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Deep-learning robot Shimon writes and rhymes in real time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A South Korean research team has developed an optical microscope capable of maintaining spatial resolution and acquiring a microscopic “map”...
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Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have demonstrated how a microcavity laser can produce energy-saving and user-safe laser...
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We are proud to announce IDEX Foundation has donated $5,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain who...
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Automotive lidar company starts trading under ‘LAZR’ ticker symbol following shareholder approval of reverse merger deal.
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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In the U.S., health workers come first, but for other groups scientists and policy makers are weighing a mix of...
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Under the right circumstances, indiscriminate mating with both males and females can enhance animals’ evolutionary success -- Read more on...
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LASER COMPONENTS Detector Group opened its new 29,000-sq-ft facility in Chandler, Ariz. The Phoenix-area facility features cleanrooms optimized to ensure...
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Researchers this week began work on the CRIMSON project, an effort to develop advanced laser-based coherent Raman scattering microscopy. The...
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A method based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) could improve the abilities of scientists and medical personnel to evaluate biopsies....
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Silicon photonics systems developer uses specialised software to design "hyperscale" system-in-package.
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The setup of lasers and mirrors effectively “solved” a problem far too complicated for even the largest traditional computer system...
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Coupled semiconductor laser design demonstrates a fivefold higher laser modulation bandwidth than conventional designs.
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Plasma-Therm announced its acquisition of OEM Group’s dry process equipment business. With the acquisition, Plasma-Therm has acquired all original OEM...
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Luna Innovations Inc. has acquired OptaSense Holdings Ltd., a QinetiQ company, for £29 million (just over $39 million) in a...
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Photron Limited, a developer of high-speed imaging technology and subsidiary of the Imagica Group, has acquired all shares of Photonic...
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AIM-led team selected for research project under DARPA’s Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems initiative.
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Regional web aims to connect processors capable of exchanging qubits over optical fiber.
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Ruhr-University Bochum and partners develop structures that react to presence of harmful molecules.
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The new administration cannot just go back to the future on carbon emissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Diamond-based quantum systems in nanophotonic circuits could enable very sensitive magnetometers.
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Researchers from the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have introduced three unique hollow-core fiber designs that each exhibit...
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Using 3D multiphoton lithography, a method of 3D printing, researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) demonstrated high-resolution...
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CAMEO algorithm identifies promising "phase-change memory material" based on germanium-antimony-tellurium structure.
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AIM Photonics (American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics), part of NY CREATES, announced $19 million in research program awards for...
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A record 30 storms have formed, compared to the previous high of 28; almost all were the earliest on record...
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University of Warwick and Chinese University of Hong Kong project could assist in skin cancer diagnosis.
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Oregon became the first state to legalize therapeutic use of the drug, as new research affirms its benefits for treating...
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Collaborating scientists from the University of Warwick and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have demonstrated a method that...
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Microdiamant, a Swiss developer of diamond-based solutions and precision surface finishing, has acquired Eminess Technologies, a manufacturer of surface polishing...
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Ultrafast laser tool to be developed under European project will combine artificial intelligence and endoscopy.
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Redflex Traffic Systems, an Australian developer of intelligent traffic management solutions, acquired RoadMetric Ltd.’s brand and intellectual property, including machine...
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Ingo Bank will assume the position of CEO at OSRAM Licht Ag, in March, with Thomas Stockmeier taking on the...
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GD Optics has named Winfried Czilwa as managing director, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Czilwa previously served as CEO and chairman...
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Lidar sensing and laser display technology developer MicroVision Inc. appointed Judy Curran to its board of directors. Curran previously held...
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Konica Minolta Sensing Europe BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta, will acquire Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd., a supplier...
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TRUMPF has completed the renaming and merger of SPI Lasers, its wholly owned fiber laser manufacturing subsidiary. SPI has been...
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Many with this skill have a feeling they are special. A freely available test helps them confirm their intuitions -- Read...
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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) used multimaterial 3D printing to develop tailored gradient refractive index glass optics, delivering...
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Rapid manufacturing boosts potential of this greener alternative to conventional silicon solar panels.
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Video-rate xiSpec2 camera range is designed for diverse machine vision applications.
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Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT), Friedrich Schiller University, and Jena University Hospital developed a low-cost...
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Photonics and quantum technology developer M Squared announced £32.5 million in financing to accelerate growth and advance quantum technology. Santander...
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GE Healthcare announced the acquisition of Prismatic Sensors, a Swedish startup specializing in photon-counting detectors. The acquisition signifies the company’s...
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Sivers Photonics announced the appointment of Graeme Urquhart as sales director. Prior to joining Sivers Photonics, Urquhart served as business...
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An ultrafast method for manufacturing and assembling stable perovskite solar modules has been developed at Stanford University. The technique, according...
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Trumpf, Zeiss, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics were awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2020 (German Future...
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Zeiss, Trumpf, and Fraunhofer developers recognized for key elements that make up ASML’s game-changing systems.
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ThermoRebellion uses thermal imaging and AI to spot elevated skin temperatures, such as caused by Covid-19 infection.
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An optical detector based on multipass spectroscopy measures formaldehyde, a potential biomarker for cancer.
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Deliberate clustering of fluorophores allows simultaneous study of multiple locations.
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Quantum accelerometers for tiny satellites move to the next stage of development with UK funding.
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TU Vienna and Harvard's technology does not require large setup and can easily be miniaturized.
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University of Warsaw project points towards clinical platforms for early cancer diagnosis.
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Multi-material 3D printing creates tailored gradient RI optics that promise better military eyewear and VR goggles.
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From our virtual Thanksgiving table to yours -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Light-powered AI chip made of 2D black phosphorous performs image pre-processing and recognition by itself.
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NUBURU, a specialist in high-power and high-brightness industrial blue lasers, announced the appointments of Guy Gilliland to the position of...
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Chromacity has announced Bertrand Frossard as the company’s international business development manager and Lawrence Titley as sales associate. In a...
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Synopsys announced the acquisition of Light Tec, a provider of optical scattering measurements and measurement equipment. The acquisition will strengthen...
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Pyreos has announced that Gary Palmer will be taking on the newly created role of vice president of operations. Palmer...
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University of Cambridge spin-out claims “first” such wafer based on gallium nitride production method.
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Biophotonics applications including robotic surgery and point-of-care Covid-19 tests expected to add €9 million to annual sales.
