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Access Fixtures Introduces New Surface Mount LED Flat Panel Lighting

Access Fixtures is proud to expand its product line to include new surface mount LED flat panel lighting. Surface mount LED flat panel luminaires can be installed on the surface of just about any type of ceiling.

1 Mar 2013

Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope Observes New Particles Trapped in Giant Belts of Radiation

After most NASA science spacecraft launches, researchers wait patiently for months as instruments on board are turned on one at a time, slowly ramped up to full power, and tested to make sure they work at full capacity.

1 Mar 2013

Nanotube-Based Photodetector Promises Unique Optoelectronic Devices

Researchers at Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have made a nanotube-based photodetector that gathers light in and beyond visible wavelengths. It promises to make possible a unique set of optoelectronic devices, solar cells and perhaps even specialized cameras.

1 Mar 2013

Laser Accelerates Electron Beam in Free Space

Accelerating a free electron with a laser has been a longtime goal of solid-state physicists.

28 Feb 2013

Next Generation Display Surfaces May Possibly be Changed into Arbitrary Shapes

A new project aims to ensure that the next generation of computer and mobile display surfaces will extend beyond the rigid, flat surfaces which people are familiar with and allow users to physically push, pull, bend, fold or flex the display.

28 Feb 2013

Bay Bridge Transformed into Monumental LED Light Sculpture

Artist Leo Villareal is poised to transform the western span of the Bay Bridge into the largest LED light sculpture in the world. The Grand Lighting of The Bay Lights will happen on Tuesday, March 5, at 9 pm PT.

28 Feb 2013

LED Lamps for Street Lights to Generate More than $2 Billion in Revenue by 2020

Dramatically falling costs and improvements in efficiency are driving increased sales of light emitting diode (LED) lamps for street lighting. Costs have fallen as much as 50 percent over the past two years, and are expected to continue falling.

28 Feb 2013

Intelligent Retinal Camera Accurately Detects Sight-Threatening Conditions

The most advanced technology for use in real-time detection and assessment of common blinding eye disease and general health disorders will soon be available to the world with stimulus funding provided for development by the Australian Government's CRC Program.

27 Feb 2013

MODIS Image Reveals Eye of Tropical Cyclone Rusty

Cyclone Rusty has been moving very slow over the last two days on its approach to landfall near Port Hedland in Western Australia, and NASA satellites have observed the storm's increase in power. NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites provided rainfall, cloud height and temperature data that showed Cyclone Rusty intensified as it neared land.

27 Feb 2013

Amerlux Launches Energy Efficient Weatherproof LED Flood Lights

Designed to meet the growing demand for energy efficient flood lighting in a wide variety of commercial exterior applications, Amerlux introduces Varieta, a new series of high performance, weatherproof LED Flood Lights to replace less efficient, conventional fixtures for retail, hospitality and commercial environments.

27 Feb 2013

Holography and Optogenetics May Help Provide Bionic Vision

Researchers led by biomedical engineering Professor Shy Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are testing the power of holography to artificially stimulate cells in the eye, with hopes of developing a new strategy for bionic vision restoration.

27 Feb 2013

Graphene Holds Potential for Light Harvesting Technologies

Bottles, packaging, furniture, car parts... all made of plastic. Today we find it difficult to imagine our lives without this key material that revolutionized technology over the last century. There is wide-spread optimism in the scientific community that graphene will provide similar paradigm shifting advances in the decades to come.

27 Feb 2013

New Ultraviolet Beam Viewer from Newport

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage, and Measure Light®, introduces an ultraviolet (UV) beam viewer, the UVU-2A.

From Newport Corporation 27 Feb 2013

Vtesse Adds Telehouse to Re-Configurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers Node Network

Vtesse, the leading UK business communications provider, has today announced it has upgraded its services into the Telehouse data centre campus in London’s Docklands, adding Telehouse to its expanding multi-degree ROADM (Re-configurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexers) node network.

26 Feb 2013

ProTek Devices Debuts High-Efficiency LED Driver with Multiple Dimming Options

ProTek Devices today introduced its PA5711 high-efficiency LED driver with multiple dimming options that include Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), Linear Dimming (LD), Motion Detection (MD) and Light Sense (LS) control inputs. The PA5711 is ideal for general illumination displays, industrial and decorative LED lighting, automotive applications, and more.

26 Feb 2013