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Hubble’s Image Provides New Insights into Galaxy NGC 922

In Hubble's image, NGC 922 clearly reveals itself not to be a normal spiral galaxy. The spiral arms are disrupted, a stream of stars extends out towards the top of the image, and a bright ring of nebulae encircles the core. Observing with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals more chaos in the form of ultraluminous X-ray sources dotted around the galaxy.

7 Dec 2012

AlwaysOn Selects Luminus Devices as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner

Luminus Devices, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and green technologies that are likely to disrupt existing and entrenched players in traditional technology.

7 Dec 2012

e2v Expands ELiiXA+ Industrial Line Scan Camera Portfolio

e2v, a leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, is launching the ELiiXA+ 8k/4k at ITE 2012, in Yokohama, Japan. Based on e2v multi-line CMOS technology, this new camera is the second addition to e2v's successful ELiiXA+ industrial line scan camera family and is aimed at a broad range of applications, providing high performance, ease of use and robustness at a competitive price.

7 Dec 2012

Innovative Lighting Platform Vero LED Array from Bridgelux

Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today unveiled the Vero™ LED array, an innovative lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers a more flexible LED lighting solution.

7 Dec 2012

Gigahertz-Optik’s New Model Integrating Sphere Source ISS-8P-HP

Integrating sphere light sources provide a uniform and variable light output making them useful as calibration light source standards for PRNU Photo-Response Non-Uniformity comparison of imaging systems and sensors.

From Gigahertz-Optik Inc 6 Dec 2012

JK Lasers Launch 3kW Fiber Laser

3kW Fiber Laser Launched by JK Lasers - A powerful 3kW fiber laser has been launched by global industrial laser manufacturer JK Lasers, part of the GSI Group.

6 Dec 2012

New Method to Produce Metal-Organic Frameworks for Optics, Photonics Applications

Researchers of the KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Jacobs University Bremen, and other institutions have developed a new method to produce metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By means of the so-called liquid-phase epitaxy, the scientists succeeded in producing a new class of MOFs with a pore size never reached before. These frameworks open up interesting applications in medicine, optics, and photonics. The new class of MOFs, called "SURMOF 2", is presented in the "Nature Scientific Reports" journal.

6 Dec 2012

Luminus Devices Commences Shipping of New UV Slim LED Packages

Luminus Devices, Inc., the leader in Big Chip LEDs™, has announced that their new UV Slim LED packages, which began sampling in May, have begun shipping as production units today.

6 Dec 2012

Volunteers Sought to Examine Thousands of Hubble Space Telescope Images of the Andromeda Galaxy

Astronomers at the University of Utah and elsewhere are seeking volunteers to explore the galaxy next door, Andromeda. The newly launched Andromeda Project will use people power to examine thousands of Hubble Space Telescope images of the galaxy to identify star clusters that hold clues to the evolution of galaxies.

6 Dec 2012

Philips Lumileds Launches LUXEON T Illumination-Grade LED for Directional Applications

Building on the market-leading innovations of hot testing and Freedom from Binning™, Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON® T, the next generation illumination-grade LED tested and specified at 85°C to ensure in-application performance with tight color control, to within 3-Step MacAdams (SDCM).

From Lumileds 6 Dec 2012

Novel Superconducting Element Holds Potential for Medical Imaging Applications

Scientists from the University of Tübingen, working with colleagues from Tel Aviv University and the University of Kiel have proposed [1] and experimentally demonstrated [2] a new type of superconducting element ¨C named the j - Josephson junction. Implemented in cryogenic devices, this element will make superconducting electronic circuits work practically "by themselves" and improve functionality.

6 Dec 2012

OxySense Introduces a Breakthrough Invasive Optical Measurement Needle

OxySense Inc., the leader in optical and non-invasive oxygen measurement systems announced the new Sidewinder Invasive Measurement Needle.

6 Dec 2012

Dow Corning Introduces New Heat-Curable Phenyl Silicone Optical Encapsulants for LEDs

Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, further expanded its industry-leading portfolio of phenyl silicone optical encapsulants today with five new two-part, heat-curable grades. The new products offer enhanced reliability, better anti-silver corrosion and greater durability for demanding light-emitting diode (LED) designs. They also further underscore Dow Corning’s commitment to driving best-in-class improvements in the performance and reliability of solid-state lighting.

5 Dec 2012

New LCD-Based Spherical Curved Contact Lens Display

The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University Belgium), announced today it has developed an innovative spherical curved LCD display, which can be embedded in contact lenses. The first step toward fully pixelated contact lens displays, this achievement has potential wide-spread applications in medical and cosmetic domains.

From imec Inc. 5 Dec 2012

Newport Expands Solar Wafer Testing Capabilities

Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions that Make, Manage and Measure Light®, is pleased to announce expanded capabilities that include solar wafer testing and calibration for bare cells up to 156 mm x 156 mm.

From Newport Corporation 5 Dec 2012