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The US DOE SBIR Phase II Grant was awarded to Eden Park Illumination as a follow-up to a Phase I grant successfully completed in 2012. The company is now engaging industry partner companies as it looks to broadly commercialize the technology. CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eden Park Illumination has been awarded a $1 million grant from the US DOE to commercialize microplasma Ultra-violet lighting tiles for water purification and sterilization. Eden Park will develop...
DUBLIN, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xdjgsd/carbon_nanotubes ] has announced the addition of the "Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) for Electronics & Electrics 2013-2023: Forecasts, Applications, Technologies" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xdjgsd/carbon_nanotubes ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and their...
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Ltd., has contracted with Laser Light Engines, Inc. (LLE), the leader in laser illumination for high brightness digital projection, to manufacture the LLE DSG-265(TM), a high-powered, solid state de-speckled GREEN laser module that is revolutionizing the way movies are watched. LLE's "universal" architecture enable its systems to plug and play with new...
Professor Fert inspires VSB students with a presentation on spintronics. OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today introduced Professor Albert Fert, Nobel laureate in Physics, to the students and faculty of VSB-Technical University in Ostrava as part of its global Honeywell Initiative for Science & Engineering (HISE) program. Professor Fert is among 22 Nobel laureates that Honeywell has sponsored at universities worldwide since 2006....
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online When we talk about the vacuum of space, we imagine a complete lack of matter – a cold void, dark, and absent of all energy. Over the last century, however, physicists have come to realize that the emptiness of space is anything by empty. On the macro scale, the vacuum of empty space may appear to lack matter and energy as we normally think of it. But when we look closely, and begin to examine the quantum interactions that...
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL researchers are using the electrical properties of a scanning electron microscope to change the size of glass capillary tubes -- Their method has already been patented as it could pave the way to many novel applications Have you ever thrown into the fire - even if you shouldn't have - an empty packet of crisps? The outcome is striking: the plastic shrivels and bends into itself, until it turns into a small crumpled and blackened ball. This...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Extremely thin nanowires are expected to revolutionize the field of electronics, and a new study in the journal Nature Photonics shows that they could have an impact on solar energy production as well. According to the study, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institut in Denmark and Switzerland’s École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have been able to use a single nanowire to concentrate sunlight up to 15 times its normal...
Company Continues to See Strong Sales Potential for J-Plasma(TM) MELVILLE, N.Y., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE AMEX: BVX) (the "Company") a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, is pleased to report that it continues to receive increasing numbers of highly favorable responses and praise for its J-Plasma(TM) technology from leading surgeons and medical professionals. J-Plasma(TM) utilizes a gas ionization process producing a stable...
[245 Pages Report] Motion Sensors Market report aims to capture the market road map with market sizes, revenue forecasts, value chain, market & product trends, price trends and regulations. (PRWEB) March 23, 2013 According to a new market research report “Motion Sensors Market, Global Forecast & Analysis (2011 – 2016) By Technology (Passive Infrared, Ultrasonic, Microwave, Tomographic, Dual –Technology/ Hybrid), Application Types (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Industrial...
KOMA Unwind Relaxation Reunites with Carl Long STATESVILLE, N.C., March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bebida Beverage Company (OTC markets: BBDA) (BeBevCo) (www.bebevco.com), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of liquid relaxation and energy products, announced today that in an 11(th) hour agreement, investors of the KOMA Unwind® Liquid Relaxation (www.twitter.com/komaunwindnews) brand and supporters of NASCAR driver Carl Long (www.carllongmotorsports.com) have agreed to sponsor the...
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Nuclear fallout, or just simply fallout, known also as Black Rain, is the residual radioactive material that is propelled into the upper atmosphere after a nuclear black or a nuclear reaction that is conducted in an unshielded facility. It is so called because it "fall out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave have passed. It most commonly refers to the radioactive dust and ash that is created when a nuclear weapon explodes, but such dust can also come from a damaged nuclear...
Image Caption: The Hubble Extreme Deep Field (XDF) was completed in September 2012 and shows the farthest galaxies ever photographed by humans. Each speck of light in the photo is an individual galaxy, some of them as old as 13.2 billion years; the observable universe is estimated to contain more than 200 billion galaxies. Credit: NASA/Wikipedia What is Cosmology? I once commented to an acquaintance that I was fascinated by the field of Cosmology, and mused that if I had more time, I...
Image Caption: NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 56,000 light-years in diameter and approximately 60 million light-years distant. Credit: NASA/ESA/Wikipedia What is Astrophysics? For much of the modern age the term Astrophysics has been used synonymously with Astronomy. This interchange is so common that many textbooks even offer the two as having the same meaning. However, from a strictly historical perspective there are differences...
Image Credit: Meteorologist Joshua Kelly When meteorologists are forecasting for ocean-going vessels, there are a few terms that we need to understand. The first term is wavelength. Wavelength is defined as the distance between two crests or between two troughs as seen in the image above. The example above highlights the crest to crest concept of wavelength. The next term that we use is wave height, and to determine this, we first must look at the wave when it passes our station. When...
Solar cycles: what are they and why should we care about them? Solar cycles are made up of what are known as solar minimums (min) and solar maximums (max). We refer to a solar min at the time when the sun is not active with many sunspots, while a solar max is just the opposite when we see a large increase in sunspot activity. So how long do solar cycles last? Typically they run on what is known as an 11 year cycle from the max to the min and then start over again anew. As of 2012 we...
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