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Tektronix, Convergent Enter New Distribution Partner Agreement

Tektronix, a world leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced a new agreement with Convergent Technologies that will enable them to offer customers the full portfolio of Tektronix products including high performance oscilloscopes, signal generators, real-time spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, Keithley precision test instruments and the MDO4000 Series - the world's first and only mixed domain oscilloscope.

26 Dec 2012

Laser Technology for Treatment of Acne

Acne is a skin condition that affects millions of people around the world and is associated in particular with adolescence. Treatments for severe cases of acne vary widely, from preventative to acute and from topical to oral, but The Laser Treatment Clinic in London is one therapy provider offering a different route amid concern about acne drugs.

26 Dec 2012

EC Funded Research Project to Advance High-Power Direct Diode Laser Systems

A consortium of companies and research institutes from five European countries has joined forces in a common EC funded research project to achieve dramatic improvements in the brilliance of high-power direct diode laser systems.

24 Dec 2012

New Report on Global Market for Commercial Aviation Aircraft Cabin Lighting

According to a new market research report,"Global Commercial Aviation Aircraft Cabin Lighting Market, Forecast & Analysis (2012 - 2017)", the total global commercial aviation aircraft lighting market is expected to reach $1.25 billion by 2017 with a CAGR of 5.43%.

24 Dec 2012

Intel Presents Thunderbolt Certification to Sumitomo Electric for Optical Thunderbolt Cable

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has become the first company to receive Thunderbolt certification from Intel Corporation for the optical Thunderbolt cable and has started the mass production.

24 Dec 2012

II-VI Incorporated Acquires LightWorks Optics

II-VI Incorporated announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of LightWorks Optics, Inc. (LightWorks). The initial consideration consisted of cash of approximately $31 million. In addition, the agreement provides for approximately $4 million of cash earn-out opportunities based upon LightWorks achieving certain future financial targets and is subject to customary closing adjustments including a working capital adjustment.

24 Dec 2012

Brazilian Air Force Selects Carmanah and ADB to Supply Portable Lighting Systems

Airfield lighting partners Carmanah Technologies, ADB Airfield Solutions and Brazilian distributor AVIEX Importacao have been selected to supply five emergency-deployable, solar-powered airfield and helipad lighting systems to the Brazilian Air Force at a value of over $400,000.

24 Dec 2012

Smart Home Labs Introduces RoboSmart Wireless LED Lighting System

Smart Home Labs introduces the RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables smart lighting control via your smartphone, tablet or computer over Bluetooth Smart wireless. The wireless LED light bulb is available for pre-orders on the world’s largest open-funding platform IndieGoGo.

24 Dec 2012

New NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Study Reveals Secrets Behind Aging of Stars

The aging of star clusters is linked more with their lifestyle than with how old they actually are, according to a new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope study coauthored by Steinn Sigurdsson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State.

24 Dec 2012

Point Grey Releases 1.3 MP CMOS Global Shutter Sensor Blackfly Camera

Point Grey, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announces the release of the all new Blackfly camera.

21 Dec 2012

Iridian Advances 1064 nm Raman Filters

Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. (Iridian), a leading global supplier of optical filter solutions, has added improved 1064 nm filters to its Raman filter offerings.

21 Dec 2012

Physicists Prove Anderson's Theory Using Diffusion of Light in a Cloudy Medium

Waves do not spread in a disordered medium if there is less than one wavelength between two defects.

21 Dec 2012

Verizon Installs Fiber-Optic Cables between Critical Switching Offices Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Less than seven weeks after Hurricane Sandy, Verizon has finalized another important step in the transformation of the communications infrastructure of lower Manhattan by completing the installation of fiber-optic cables between the company's two critical central switching offices there and buildings put out of service by the storm surge.

21 Dec 2012

Digital Cameras Help in Monitoring Spread of Tree Diseases

As digital cameras become better and cheaper, ecologists are turning these ubiquitous consumer devices into scientific tools to study how forests are responding to climate change.

21 Dec 2012

Photons Emitted From Light Sources Follow a Random but Coordinated Path

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have demonstrated that photons (light particles) emitted from light sources embedded in a complex and disordered structure are able to mutually coordinate their paths through the medium.

21 Dec 2012