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Nominations of Super-Efficient LED Lighting Invited for Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards

Nominations are now open for the first round of the Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards. The Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) is an initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) focused on catalyzing markets to deliver increased access to modern energy services.

4 Apr 2013

Lasers Inspire Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Cocaine Addiction

By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats – or conversely turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine seekers.

4 Apr 2013

Astronomers Explain Detective Telescopic Techniques Used to Find Elusive Exoplanets

The public is invited to experience "Stars and Planets Everywhere! Finding Other Worlds Beyond Our Solar System," a free event on April 10 at the Visitor Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The lecture will be presented by Jennifer Wiseman , senior astrophysicist at NASA Goddard.

4 Apr 2013

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Morphology of Single-Cell Protists

University of British Columbia researchers have discovered two new symbionts living in the gut of termites, and taken the unusual step of naming them after fictional monsters created by American horror author HP Lovecraft.

4 Apr 2013

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Attracts Thousands of People

Northrop Grumman Corporation's four-story high, tennis court-sized full-scale model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope attracted thousands at the recent South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.

3 Apr 2013

Lightwave Logic Perkinamine Indigo Optical Coating Holds Promise for Microelectronics Applications

Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology company focused on the development of a Next Generation Non Linear Optical Polymer Materials Platform and Optical Devices for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced today that preliminary testing results on devices recently coated with Perkinamine Indigo™ demonstrated several of the key performance parameters desired by our potential microelectronics customer.

3 Apr 2013

High-Speed Digital 3-D Holography Reveals Survival Behavior of Marine Copepods

Olympic swimmers aren't the only ones who change their strokes to escape competitors. To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming stroke to big power strokes, a behavior that has now been revealed thanks to 3-D high-speed digital holography.

3 Apr 2013

Larson Electronics Introduces LED Work Light with Magnetic Mount Pedestal Base

Larson Electronics has released an LED work light designed to provide a versatile and powerful lighting solution for operators who need effective illumination from a portable system that can work within a wide range of applications.

3 Apr 2013

Philips Ledalite Introduces New Portfolio of High-Performance LED Lighting Systems, BoldPlay

Expanding on its commitment to deliver innovative products that can help organizations meet their energy and lighting goals, Philips Ledalite introduces BoldPlay, a new portfolio of high-performance LED lighting systems that is 44 percent more efficient and consumes 28 percent less energy than traditional technologies like fluorescent.

3 Apr 2013

Free Educational Webinar on Exploring Non-Traditional Line Scan Vision Applications

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology,announced that it will hosta complimentary webinar titled,“Understanding Line Scan Vision Applications,”on Tuesday, April23rd at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

From Teledyne DALSA 3 Apr 2013

New Line of Intelligent LED Luminaires from Digital Lumens for Hazardous Locations

Digital Lumens, the leader in intelligent LED lighting systems, today introduced a new line of intelligent LED lighting fixtures for hazardous locations, all with the integrated controls that drive the industry’s best energy efficiency and faster payback periods.

3 Apr 2013

Ophir Photonics Announces Opening of New Office in Darmstadt, Germany

Ophir Photonics, global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the opening of a new office in Darmstadt, Germany. Opening today, Ophir Spiricon Europe is dedicated to sales, service, recalibration, and repair of all Ophir power and energy meters and Spiricon and Photon beam analyzers.

From Ophir Photonics Group 3 Apr 2013

STEMMER Introduces New, Scalable Low Cost Multi-Camera Vision System

A new, scalable low cost multi-camera vision system supports up to 6 GigE Vision cameras for a host of applications including final inspection of large assemblies. The GEVA-300 compact vision system is available from STEMMER IMAGING for use by end users or vision integrators across all the traditional vision inspection industries. GEVA-300 is the latest in the Vision Appliance range from Teledyne DALSA.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 2 Apr 2013

GE Advances Laser Technology for Manufacturing Applications

In a research lab looking far, far into the future, a team of scientists and engineers from GE are developing next generation laser technologies that are rapidly becoming mainstream on the manufacturing floor.

2 Apr 2013

Royal Swedish Academy Installs Prysm Laser Phosphor Display at Wallenberg Auditorium

Prysm Inc., a video display provider offering brilliant life-like and life-size displays for truly immersive experiences, announced a new Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) installation in the Wallenberg Auditorium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) building in Stockholm, Sweden.

2 Apr 2013