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Collaboration on ‘level 4’ robo-taxi service programs in Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
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The models could help inform policy on everything from mask mandates to social distancing -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The complete torching of trees allows dense, low vegetation to sprout, creating a new hotbed for more extreme fire --...
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ATS Automation Tooling Systems announced the appointment of Ryan McLeod to the position of CFO. McLeod has served as interim...
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Research efforts from Vienna University of Technology, in collaboration with Harvard University, have led to the development of a laser...
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Relying on a photonic hook, or a type of near-field, self-bending curved light, an international team of researchers has proposed...
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Experts suggest limiting travel and keeping Thanksgiving and other celebrations small and outdoors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Anyone who has recently had an eye examination may have been ushered into a room that contained an optical coherence...
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New Scottish National Investment Bank acquires an interest in the laser firm.
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Similar to hurricanes, they can hit land, but their slow pace could improve drought forecasts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Team creates a microlaser whose wavelength can be switched by injecting single-stranded DNA into the cavity—and switched back with another,...
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Machine vision components and systems provider MATRIX VISION GmbH opened a development site in Hamburg. The company, in a press...
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A team of researchers from the University of Jena has observed the successful formation and interaction of highly ionized krypton...
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Epic Sciences Inc., a diagnostics and disease profiling company, announced it has entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement...
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A vaccine logistics expert explains how millions of frozen vials will be widely distributed -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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After suffering severe damage from broken cables that cannot be readily repaired, the observatory’s enormous radio telescope is now slated...
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Even with big health issues in the headlines, most of these challengers lost, though advocates hope the races gave science...
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Multifunctional optomechanical sensors form a stretchable skin that detects pressure, bending and strain in soft-body systems and can decouple that...
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George Washington University (GWU) researchers have combined multiple transverse coupled cavities to develop a new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). The...
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INRS researchers have pushed the boundaries of high-energy laser pulse propagation, with reliance on the observation of high-energy multidimensional solitary...
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Scientists from NUST MISIS Technological Initiative Center are developing a prototype of an infrared photon video detector. The camera, believed...
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Combination with digital light processor engine said to enable cost-effective production.
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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A technique called SPOT (spectrum and polarization optical tomography) is providing researchers with a “street view” of lipid membranes surrounding...
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A chip that brings together imaging, processing, machine learning, and memory is enhancing artificial intelligence by imitating the way the...
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Shoppers for fresh seafood often find themselves questioning the age of the fish they buy at the seafood counter. They...
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Raman spectroscopy captures the effect when light partially scatters inelastically as it interacts with matter. The amounts of energy transferred...
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the gold standard for noninvasive retinal imaging, enabling ophthalmologists to diagnose and treat multiple ocular...
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Stay safer on different forms of transportation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A silicon photonic device achieved a data transmission rate of 100 Gbps, making it attractive for data-center applications.
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Tokyo University of Science produces bio-inspired surfaces on resin films.
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Without needing digital signal processing, new modulator can double maximum data rate of state-of-the-art devices.
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Explanations begin to arise at the molecular level for this vexing but commonplace symptom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Understanding the full impacts of warming requires factoring in the complexity of ecosystems -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A team of mechanical engineers from Purdue University has undertaken the task of establishing a nearly 60,000-component, open-source, annotated database...
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An optical sensing method developed by a research team at the University of Warsaw relies on highly sensitive spectroscopic measurements...
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Researchers from Nanjing University are using metalenses to enhance and shrink microscopes while maintaining resolution with a large field of...
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The Lens’s open data to be fully integrated into SPIE’s Digital Library platform.
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Interfacing two silicon chips, one nanophotonic and one electronic, could prove a boon for quantum communication and computing.
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Lumentum has acquired technology assets of TriLumina, including patents and other intellectual property. Trilumina technology includes flip-chip, back-emitting VCSEL arrays...
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IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH has announced a new development site in Novi Sad, Serbia. The development unit is closely...
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VLC Photonics offers fabless development services for PICs across numerous sectors, including telecom, lidar, and sensing.
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University of Exeter measures properties of biopolymers as models of biological tissues.
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Radioactive elements produced by colliding neutron stars could make the difference between living and lifeless worlds -- Read more on...
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Researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre have demonstrated an all-silicon optical modulator at 100 Gb/s and beyond,...
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Collaborating physicists from two Russian universities have successfully converted light energy into surface waves on graphene at nearly 90% efficiency....
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Central Laser Facility work provides build instructions for cost-effective Förster Resonance Energy Transfer imaging.
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New nozzle doubles process speed in LMD; depowdering boosts automation in laser metal fusion.
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Researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre have demonstrated an all-silicon optical modulator at 100 Gbit/s and beyond,...
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Stanford neurobiologist Andrew Huberman discusses the two things we can always control, even during a high-stress election and scary COVID...
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An international research team at Nanyang Technological University has demonstrated the concept of a switchable microlaser controlled by the organic...
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University of Navarra scientists in Spain and partners from European photonics innovation hub ACTPHAST 4R are collaborating to develop technology...
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Autonomous vehicles sensing development said to "plug gap between 3D sensing and real world applications".
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University of Bristol's QET Lab and Université Côte d‘Azur develop device enabling higher performance quantum computers.
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There have been mixed results as researchers try to stop a disease they are still trying to understand -- Read...
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A phenomenon known as structural color could be translated to a range of commercial products -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Raptor Photonics, a manufacturer of SWIR, CCD, EMCCD, and CMOS cameras, named Peter Hagen sales manager. Hagen will oversee global...
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José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti of the Institut national de la reserche scientifique (INRS) were awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize...
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Testing positive for COVID antibodies is not a pass to date freely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A big advance in synthetic biology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A zero-carbon supplement to wind and solar -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Princeton’s Sam Wang had to eat his words (and a cricket) in 2016. He talks about the impacts of the...
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We are delighted to announce that in January 2021, Professor Aaron Wheeler (University of Toronto, Canada) will take over as...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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As interest in optical I/O grows, Applied Ventures, Castor Ventures, Downing Ventures, and SGInnovate join Ayar's existing investors.
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The Artemis Accords—NASA guidelines supposedly designed to regulate global cooperation on the moon—may serve to circumvent preexisting international treaties --...
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Earthly matters got you stressed? Here is an opportunity to elevate your mind above the terrestrial din with three cosmic...
