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New Application Note Describing SIMD8 Ultra-High Speed Framing Camera Used to Record Detonation of High Explosives

Specialised Imaging Ltd. has released a new application note describing how its SIMD8 ultra-high speed framing camera has been used to record the detonation of high explosives.

20 Jan 2010

Ferrotec Purchases Edwards Vacuum's Temescal Unit

Ferrotec (USA) Corporation, a global supplier of materials, components, and precision system solutions, today announced that it has purchased the Temescal Division of Edwards Vacuum, Inc.

20 Jan 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enters Deal to Acquire Ahura Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ahura Scientific, a leader in field-deployed analytical instruments for human health and public safety, for $145 million in cash plus the potential for an earn-out payment based on the achievement of certain 2010 financial targets.

20 Jan 2010

X-FAB Offers Foundry Technology for Blu-ray, High-Speed Optical Data Communication

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry, today expanded its 0.35 micrometer technology offerings with the first foundry technology optimized for Blu-ray and high-speed optical data communication applications.

19 Jan 2010

Vertilon Announces New PhotoniQ PMT Data Acquisition Systems for Optical Sensors

Vertilon Corporation, a leader in high performance multichannel data acquisition systems for optical sensors, announced today that it has added the IQSP418 and IQSP518 to its PhotoniQ product line.

19 Jan 2010

PerkinElmer Releases New Chromatography, Spectroscopy Products at Analytica 2010

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, is introducing an extensive portfolio of chromatography and spectroscopy products at Analytica 2010 - Hall A2, stand 401. Product highlights will include the new Flexar™ HPLC/UHPLC platform and Chromera® Chromatography Data System (CDS), the Spectrum™ 10 spectroscopy software platform, and PerkinElmer’s exclusive Differential Scanning Calorimetry Raman (DSC-Raman)) spectroscopy hyphenated system.

19 Jan 2010

Resolve Optics Announces 35% Growth in Sales for 2009

Resolve Optics Ltd., specialists in OEM lens design and manufacture, has announced a 35% growth in sales for 2009 over the previous 12 months.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 18 Jan 2010

AOptix, NuCrypt Complete Quantum Encryption Test over Free Space Optical Links

Ultra-Secure Air-to-Ground Gigabit-per-Second Transmission Success Over Long Distance Free Space Optical Communication Links

18 Jan 2010

Novellus Systems Releases Next-Generation UV Thermal Processing System

Novellus Systems (Nasdaq: NVLS) today introduced its next-generation ultra-violet thermal processing (UVTP) system, the SOLA xT. The SOLA xT is used in the manufacturing of advanced logic devices at 45nm and below and incorporates a proprietary UVTP treatment process that modifies the physical characteristics of a previously-deposited film through exposure to ultraviolet light and heat. The new system, featuring on-board UV monitoring and a customizable optics assembly, provides process flexibility and extendibility over multiple device generations. The first SOLA xT system will be shipped to UMC's Fab 12i in Singapore.

18 Jan 2010

Scientists Achieve Tying Light in Knots

The remarkable feat of tying light in knots has been achieved by a team of physicists working at the universities of Bristol, Glasgow and Southampton, UK, reports a paper in Nature Physics this week.

18 Jan 2010