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Report Offers Comprehensive Picture of Lighting Fixtures Sector in European Countries

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The European Market for Lighting Fixtures 2007 to their offering.

31 Mar 2008

Lubricating Eye Drops Offer Long-Lasting Relief

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO), a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced the U.S. introduction of blink Tears, a new line of over-the-counter lubricating eye drops for the estimated 40 percent of Americans who suffer from occasional or chronic dry eye symptoms.

31 Mar 2008

Bringing Handheld Terahertz Device A Step Closer to Reality

A collaboration between the Universities of Leeds and Harvard has turned the heat up on terahertz technology, bringing a handheld terahertz device a step closer to reality.

29 Mar 2008

Zecotek Receives Russian Patent for Photo Detectors

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that it has been granted full patent rights for its latest Micro-channel Avalanche Photodiode solid-state photo detector by the Agency for Intellectual Property Protection in Russia.

29 Mar 2008

Leader in Photonic Communications Announcs Merge with GigOptix

Lumera Corporation, a leader in the field of photonic communications, announced today it has entered into an agreement to merge with privately held GigOptix LLC, a leader in integrated circuits for optically connected communication systems.

28 Mar 2008

The Long Sought After Goal of a Super-Powerful Quantum Computer

A team of physicists and engineers has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light - photons - on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards the long sought after goal of a super-powerful quantum computer.

27 Mar 2008

Quantum Channel Between Space and Earth

For the first time, physicists have been able to identify individual returning photons after firing and reflecting them off of a space satellite in orbit almost 1,500 kilometres above the earth. The experiment has proven the possibility of constructing a quantum channel between Space and Earth.

27 Mar 2008

Global Photonics R+D Leader Continues Global Expansion Opening New Facility in Singapore

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today celebrated the opening of a new Center of Excellence in Singapore. The PerkinElmer Inc. Center of Excellence in Singapore comes as part of PerkinElmer’s continued global R&D expansion efforts, and will focus on the development of new precision instrumentation and chemistries for a range of scientific and industrial laboratory applications, including drug discovery and development, environmental monitoring, food safety, and sustainable energy.

27 Mar 2008

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D

DTS Digital Images, Inc. has provided custom image processing services for New Line Cinema and Walden Media's Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, the first full-length, live action feature shot in digital 3D (slated for release in Summer 2008 and recently previewed at the Showest conference in Las Vegas).

27 Mar 2008

Lightwave Logic Commences Production of First Prototype Photonic Chip

Lightwave Logic, a technology company focused on the development of electro-optic polymer chips for applications in high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications and optical computing, has commenced production of its first prototype photonic chip.

26 Mar 2008