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High-precision metrology based on the peculiarities of the subatomic world -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Microbes will help decarbonize the construction industry -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Enabling air travel to decarbonize -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ambitions include promoting electric vehicles and incorporating environmental justice -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Hitachi High-Tec Corp. has acquired Valencia, Spain-based VLC Photonics SL, a designer and manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) solutions...
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Researchers from Princeton University have formulated a method to control and measure atoms that are indistinguishable when observed with an...
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United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada are backing eight...
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Researchers from the University of Bristol have claimed a new record for detecting squeezed light, using a newly developed balanced...
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The data are preliminary, however, and it is not yet clear whether the vaccine protects against severe disease -- Read...
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Earthly matters got you stressed? Here is an opportunity to elevate your mind above the terrestrial din with three cosmic...
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Researchers develop imaging spectrometer with volumes ten times smaller than similarly performing designs.
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Kyocera announced it will acquire Goleda, Calif.-based SLD Laser, a developer of visible laser sources for display, automotive, and specialty...
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The data are preliminary, however, and it is not yet clear whether the vaccine protects against severe disease -- Read...
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What kinds of face coverings work for protection against COVID-19? How do you use them safely? A series of simple...
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6 kW fiber lasers power industrial sales growth; Nutronics acquisition boosts defense side.
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Laser firm reports strong momentum in displays and research sectors; to acquire EOT for directed energy weapons components.
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Multi-research center projects achieve new laser-based materials processes, showcased this week at virtual Formnext expo.
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Penn State integrates photodetectors with Gorilla Glass for use in sensing and infrastructure.
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University of Glasgow spinout is also awarded £280,000 grant to develop its photonic crystal surface emiting laser technology.
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A new SARS-CoV-2 strain in mink has infected about a dozen people in Denmark, but it is not known whether...
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Therapeutic and diagnostic apps and bots are almost here -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Beyond virtual and augmented reality -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Replacing humans with digital simulations could make clinical trials faster and safer -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A bioinspired arrangement could save energy by allowing one plane to provide extra lift to another—if both aircraft can remain...
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A portable, powerful quantum cascade laser could enable out-of-lab terahertz imaging and spectral systems.
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Ernst Rauscher, founder of RAUSCHER GmbH in 1984 and a partner and managing director of the company, died on Nov....
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Coherent Inc. will acquire EOT, a maker of optical isolators and fiber components, supporting initiatives and applications in the domestic...
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An all-virtual audience selected HD Vision Systems as the winner of the Vision Startup Pitch Session held Nov. 11. The...
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An international research team headed by Markus Sauer of the University of Würzburg has been awarded a grant to pursue...
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Materials scientists at Kiel University in Germany have synthesized nanoscale gradient copolymers, that possess distinct contradictory properties, to create thin-film...
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Laser and laser-based systems provider Coherent Inc. reported net sales of $1.23 billion and net loss on a GAAP basis...
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The year has already seen many extremes, from California’s and Colorado’s largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom -- Read...
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Partnership backs eight new projects looking to commercialize quantum technologies, as industry giants BT, BP, and BAE Systems join the...
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Tissue clearing and light-sheet microscopy yield vital pathology data.
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Visible light can drive industrial processes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Experts highlight advances with the potential to revolutionize industry, health care and society -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Jenoptik profits declined for the quarter, with the company reporting revenue of just over €176 million for the period ending...
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New technology from researchers at Tel Aviv University has the potential to help cameras recognize colors that are invisible to...
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Kinetic River Corp., a developer of flow cytometry and optics products, announced it delivered its flagship flow cytometer to the...
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Planetary scientists at Brown University have introduced an infrared spectroscopic method for studying olivine, a mineral that provides insights into...
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Edmund Optics announced its acquisition of coatings specialist Quality Thin Films Inc. Quality Thin Films is located outside Tampa, Fla....
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In a case on the Affordable Care Act next month, a conservative court could take away protections for preexisting conditions...
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A team from the University of Sheffield has designed and built a single-molecule microscope for one-tenth the cost of commercially...
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While imaging cells using real-time fluorescence microscopy methods, professor Kaoru Tamada of Kyushu University’s Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering...
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Compact instrument from MIT Lincoln Lab promises spectral analysis from drones, satellites.
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Successful functional test of quantum optical sensor; market for quantum sensors considered to be €1.1 billion by 2023.
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Genetic engineering could allow for speedy production as well -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed an antireflective coating inspired by the biostructures in moth eyes. Previous attempts...
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A custom bio-ink developed by Clarkson University researchers could enable wearable sensors designed to increase the wearer’s awareness of UV...
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A spider-web design offers mechanical adaptability for deploying 2D deformable electronics in 3D architectures.
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University of Arizona’s “whispering” development involved in hunt for compounds to cut virus binding to receptor in the lungs.
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Pluto pioneer Alan Stern and other researchers are on the cusp of flying to space alongside their experiments -- Read...
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Optical manufacturer Satisloh (the Satisloh Group) named Bruno Fischer company CEO. Fisher previously served as CFO at the company, and...
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Using magnetic and semiconducting materials, researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University designed a nanoscale node capable of...
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CYNORA, a developer of OLED materials including thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)-based green and blue emitters, appointed Ok-Keun Song vice...
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Pre-tax earnings rise at what is now one of the world’s largest optics and photonics companies.
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Millennia-old burial sites show equal-opportunity hunting roles might have been commonplace -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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By combining chemistry and optics, researchers have found a way to quickly and accurately analyze tumors without cutting them.
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A research team at Georgia Tech has demonstrated that large-area organic photodiodes, produced from solutions at low temperatures, can detect...
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Cytek Biosciences announced the closing of a $120 million Series D funding round, co-led by RA Capital and Hillhouse Capital,...
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II-VI reported $728.1 million in revenue and earnings per share (EPS) of 84 cents (GAAP EPS of 38 cents) for...
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Basler AG reported revenue of €40.3 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down 3% from the previous year’s third...
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TRUMPF subsidiary Q.ANT and sensor specialist SICK signed a collaboration agreement for the development of industrial quantum sensors. The signing...
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Scanners try to watch the red-blue divide play out underneath the skull -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Test site follows Heliatek's win in Japan Energy Challenge 2019, sponsored by Japanese energy company SMAP Energy.
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State-level efforts and a growing renewables market have mitigated federal emissions policy rollbacks—but Trump’s climate impact could be long-lasting --...
