An updated Audi Sport quattro concept will be unveiled at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, suggesting the hybrid sports car is another step closer to becoming a production reality. Barring its new dual laser ...
Up till now, the connection most people would make between nanomaterials and Alzheimer’s has always been as a potential treatment for the devastating disease. But now, instead of a nanomaterial treating the disease, researchers at the ...
Neurotransmitters play a powerful role in managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in many animals, controlling mood, energy levels, aggression, social bonding, and sexual behavior. For example, many antidepressant drugs ...
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Osram has fully achieved and partially even exceeded its targets for the fiscal year that ended in September 2013. Revenue rose two percent year over year on a comparable basis – meaning excluding portfolio and currency effects ...
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Growth and clear profitability improvements in the fourth quarter Company targets further profitable growth on a comparable basis in 2014 Gross savings from Osram Push now expected at €1.2 billion Osram has fully achieved and ...
University of California Santa Barbara has been exploring the use of laser diodes (LDs) in combination with phosphors as a means to produce white light [Kristin A. Denault et al, AIP Advances, vol3, p072107, 2013]. Commercial 'white' ...
Tags: Near-UV LD, Blue LD, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Chattanooga, Tennessee is home to one of the nation's largest and deepest waterfalls that is open to public viewing. By itself, Ruby Falls is amazing, however the addition of a laser light and sound performance?upgrades the natural ...
One of the essential requirements of sheet metal fabrication is the cutting of the sheets into predetermined shapes and sizes. Earlier, it was very time-consuming and hard work to do the cutting manually, but with the advent of laser ...
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Supermarkets in the UK could start using a new machine that marks fruit with laser “tattoos”, meaning sticky labels may soon become a thing of the past, according laser labelling technology specialist Laser Food The Spanish ...
A transnational team of researchers has reported the first electrically pumped exciton-polariton laser device using an arsenide semiconductor microcavity [Christian Schneider et al, Nature, vol. 497, p348, 2013]. The team was variously ...
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Harbour Bridge, one of Australia's best known and most photographed landmarks, has been incorporated into the annual Vivid Sydney light festival, which draws thousands of interstate and international visitors. Featuring more than 100,000 ...
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Osaka-based Panasonic Corp has developed a semiconductor white light source capable of outputting luminous flux in the 10,000-lumen class. The new technology will enable wider variation in design, higher brightness and a smaller form factor ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) has appointed Markus Wendt as new member of its service team. As part of the ...
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At the pharmaceutical trade fair Interphex in New York, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be presenting the world’s first cartridges that have been developed specifically for the use on high-speed filling lines. The new design ...
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Natural materials Directly "burning" images on wood were some of the first uses of engraving lasers. The laser power required here is often less than 10 watts depending on the laser being used as most are different. Hardwoods like walnut, ...
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