 2008

New 82-Inch Large Format Display Now Shipping and Available

Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a world-leading manufacturer of professional LCD and PDP display products, today announced the availability of its largest and most powerful large format display.

28 Feb 2008

3D Imaging Becoming the Highest Growth Segments in Field of Medical Imaging

3D imaging has become one of the highest growth segments in the field of medical imaging and the European 3D imaging market is expanding as applications become increasingly affordable. 3D is gaining in popularity as a rapid diagnostic tool that tackles the huge volume of medical data being produced daily in European hospitals, aiding in workflow efficienc

28 Feb 2008

Compact PLCC-4 Power LED Series Now Includes White, Blue and Green

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the addition of four new colors to its series of super half-watt (0.5W) power PLCC-4 surface-mount (SMT) light emitting diodes (LEDs) for use in automotive and electronic sign applications.

28 Feb 2008

Breakthroughs in Optical Networking and Optoelectronic Components

Alcatel-Lucent today announced, in four post deadline papers accepted at the OFC/NFOEC conference in San Diego, California, new optical networking milestones, including a new optical transmission record and three novel new photonic integrated circuits.

28 Feb 2008

Suppliers will Deliver Approximately 12 MW of Wafers to CSI Under Agreement

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced it signed solar wafer supply contracts with four suppliers, including Jiangsu Shunda Group Corporation.

28 Feb 2008

EMCORE Introduces New Line of Un-Cooled Coaxial DFB Lasers

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, is announcing the introduction of a new line of un-cooled coaxial DFB lasers.

28 Feb 2008

$39 Million Production Order for Additional Solar Cell Receiver Assemblies

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announces today that it has been awarded a follow-on production order of $39 million for additional solar cell receiver assemblies.

28 Feb 2008

Austria Company Providing Photonic Tumor Therapy to the Healthcare Market

Günther Hofmann, Chief Operating Officer of PHOTO DYNAMIC THERAPY LLC (PDT®), a Vienna, Austria based company providing their propriate PHOTONIC TUMOR THERAPY SYSTEM to the healthcare market as a clinical all-in service, is currently on the road show in the United States from the east to the west.

28 Feb 2008

Advanced and Affordable Cone Beam 3-D Imaging

Gendex, a global leader in dental radiographic products, announces its latest imaging system, the GXCB-500, a Cone Beam 3-D imaging system to debut at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, Feb. 22-24, 2008, in booth #200.

28 Feb 2008

Capsule Endoscopy Provides Magnified View of Intestinal Damage

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that capsule endoscopy can provide a magnified view of the intestinal damage caused by celiac disease. This new information can help physicians detect and diagnose celiac disease, as well as measure intestinal healing following treatment.

28 Feb 2008

Clues to Progressive Eye Disease

Variations in genes that control the production of chemicals involved in inflammation may hold the clue to age related macular degeneration, or AMD, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

27 Feb 2008

AMD Doubles the Risk of Dying from Heart Attack orStroke

The progressive eye disease, age related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, doubles the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, reveals research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

27 Feb 2008

First Manufacturer to Introduce 52-Inch Display Based on Professional-Grade Panel

NEC Display Solutions of America, the recognized leader of professional-grade commercial and residential LCD panels, plasma, and projector displays, today announced the 52-inch MultiSync LCD5220, a full high-definition, wide-screen display designed for a variety of digital signage applications, corporate boardrooms and education venues.

27 Feb 2008