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Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have incorporated three resolutions into a single camera using a cost-efficient process and construction....
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Kyu Young Han, assistant professor in the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Optics and Photonics, has been awarded...
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Researchers at MIT and the University of Waterloo (Canada) created a high-power quantum cascade laser (QCL) capable of generating terahertz...
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Development at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has potential in ADAS, conservation and environment.
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Device generates terahertz radiation outside of a laboratory and at much higher temperatures.
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Multi-species gas sensor will help maximize yields of produce and profits.
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The surprise detection of a radio burst from a neutron star in our galaxy might reveal the origin of a...
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Infrared-light-powered molecules could be used to release drugs at precise points inside the body.
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Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo have designed linear nanomotors that can be made...
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The breadth of possible applications in photonics makes Jeremy Staffa excited to witness what he believes could be “one of...
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To a novice in optics or photonics, the idea of manipulating light may seem trivial. But from the perspective of...
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Pleora Technologies appointed Jonathan Hou as president, the company announced. Hou previously oversaw the company’s research and development efforts and...
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Test site follows Heliatek's win in Japan Energy Challenge 2019, sponsored by Japan's SMAP Energy.
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Boom in 3D sensing technology in latest quarter offset by 5G push-outs and weak demand for industrial lasers.
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Swiss project improves light absorption of flexible luminescent materials.
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Election officials also rely on high-speed scanners, envelope openers and good old-fashioned paper -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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New Zealand scientists make a case for updating long-held scientific names to incorporate more meaningful terms -- Read more on...
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OSRAM GmbH shareholders voted in favor of a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement (DPLTA) with amsAG, which owns...
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Lithographic equipment and chip-making materials developer ASML announced it closed on its previously announced acquisition of Berliner Glas, the German...
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Bioresponsive barcodes, capable of detecting molecules in a single liquid droplet, generated radiative energy that successfully converted dynamic biomolecular information...
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Photoinduced halide-ion segregation can be reversed; high-intensity light undoes chemical disruption caused by low light.
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Fiber laser company is aiming to release a variety of potentially disruptive products within the next year.
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The world’s most endangered primate is only the latest example of an arboreal animal benefiting from this simple yet effective...
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A versatile z-splitter prism design and deconvolution algorithm allow for high speed, high-contrast, large-FOV 3D imaging of live cells and...
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PerkinElmer announced it will acquire Horizon Discovery, a Cambridge, England-based cell engineering company. The acquisition will expand PerkinElmer’s life sciences...
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A new class of materials adapted by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) enable nearly instant production through volumetric...
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Embedded vision and systems manufacturer iENSO named Vlad Kardashov vice president of engineering. Company cofounder Michael Liwak moved to the...
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Researchers from ITMO, in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology and Australian National University, have resolved the fundamental...
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Researchers at ITMO have shown that individual atoms can be transformed into polaritons — quantum particles that are a mixture...
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Athena 1920 combines exceptional infrared image clarity with a wide field of view.
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Luna Innovations announced it has acquired New Ridge Technologies (NRT), a Md.-based developer and manufacturer of fiber optic test and...
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High-performance laser manufacturer IPG Photonics is maintaining a wide guidance range moving into the year’s final quarter, after reporting a...
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Climate change, nuclear arms control, the pandemic and more will be determined by whoever wins the White House and Congress...
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A microscopy technique developed by researchers at TU Wien (Austria) in collaboration with TU Munich could lead to more reliable...
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A team at the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Health Care Engineering Systems Center (HCESC) developed...
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Researchers at Boston University introduced a multifocus optical microscopy technique for simultaneously acquiring images at differing depths. The method can...
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IPG Photonics Corp. generated $318.4 million in total revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30, the company reported, surpassing its...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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Participants must have an optics or photonics technology or application as the basis for a viable new business.
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The new political polarization casts rivals as alien, unlikable and morally contemptible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Polymer co-networks form flexible, durable, wearable luminescent solar concentrators for solar-powered textiles.
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CEA-Leti announced plans to build a quantum photonics platform to develop technologies for industries requiring ultrasecure data transmission. The project...
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Strong earnings in consumer technology, logistics, and e-commerce, highlighted by Greater-China-based customers generating a three-month, year-over-year revenue increase of more...
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Chemists at the University of Groningen have designed a near-infrared light-powered rotary motor, the type that can be used to...
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An infrared-transmitting polymer based on common low-cost materials may lead to low-cost night-vision lenses that retain focus while imaging at...
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Plan to industrialize long-range 1550 nm sensor technology for automotive use, with series production slated for 2024.
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Max-Planck Institute develops photon-level broadband spectroscopy and interferometry.
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Pushback against antiscience politicians could erode public support for research. But there are ways to defuse antagonism -- Read more...
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Flooding and a wood-boring beetle threaten supplies of storied “swamp ash” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Quanergy Systems Inc., a producer and developer of lidar sensors and smart perception technology, appointed Brad Sherrard to the position...
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Quantum theorists from Griffith University and Macquarie University, both in Australia, used quantum mechanics to overturn an assertion about laser...
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Photonics Nobel winners warn jobs, growth, and new healthcare "at risk" due to EC plan to slash science funding in...
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Diversified industrial group sees continued strength in semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing segments.
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...while Toptica launches single-wavelength fiber laser for 2-photon fluorescence excitation applications.
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Simultaneous TV, texting and Instagram lead to memory-sapping attention lapses -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A photonic-lantern–based sensor, paired with machine learning, directly measures phase and intensity information for applications in astronomy.
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Cognex reported third-quarter revenue of $251.1 million, surpassing analysts’ and internal estimates for the period ending Sept. 27. The reported...
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced $18 million in funding for LaserNetUS, a network of 10 high-intensity laser facilities at...
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EnPro Industries announced that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Alluxa. The closing was announced Oct. 27....
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While extremely valuable in sample analysis, superresolution imaging has historically had its limitations. Among its obstacles are the confinement of...
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Observatory’s discovery also indicates that water may be distributed across lunar surface.
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First public outing for UK-developed self-driving vehicles as ‘Endeavour’ cars take to the streets of Oxford.
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Boston University platform could assist in several bioimaging applications.
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Rising nighttime temperatures stymie traditional firefighting methods -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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An emphasis on self-determination contributed to dramatically lower case numbers than among non-Indigenous groups -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Hospital workers who got vaccinated were significantly less likely to develop COVID than those who did not -- Read more...
