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New Eco Exit Photoluminescent Signs for Architects and Building Owners

Jessup Manufacturing Company has introduced a new Glo Brite® Eco Exit™ PM100 sign that is approved for outdoor and wet applications, as well as being suitable for floor proximity installation.

10 Mar 2010

STMicroelectronics Launches New Controller IC for Optical Joysticks

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leading developer of semiconductors for mobile devices, has introduced an ultra-low-power IC containing all the functions necessary to control an Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) module or optical joystick.

10 Mar 2010

Astronomers Prove HM Cancri Binary Star Has Shortest Orbital Period

An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve around each other in a mere 5.4 minutes.

10 Mar 2010

Galaxy Explosion Turns Off Star Formation

Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe.

10 Mar 2010

Kenneth Cole, Marcolin Renew Licensing Agreement for Prescription Frames and Sunglasses

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. (NYSE:KCP), the New York-based fashion house, and the Marcolin Group, a leader in the eyewear industry, announce the advance renewal of their licensing agreement for production and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Kenneth Cole New York and Kenneth Cole Reaction labels through 2014.

9 Mar 2010

Agilent Offers Advanced Optical Modulation Analyzer for Transmission System Characterization

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the industry’s first system impairments analysis for chromatic dispersion (CD) and first-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) with the N4391A optical modulation analyzer.

9 Mar 2010

GUNNAR and Carl Zeiss to Develop Prescription Lens Technology

GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, announced today that they have partnered with Carl Zeiss Vision to co-develop, co-market and co-brand the next iteration of i-AMP® prescription lens technology.

9 Mar 2010

Vistec Lithography System Selected for Nanotechnology Research Programs

Vistec Lithography, Inc. announced today that Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, selected Vistec’s EBPG5000plus electron-beam lithography system for its future nanotechnology research programs.

9 Mar 2010

Essilor Launches Varilux Physio Lens with WAVE 2.0 Technology

Essilor is launching Varilux Physio 2.0, the latest addition to the Varilux lineup. The new generation Varilux Physio lens featuring WAVE 2.0™ (Wavefront Advanced Vision Enhancement) technology.

9 Mar 2010

New Surface Sampling Probe Allows Accurate Analysis of Material Composition

A technology that can enhance collection of data from studying the compositions on a material surface has earned the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Excellence in Technology Transfer Project of t...

9 Mar 2010