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Optogenetics Also Works in Nonhuman Primates

Neuroscientists are eagerly, but not always successfully, looking for proof that optogenetics – a celebrated technique that uses pulses of visible light to genetically alter brain cells to be excited or silenced – can be as successful in complex and large brains as it has been in rodent models.

13 Dec 2013

Mauna Kea Technologies and Imperial College of London Partner to Advance Optical Biopsy with Cellvizio

Mauna Kea Technologies announced today it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the Imperial College London, United-Kingdom, to develop next generation computer vision features for the use of optical biopsy based on the Cellvizio technology platform.

13 Dec 2013

ReneSola’s PV Modules Power 63KW Roof-Top Solar Array at Philadelphia Temple University

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, today announced its collaboration with Community Energy, Inc., a Pennsylvania based developer of clean energy projects.

13 Dec 2013

Global Chip on Board LED Market Forecast to Grow at 40.71% CAGR Over the Period 2013-2018

Bharat Book Bureau presents Global Chip on Board LED Market 2014-2018. This report forecast the Global Chip on Board LED market to grow at a CAGR of 40.71 percent over the period 2013-2018.

13 Dec 2013

Larson Electronics Develops Innovative LED Tube Lamp for Optimal Upgrading of Fluorescent Fixtures

Larson Electronics has developed a new 18 watt LED tube lamp with rotating end caps to ensure optimal performance in upgrading standard fluorescent fixtures.

13 Dec 2013

Altibox Begins Fiber-Optic Network Installation on Norway’s West Coast

Norway's west coast is set to become the site of Altibox's first installation of the next generation of high-speed broadband. In the district of Hjelmeland households, holiday home owners, local government offices, public service providers, and businesses, will be offered a fiber-optic network with a speed of 1,000 Mb/s (1 Gb/s).

13 Dec 2013

New Photo-lithography System PhableR 100 by Eulitha AG

Eulitha AG, A Swiss based company specializing in novel nano lithography technologies, today announced the availability of a new photo-lithography system PhableR 100 for printing high resolution nano-structures, especially for research and development applications as well as pilot and low-volume production use.

12 Dec 2013

New Transfer Project for polyoptics

polyoptics GmbH the German based company, a developer and manufacturer of polymer optics received a transfer project with a production volume in the mid six-figure range.

From polyoptics GmbH 12 Dec 2013

Lux Review Magazine Honors Soraa Founder as ‘Person of the Year’

Soraa, the world leader in the development of gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN™) LED technology, announced today that one of its founders, Dr. Shuji Nakamura, was recently honored by Lux Review Magazine as their "Person of the Year" and was inducted into Electronic Design's Hall of Fame for his outstanding work in the lighting industry.

From SORAA 12 Dec 2013

New England Laser Options Offers Astanza Liberty IPL Hair Removal Treatments

New England Laser Options (NELO) of Western Massachusetts has expanded their offerings with the addition of Astanza Liberty IPL hair removal treatments.

12 Dec 2013

Near-Infrared Laser Pretreatment Improves Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines

Pretreating the site of intradermal vaccination – vaccine delivered into the skin rather than to muscles beneath the skin – with a particular wavelength of laser light may substantially improve vaccine effectiveness without the adverse effects of chemical additives currently used to boost vaccine efficacy.

12 Dec 2013

EPSRC Hosts New National Web Portal for Photonics

A new national web portal for photonics is being launched today with the aim of mapping the UK’s activity in the sector so that industry and academia can discover resources and collaborators.

12 Dec 2013

New ‘Wide-Angle Virtual Environment’ Display Shaped Like an Ocean Wave

The next phase in the evolution of high-tech displays is here, and this time, the term ‘leading edge’ isn’t just a catchy slogan, but an evocative description of the technology’s look and feel.

12 Dec 2013

LED Pioneer Ventures into ‘Grand Challenges’ - Energy and Water

You might not know what "lattice-matched heterojunctions" are, but if you stopped at a new stoplight, played a DVD or used a laser pointer, you've made use of technology pioneered by Jerry Woodall, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis.

12 Dec 2013

Quicker Way to Characterize Laser Beams to Optimize Performance

The Arden Photonics BQM-50 Beam Propagation Analyser Compact, based on a prototype developed by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), offers customers a quicker and easier way of characterising laser beams to optimise their performance.

12 Dec 2013