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Himanshu Jain, T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh...
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Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. reported third-quarter GAAP net sales of just over $3 billion, beating 2019’s third-quarter mark of...
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Automotive company Continental signed an agreement for a minority investment in California-based lidar and artificial perception company AEye. The companies...
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a method for the delivery of multiple laser beams precisely to their intended locations,...
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Nanohmics Inc., in collaboration with the University of Maryland and the NASA Langley Research Center, will send a prototype compact...
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MKS Instruments reported quarterly consolidated revenue of $589.8 million, up 28% year over year and nearly $46 million from last...
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The first Photonics Spectra Conference is set for January 19-22, featuring webinars in four tracks: Lasers, Optics, Spectroscopy, and Biomedical...
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Researchers prototype a design that they say can pack in 10,000 OLED pixels per inch, setting up applications in close-to-the-eye...
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Researchers at the University of Rochester and the Fresnel Institute in France developed a method for visualizing molecules’ position and...
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Corning Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with compound material supplier Pixelligent to further the development of augmented reality/mixed reality (AR/MR)...
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The University of Liverpool, in partnership with private equity investment firm A2E Ltd., formed Robotiz3d Ltd. The joint venture spinoff...
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Aim is to create 1,000 jobs and achieve €1 billion new business by 2025 across EU, says Photonics21.
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Observations by NASA’s SOFIA telescope and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal signs of water in sun-baked lunar soil, as well as...
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Physicists describe a way to merge quantum theory with Einstein’s special theory of relativity—and even a method to test it...
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Model shows how soft biological materials can convert a thermal-infrared signal into an electrical one, allowing pit vipers to image...
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University developed a human motion capture system called MonoEye, which consists...
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Researchers from the University of Sydney developed a sensor capable of correcting the distortion of starlight caused by heat variations...
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Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of St. Andrews, and the University of New South...
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Medical doctors have long understood the value of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for monitoring human health. Veterinarians are learning that...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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US football team working with provider Joovv to treat players with red and near infrared light to speed muscle recovery.
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New models used writing samples to predict the onset of the disease with 70 percent accuracy -- Read more on...
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Much like spoken language, Internet memes take on shifting political meanings according to context -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Neurological symptoms might arise from multiple causes. But does the virus even get into neurons? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Creating a sustainable human presence beyond low-Earth orbit requires a clear-eyed view of the risks—and rewards—inherent in spaceflight -- Read...
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Chip-scale micro-resonator setup can generate multiple output colors from a single, compact near-IR laser source.
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A collaboration between researchers at the University of Warsaw and the Weizmann Institute of Science yielded a method of fluorescence...
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The Max Planck Society announced an extended, five-year round of funding for the Max Planck—University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme...
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Are you running highly sensitive organic solvents through your UHPLC system? We have designed a bioinert tubing and fitting connection...
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Research led by Huddersfield to develop nm-scale systems; also involving Zepler Institute and industrial partners.
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Industrial laser firm Convergent Photonics hosts new facility in Chicopee, looks to new diode development.
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Japan-US research team demonstrates that silica fiber signal loss can be cut by 50%.
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Caltech imaging technique could reveal dynamics of polarization and sonoluminescence.
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Suggestibility may explain why people “feel” vicarious pain or sensation in a fake hand -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Spheres of metal-oxide nanocrystals readily double the frequency of incoming light, without the hassle of phase-matching.
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Teledyne Technologies Inc. reported third-quarter 2020 net sales of $749 million, and a year-over-year decrease of 6.6%, compared to third-quarter...
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Luxinar announced the establishment of a sales and service office located in Shelby Charter Township, Mich. The expansion aims to...
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SMART Global Holdings Inc. entered into an agreement with Cree Inc. to purchase the Cree LED Products business. The acquisition...
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An ultrafast 3D camera developed in the lab of Lihong Wang at Caltech is capable of capturing the movement of...
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method that uses a single laser cavity to create two high-powered optical frequency...
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PhotonHub Europe, a newly established pan-European photonics digital innovation hub, has been awarded a €19 million investment from the European...
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Convergent Photonics has been awarded a $2,581,109 grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative to support the development of an...
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Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2...
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NIST project uses optical parametric oscillation to convert invisible IR into visible colors.
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The upcoming debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump may be one of the least consequential in decades, experts say...
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President Trump, a congressman and conspiracy fantasists have repeated the myth. But three kinds of evidence point to more than...
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Engineers of the dual-arm, 10-PW laser system housed in the Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele, Romania, reported...
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A joint team from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia), the University of Geneva, the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), and...
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Lumileds announced the appointment of Steve Barlow as president of the company’s automotive business unit. Barlow has been leading the...
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Aim is to create continuous strain profiles that boost safety and efficiency of subsurface oil & gas systems.
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German photonics giant reduces annual sales expectations down by a further €40M.
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One of the pioneers of the solid-state lighting revolution focuses elsewhere as sales and margins shrink.
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The first Photonics Spectra Conference is set for Jan. 19-22, featuring presentations in four tracks: lasers, optics, biomedical imaging, and...
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Engineers of the dual-arm, 10-PW laser system housed in the Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele, Romania, reported...
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The diminutive world and others like it could help astronomers probe the mysteries of planet formation -- Read more on...
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SemiNex Corp. opened a sales and application engineering office in Liaoyang, China, supporting the high-power laser diodes manufacturer’s business on...
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Coherent beam combining, paired with direct water cooling in the testing stage of development, has helped produce the new ultrafast...
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Oxford University’s method is faster than PCR and distinguishes between virus types; spin-out company to be set up.
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Nirav Shah directs Maine’s response, which is seeing impressive results despite risk factors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The spacecraft’s first attempt to gather material from the space rock’s surface could become the largest nonlunar sample return in...
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Journals and Nobelists, usually cautious, cite unprecedented damage and incompetence in calls for a U.S. leadership change -- Read more...
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The online µTAS 2020 meeting was held from 4-9th October, chaired by Séverine Le Gac and Hang Lu. Philippa Ross,...
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Check out our new Lab on a Chip themed collection, focussing on Wearable and Implantable Sensors. The collection was curated...
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TOPTICA announced that effective Oct. 1, Thomas Weber has stepped down from the company’s executive board. Weber, the company’s founding...
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Maryland researchers demonstrated the ability to convert invisible near-infrared laser...
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SunDensity, developers of photonic smart coating (PSC) technology that increases solar power output, announced the closing of $2.5 million in...
