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Images Sheds New Light About Solar Wind

Images from NASA-funded telescopes aboard a Japanese satellite have shed new light about the sun's magnetic field and the origins of solar wind, which disrupts power grids, satellites and communications on Earth.

6 Dec 2007

NASA's GLAST Satellite Arrives for Testing Before Launch in 2008

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington for its final round of testing.

5 Dec 2007

Applied Materials Named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for Pioneering Work on Solar Modules

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it was named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for its pioneering work on the Applied SunFab Thin Film Line, at a gala presenting the prestigious 9th Annual Platts Global Energy Awards.

4 Dec 2007

Window Films Provides Simple and Effective Protection from Damaging Radiation

With summertime days away in the southern hemisphere, the threat from an unseen intruder significantly increases. Overexposure to UV radiation, highest during summer months, causes about 60,000 deaths a year worldwide, according to World Health Organization (WHO).

3 Dec 2007

Completion of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

A preliminary design review has concluded and verified the integrated performance of all subsystems in the Optical Telescope Element on NASA¡¯s James Webb Space Telescope.

3 Dec 2007

XsunX Provides Progress Updates to Establish TFPV Manufacturing Infrastructure

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build- out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar module manufacturing facilities, today provided progress updates on its efforts to establish its TFPV manufacturing infrastructure.

3 Dec 2007

Measuring Infrared Radiation Levels Scientists Discovers Infant Planets

Astronomers at the University of Michigan have found what are believed to be some of the youngest solar systems yet detected.

30 Nov 2007

Veeco Announces Availability of Table-Top Optical Profiling System

Veeco Instruments Inc., today announced the release of the Wyko(R) NT9100(TM) Optical Profiling System, which delivers the performance and many of the capabilities of Veeco's full-sized profiling systems in a convenient and affordable table-top footprint. The new system is ideal for many applications in research, industrial, quality control, and failure analysis.

From Veeco 28 Nov 2007

Carmanah Supplies Solar-Powered LED Airfield Lights for US Department of Defense

Carmanah Technologies Corporation, has supplied an order through Goldwings Supply Service Inc. - its authorized distributor in Hawaii - to provide solar-powered LED (light emitting diode) airfield lights for a US Department of Defense installation in Hawaii.

28 Nov 2007

UV Laser for Drilling and Micromachining Applications

The new AVIA 355-7 from Coherent, Inc. is a Q-switched, frequency-tripled, solid-state laser delivering over 7 Watts of average power at 355 nm, in a package designed to maximize reliability for a minimum cost of ownership. The highest average power is achieved at repetition rates near 60 kHz, but the laser can be operated at pulse rates as high as 100 kHz, enabling very high throughput micromachining processes.

26 Nov 2007