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  1. Photoacoustic imaging benefits from integrated laser-OPO system

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    Wed, 16 May 2012

    Santa Clara, CA-- AlphaScan is a compact integrated optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and pump laser that outputs high energies in the near-infrared (NIR) for photoacoustic imaging.

  2. Reducing substitutional carbon in AlN LED substrates boosts deep-UV LED efficiency

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    Raleigh, NC --Researchers from North Carolina and Japan have developed a more-efficient UV LED potentially useful in sterilization of bacteria and viruses.

  1. NEW TYPE OF RETINAL PROSTHESIS COULD BETTER RESTORE SIGHT TO BLIND, STUDY SAYS

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    Wed, 16 May 2012

    The following information was released by the Stanford University School of Medicine: BY JONATHAN RABINOVITZ Courtesy of the Daniel Palanker lab This pinpoint-sized photovoltaic chip (upper right corner) is implanted under the retina in a blind rat to restore sight. The center image shows how the

  2. U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Michigan (May 15)

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    Wed, 16 May 2012

    ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Michigan. *** Michigan Inventor Develops Patent for Frame Stacking Methods and Spacers ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 15 -- Lyle H. Shuert, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has developed a patent (8,172,495) for a "frame stacking

  3. Solar panel eye implant promises gift of vision to visually impaired

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    Ritu Mathur: Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have recently devised a system for people suffering from vision deterioration using tiny solar panel like cells surgically implanted underneath the retina. It is hoped that this innovation will soon help restore sight to people who

  4. UPI NewsTrack Science and Technology News

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    Study: Americans will pay for clean energy NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 14 (UPI) -- Americans agree the United States needs a national clean energy standard and are willing to pay more to make it happen, a survey indicates. Researchers from Yale and Harvard universities, writing in Nature Climate Change,

  5. Government of Canada Lends Financial Support to Genia Photonics Inc

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions issued the following news release: The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announces that the firm Genia Photonics Inc. has

  6. Raman system from Snowy Range Instruments available in multiple excitations

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    The Sierra Series Raman system is available in 633, 638, 640, 785, and 808 nm excitation.

  7. Eye retina implant can restore vision

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    Tue, 15 May 2012

    Tiny solar-panel-like cells implanted in the eye may someday restore sight to people blinded by certain types of degenerative eye diseases, U.S. scientists say. Researchers at Stanford University said goggles equipped with a miniature camera display images on a liquid crystal microdisplay embedded

  8. Market Maker Surveillance Report. BAC, ONNN, RIMM, GLW, MSFT, GWRE, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Thursday, May 10th 2012

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    Mon, 14 May 2012

    May 11, 2012 BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net , announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is ...