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A vaccine made by Pfizer could seek emergency approval by the third week of November, but it likely won’t be...
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A14 Bionic design features “pro camera system”, LiDAR scanner and largest yet Super Retina XDR display.
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Australia-based semiconductor developer says its 405nm model is approaching commercial specification.
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University of Rochester tracks cell interactions in a living eye without dyes or damage.
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Amid the pandemic, candidates in tight contests in Arizona and Kansas contrast their understanding of science with opponents’ disregard --...
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A medical student describes winning her fight to change an equation that prevented Black people from getting crucial treatment --...
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As part of its Bridging the Gap Plus Program, DARPA awarded a consortium of universities, biomedical startups, and nonprofit organizations...
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AdvanTech Service-IoT GmbH, an industrial computing solutions developer, and Quanergy Systems Inc., a producer and developer of lidar sensors and...
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Researchers from Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Quebec City have introduced a method for tuning a laser’s...
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Incorporating simple grating lines, properly arranged, could enhance the performance of photovoltaics.
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Organizers announced that OFC 2021 will be held from June 6 to June 10, 2021, at the Moscone Center in...
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For the past 8 years IDEX Health & Science’s Senior Technical Manager for the Semrock Optical Filters product line, Wang...
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Lithography leader set to sell slightly fewer EUV tools than expected this year, but sees more growth in 2021.
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Alloys are suited to electric vehicle battery cases; development is part of German AiF research project FAAM.
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New buildings in US, UK, and China for increased production of optical sensors, and new brand identity.
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A research group at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany developed an ultrafast fiber laser capable of delivering an...
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Researchers from Jiao Tong University discovered that optical moiré lattices can produce solitons — self-trapped solitary waves — at extremely...
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By connecting superconducting quantum bits to a microwave transmission line, MIT researchers demonstrated how qubits can generate, on demand, photons...
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A joint development between University of Cambridge scientists and 3D image analysis software company Lume VR Ltd. is enabling the...
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Industrial laser and machine tool firm boosted by strong demand in EUV tools as business drops sharply elsewhere.
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Epidemiologists offer tips for U.S. voters and poll workers to limit their chances of getting infected -- Read more on...
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Scientists used the HARPS spectrograph to measure the solar gravitational redshift predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory.
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TRUMPF recorded a fiscal year 2019-2020 (ending June 30, 2020) decline in sales revenue of 8%, to €3.5 billion, compared...
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Three-year sales agreement for the Chinese tech giant’s ‘Apollo’ development program in autonomous vehicles.
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HKUST project employs adaptive optics to enable imaging at synaptic resolution.
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Gauging whether or not we dwell inside someone else’s computer may come down to advanced AI research—or measurements at the...
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Debate erupts over how best to estimate the sizes of the largest creatures ever to have walked the earth --...
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PhotonDelta has announced its investment in PHIX Photonics Assembly, a packaging and assembly company within the European integrated photonics market....
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A novel microscopy technique that expands on existing principles of adaptive optics — first developed to capture images of the...
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Researchers from five institutions collaborated to develop a method to generate precisely controlled graphene microbubbles on a glass surface using...
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Synthetic peptides that mimic human antibodies for COVID-19 could be cheaper and easier to produce -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Defect centers in a 2D material, stimulated and read out with a scanning tunneling microscope tip, open one path toward...
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Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a method of generating single identical photons on demand, a crucial step...
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Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have entangled two very different quantum objects — a...
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Scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) developed a technology for in vivo imaging of deep...
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Achievement by French research group opens the door to holograms being presented on augmented reality glasses.
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Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have entangled two very different quantum objects — a...
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Remembering the maverick physicist who pioneered an “anthropic” approach to cosmology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Nanobolometers fashioned by two research groups could eventually serve to read out data from individual microwave photons in quantum computers.
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French firm closes first of 3 tranches in Series D investment for product and facility development near Grenoble.
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Doctors say the president could be heading for a bad stretch in prolonged illness—or an upward path to recovery --...
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Optical technologies like terahertz imaging and near-infrared spectroscopy are being used to monitor the safety, quality and viability of food...
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A team led by Jinyang Liang of the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) has developed an ultrafast camera capable...
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A Jena, Germany-based research team, working with its Australian colleagues, has grown 2D materials directly on optical fibers. The researchers...
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Vacuum systems manufacturer and provider Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology announced the resignation of company CFO Nathalie Benedikt. Effective October 1, Britta...
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It kills more people than the flu, contrary to Trump’s claims, and also surpasses stroke, Alzheimer’s and diabetes -- Read more...
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A Fresnel-lens-inspired setup could expand the applications of stimulated Raman scattering microscopy in biomedicine and material science.
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Jenoptik has appointed Steve Green president of JENOPTIK Automotive North America, and James Roe business development manager for the western...
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Collaborating scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) developed...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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Over the past century, the existence of these invisible cosmic bodies has become unmistakable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Humans’ spatial recall makes mental notes about the location of high-calorie foods -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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No amount of alcohol is considered safe during pregnancy, according to published research1. Despite this message being the subject of...
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The origins of optical coherence tomography (OCT), a subsurface imaging technology based on low- coherence interferometry, can be traced to...
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As few as 10 percent of infected people may drive a whopping 80 percent of cases in specific types of situations...
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Jürgen Popp describes current key technologies now transferring into clinics.
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Upbeat report says photonics production continues – but nobody expects in-person events in 2021.
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Earth orbit will allow study of effects of microgravity on light-activated proteins.
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A noninvasive device designed to rewire brain circuits reduced symptoms of tinnitus in a large, exploratory clinical trial -- Read...
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Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna win for technology that gives scientists unprecedented abilities to change the code of life...
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Incorporating a functionalized 2D metal-organic framework into a solar cell increases long-term stability and reduces lead leakage.
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Broadband light emitters based on thin-film technology could enable compact spectrometers in portable devices.
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II-VI Inc. announced that Sohail Khan has joined the company as executive vice president of new ventures and wide-bandgap electronics...
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Precision laser processor and manufacturer OpTek Systems announced its investment into new operational facilities on three continents. The company expanded...
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Researchers in David Pine’s NYU laboratory have developed and introduced a method for the reliable creation of colloidal diamonds. Using...
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From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most persistent false claims about the pandemic --...
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SUNY Buffalo project creates 3D images of veins in fingers.
