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Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager to Study Nanoflares on the Sun

Those who watch the sun are regularly treated to brilliant shows – dancing loops of solar material rise up, dark magnetic regions called sunspots twist across the surface, and dazzling flares of light and radiation explode into space. But there are smaller, barely visible events, too: much smaller and more frequent eruptions called nanoflares. Depending on how many and how energetic these are, nanoflares may be the missing piece of the puzzle to help understand what seeds the cascade that causes a much bigger flare, or to explain how the sun transfers so much energy to its atmosphere that it's actually hotter than the surface.

2 Nov 2012

Novel Imaging Technique Provides New Insights into Formation of Heart Defects

As a human fetus develops, its heart has to keep pace with the new body's ever-growing demands. Much of this is controlled by following genetic blueprints, but the embryonic heart also matures in response to the intense stresses of pumping blood.

From Optical Society Of America 1 Nov 2012

GE Lighting Debuts Two New Headlamp Lighting Solutions

GE Lighting introduced two new headlamp lighting solutions, including GE Nighthawk™ LED Sealed Beams and GE Nighthawk™ Xenon, within its Nighthawk™ automotive and trucking product family this week at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas.

1 Nov 2012

SWITCH Lighting Announces Availability of SWITCH60 LED Bulbs at Batteries Plus Stores

In a move that marks a major milestone in the nation’s transition to energy-efficient lighting, SWITCH Lighting™, the maker of the first true LED replacement for the incandescent light bulb, announced today that its award-winning, highly-anticipated LED light bulbs are now available at over 350 participating Batteries Plus stores nationwide.

1 Nov 2012

Magnalight Offers LEDLB-8E-IR LED Light Bar

The LEDLB-8E-IR LED Light Bar from Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com is a powerful yet compact infrared LED light that offers operators in covert applications an excellent alternative to bulky and outdated HID units. Featuring a compact size, rugged construction, and multi-voltage 9 to 46 VDC compatibility, these infrared LED lights are ideal for law enforcement and military personnel as well as game wardens and border patrol officers who need a powerful illuminator for augmenting night vision capabilities.

1 Nov 2012

Herschel Space Telescope Helps in Exploring Evolution of Stars

An astronomical project led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has examined the earliest stages of star formation in unprecedented depth: Using the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Telescope and techniques more commonly encountered in Hollywood blockbuster computer graphics than in astronomy, the researchers produced a three-dimensional map of the molecular cloud B68, a possible future birthplace for a low-mass star.

1 Nov 2012

Ophir Photonics Launches Thermal Laser Sensor with Fast Response Time and 2kJ Pulse Energy

Ophir Photonics Group, the global leader in precision laser measurement equipment and a Newport Corporation brand, today announced the Fast Axial OEM Sensor. The sensor is based on a novel thermopile design that provides significantly faster response times and higher power levels.

From Ophir Photonics Group 1 Nov 2012

Dage-MTI Introduces HD Scientific Video Camera with Simultaneous Image Capture and Live Viewing

Dage-MTI Introduces True HD Camera with Simultaneous Live Viewing and Image Capture for Microscopy & Industrial Apps. Dual DVI /HDMI and USB 2.0 outputs enable users to view detailed imagery in real-time live mode and capture selected images directly to a computer, simultaneously.

From Dage-MTI 31 Oct 2012

OmniVision Launch OV8835 8-Megapixel CameraChip™ Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the OV8835, a powerful 8-megapixel CameraChip solution for smartphones and tablets.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 31 Oct 2012

OmniVision Introduces OV5645 SOC 5 MP CameraChip Sensor

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today introduced the OV5645, a system-on-chip (SOC), 5-megapixel CameraChip™ sensor that targets the exploding cost-sensitive segment of the mobile handset market.

From OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 30 Oct 2012

Sandia, EPRI, DERlab Organize Workshop on Utility Experience with High-Penetration PV

Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and European Distributed Energies Research Laboratories (DERlab) have organized a workshop on utility operating experience with high-penetration levels of solar photovoltaics (PV). The workshop, “Utility Experience with High Penetration PV,” is scheduled Monday, Dec. 3, in Berlin.

30 Oct 2012

High-Contrast Imaging Confirms Extrasolar Planet in Quadruple Star System

Justin Crepp, Freimann Assistant Professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, provided the high-contrast imaging observations that confirmed the first extrasolar planet discovered in a quadruple star system. He is a co-author on a paper about the discovery, “Planet Hunters: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet in a Quadruple Star System,” recently posted to the open-access arXiv.org, and submitted for publication to The Astrophysical Journal.

30 Oct 2012

Photonex Reports a Successful LIGHT Technologies Show

Organisers, Xmark Media reports on the success of this year’s event and announces the dates for 2013.

30 Oct 2012

Philips Introduces Web-Enabled LED Home Lighting System

Continuing its tradition of developing innovative lighting products and solutions, Philips today introduced hue, the world's first Web-enabled LED home lighting system available direct to the consumer. Offered exclusively through Apple stores beginning on October 30, the hue starter kit includes three LED bulbs that fit into any standard light fixture, a bridge that connects to existing wireless routers.

From Lumileds 30 Oct 2012

Optogenetic Interventions May Help Treat Addictive Behavior

Habits are behaviors wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically. This allows you to follow the same route to work every day without thinking about it, liberating your brain to ponder other things, such as what to make for dinner.

30 Oct 2012