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To expand defense and aerospace offering with solid-state discrete firing switches.
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Half the award goes to Roger Penrose, with the rest split between Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, for work revealing the...
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The observation of a supermassive black hole at the galactic center, which shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics, rested...
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Amid grand ambitions, but besieged by the pandemic recession and post-Brexit uncertainties, science support in Europe reshuffles.
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SCHOTT North America Inc. finalized its acquisition of INCOM Inc.’s MEGAdraw business. The MEGAdraw process is used for image intensification...
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Edmund Optics announced it appointed Marisa Edmund to the position of vice chair to the company's board of directors. In...
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PDL BioPharma Inc. announced the completion of the previously announced spinoff of its femtosecond laser system business LENSAR. Beginning Oct....
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) researchers developed an ultrathin stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) lens that will simplify...
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Roger Penrose for linking black hole formation to relativity; Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovery of supermassive object.
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Laureates Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries related...
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Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that group company SDC Technologies Inc. acquired COTEC GmbH, a manufacturer, developer, and researcher of...
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PDL BioPharma Inc. announced the completion of the previously announced spinoff of its femtosecond laser system business LENSAR. Beginning Oct....
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Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice share the award for identifying the virus behind the blood-borne liver disease...
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Gelest, manufacturers and suppliers of high-growth materials such as silicones and organosilanes, reported it has completed its previously announced sale...
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A team of computer scientists at Princeton University’s Visual AI Lab has developed a method to detect biases in sets...
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A laser-based space communication system developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology uses an almost noiseless preamplifier to improve...
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) are deploying remote sensing technology called InSAR to gain...
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Virtual conference covers advances in resilient photonics manufacturing; including links to all full presentations.
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Acquisition brings company’s total number of industrial metal printers to twenty-one; more planned for next two years.
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Perseverance to place laser retroreflectors for softer landings and new science projects.
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An expert on airborne virus transmission explains the risks of talking loudly without wearing a mask in an indoor environment...
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What authors need to know about the new cOAlition S rights retention strategy.
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Despite pandemic precautions, the common cold and other illnesses are still circulating -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have introduced a laser-resonator design inspired by the work of Arthur Ashkin. Created by graduate...
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Lumentum has announced the appointment of Janet Wong to its board of directors, bringing the board to eight members, seven...
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TRUMPF Inc. has named Annette Doyle vice president of technical service. The appointment was effective Oct. 1. Doyle has been...
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A noted bioethicist says the president’s case could trigger calls for greater transparency about his health—and spawn conspiracy theories --...
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The president is age 74, male and heavy—all factors linked to more severe cases of the illness -- Read more...
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Uncertainty is part of life in any year. But the uncertainties arising from 2020’s global pandemic have literally remapped daily...
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LASER-TEC is the Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, founded in 2013 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and...
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The display industry has used anisotropic conductive film (ACF) for component packaging applications for decades. By aligning display parts precisely...
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BT and Toshiba deploy ultra-secure 6 km link over standard optical fiber, described as UK’s first ‘industrial’ quantum network.
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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Data from an old NASA mission to our sister planet may contain overlooked evidence for the gas phosphine, a potential...
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The way we decide may even give insight into delusional thinking -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers prototype a combined acousto-optical system for identifying individuals based on a 3D “internal fingerprint” of blood-vessel architecture.
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TRUMPF has spun off two startups, Optimate and ScaleNC, both of which offer digital solutions for sheet metal production. Ideas...
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University of Tokyo researchers have established a high-frequency laser source facility located at the university that enables investigation of time-dependent...
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Aarhus University has been awarded a $3.5 million grant (22.7 million DKK) to develop a camera-based system for the separation...
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Data from an old NASA mission to our sister planet may contain overlooked evidence for the gas phosphine, a potential...
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are characteristics of High Performance Organizations (HPOs), which is why it is so important that we...
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As faith in government hits historic lows, organizers in the U.K. are trying a new math-based approach to democracy. Would...
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Lumenisity’s CoreSmart cable uses nested anti-resonant nodeless patented fiber technology.
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Developer of laser fluorescence technique for early Alzheimer’s diagnosis eyes pivotal trial in 2021.
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Penn State project employs scattering masks to enable multi-image reconstruction.
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Two new studies link some severe infections to genetics and an autoimmune reaction that attacks the body’s own defenses --...
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Hints of anomalous activity in heavy isotopes could be clues to new physics -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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An agreement signed this month is poised to broaden the scope and application of fluorescence-labeled poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors...
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An optical biometric authentication tool using photoacoustic tomography to map a subject’s finger veins in 3D could provide a nearly...
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Excelitas Technologies Corp. has acquired the SolidTRON product line from Silicon Power Corp. The product line expands Excelitas’ defense and...
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Hollowcore fiber startup backed by investors including BGF and Parkwalk to fund manufacturing and test facility.
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Broadband, miniaturized device could benefit next-generation optoelectronics, sensing and imaging.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to SUNY Buffalo is supporting the college’s development of a portable breast imaging device...
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to SUNY Buffalo is supporting the college’s development of a portable breast imaging device...
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To improve the safety of pedestrians in school zones in Seoul, South Korea.
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Optogenetics researchers in Switzerland and US have optically stimulated nerve fibers in living mice.
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$255 million deal sees Santa Rosa maker of optical filters become part of the much larger materials group.
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CNRS project incorporates wavefront shaping and could allow new images of brain function.
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The assays may not detect all cases, but they are cheap and could be used at home -- Read more on...
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More than one third of all reptile species, including highly endangered ones, are sold internationally, primarily as pets -- Read...
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So why don’t we act like it? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and Friedrich Schiller University have developed a copper complex-based chemical...
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Lidar and environmental sensing company LeddarTech has announced the acquisition of Phantom Intelligence’s assets, including its full intellectual property and...
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A system developed by researchers at Tohoku University captures 3D images enabling the detection of defects in metallic structures. The...
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A new study proves that far from being mere mathematical artifacts, particles that are indistinguishable from one another can be...
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Machine vision company Allied Vision Technologies has hired Carl Lewis as director of sales, Americas. Lewis will be based in...
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A projector capable of making images that elude the capture capabilities of traditional cameras could, when paired with a monochrome...
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An endoscope that combines photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging and that is about as thick as a human hair could one...
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To overcome the limitations of high-speed volumetric imaging due to slow axial scanning rates or aberrations introduced by the z-scanning...
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To manufacture three automated production cells for Gestamp, multinational metal components maker.
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Partnership with Materials Research Center at U Freiburg achieves “record efficiency” for area >1cm².
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EnPro Industries is acquiring optical coatings and filters company Alluxa in a deal worth $255 million. The transaction, which is...
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A new budget-friendly virtual-reality system helps researchers study the brains of small animals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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According to a study by the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, counterfeit drinks cost the U.K. economy more than £200...
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Bruker Corp. has acquired Canopy Biosciences, a specialist in high multiplex biomarker imaging for immunology, immune-oncology, and cell therapy. The...
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The interaction between light and electrons in a system composed of two gold mirrors separated by a small distance and...
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Alloy developer and manufacturer ALLVAR has been awarded a NASA SBIR Phase I Grant to develop a high-temperature negative thermal...
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A comparative study from Rice University researchers in the college’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) demonstrated how the shape of nanoparticles...
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Jenoptik has completed its acquisition of the first tranche of 75% of shares in the Hamburg-based TRIOPTICS, which had been...
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Arthur Ashkin, Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 98. Ashkin, known for his pioneering work in the creation...
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Jenoptik has completed its acquisition of the first tranche of 75% of shares in the Hamburg-based TRIOPTICS, which had been...
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Arthur Ashkin, Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 98. Ashkin, known for his pioneering work in the creation...
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Using tools made of luminescent DNA, researchers at Emory University have visualized the mechanical forces of cells at the molecular...
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An all-optical ultrafast imaging system developed by scientists at Shenzhen University has reached 15 trillion frames per second. The system...
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Orthopaedic Research UK and Embryo Ventures have formed Novara Therapeutics. The joint venture company will commercialize a “bone-targeting” contrast agent...
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Rochester Precision Optics promoted Mike Davenport to company president, effective Sept. 21. Davenport previously served as RPO’s vice president of...
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Glasgow University's Professor Miles Padgett also gives update on progress by the UK QuantiC hub – drawing a virtual crowd.
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Partners aiming to leverage Microsoft’s 3D time-of-flight sensor technology.
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The avian cortex had been hiding in plain sight all along. Humans were just too birdbrained to see it --...
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Using a two-stage frequency-doubling process, researchers have converted mid-IR light into tunable yellow light—an area of interest for biomedical applications.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have dedicated the launch of the Connected and...
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Orthopaedic Research UK and Embryo Ventures have formed Novara Therapeutics. The joint venture company will commercialize a “bone-targeting” contrast agent...
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SearchLight's System Calculators allow a user to compare the fluorescence signal and signal-to-noise ratio or contrast of varying filter sets....
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Silicon Valley firm schedules volume production of its compact, licensable system from 2022.
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Based on existing SiPh 100G PAM4 Colorz platform solution for 80km DWDM DCIs in QSFP28 form factor.
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Deputy director of QED-C group says that non-US collaborators will be able to join the scheme soon.
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Shenzhen University parametric technique sets record for high-spatial-resolution imaging.
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Following a tantalizing discovery, these spacecraft could be headed to Earth’s twisted twin in search of the truth -- Read...
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More than 100 colleges in the Northeast have partnered with the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard to test their...
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Lab on a Chip is pleased to announce that Professor Xingyu Jiang has recently joined our editorial board. Professor Jiang...
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An optical device reportedly four orders of magnitude smaller than the smallest polymer microring detectors can enable ultrasound imaging on...
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Osram and Continental are separating their joint venture business Osram Continental, a developer of smart automotive lighting systems, and returning...
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A parylene-based waveguide has the physical characteristics necessary to enable it to emerge as the new standard in optical biointerfaces....
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The Irish Photonic Integration Centre’s Science Foundation Ireland (IPIC SFI) Research Centre, University College Cork (UCC) Innovation, and Tyndall National...
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Researchers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have developed a wide-angle metalens capable of producing 180° panoramic images....
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Researchers at RMIT University (Australia) introduced a hyper-efficient broadband photodetector capable of imaging all shades of light between the UV...
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The Irish Photonic Integration Centre’s Science Foundation Ireland (IPIC SFI) Research Centre, University College Cork (UCC) Innovation, and Tyndall National...
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In vivo bioprinting might also help repair hernias and treat infertility -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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To meet rising demand for sensor products and detectors, InfraTec has expanded its production complex with a €10 million investment....
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The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding Bridger Photonics, a developer of ladar and lidar imaging products and technologies, $4.57...
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Crystalline materials and optical components manufacturer Inrad Optics has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from...
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A hollow optical fiber developed by researchers at the University of Central Florida greatly reduces noise that interferes with transmitted...
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Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a microscopy technique that harnesses surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to enable precision imaging...
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EPFL spin-off Hydromea develops mini-optical modem that works at 6,000m under the sea.
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Many vital public institutions such as hospitals and fire stations lack cybersecurity to ward off popular malware -- Read more...
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The Chinese JUNO experiment will aim to answer a mystery about the particles’ mass -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Here is how a perfectly ordinary number captured the interest of sci-fi enthusiasts, geeks and mathematicians -- Read more on...
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The researcher spearheading a European training network talks about the promise of an emerging technique and fostering a new generation...
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A new initiative aims to connect digital innovators in Europe with experts in laser-based manufacturing. Called PULSATE, the project formally...
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In a project named QT Assemble, Fraunhofer’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) is leading a collaborative effort to make quantum...
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Visible yellow and green light are central to a process that researchers from North Carolina State University used to produce...
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Yokohama National University platform controls polymerization and suppresses air bubbles.
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$17.5M grant from the funding agency supports phasing test-beds for precision alignment of seven huge mirror segments.
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The autumn issue of Vision Spectra has been thought of as the “VISION issue,” set to coincide with the trade...
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ZEISS has launched the “Vision in County” Cataract Development Program in China. The program aims to strengthen the building of...
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A base of miniaturized photonic circuits, undetectable to the human eye and assembled on top of a silicon chip, has...
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Electro-optic combs operating at gigahertz pulse rates have enabled a dual-comb spectrometer capable of acquiring data at exceptionally high speeds...
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QT Assemble project to focus on device improvements with waveguide writing and monolithic integration.
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Busch Microsystems, a designer and manufacturer of high-precision motion control systems, has partnered with technical consulting company JP Sercel TBC...
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If you want to eat an elephant, conventional advice says to start with the first bite. To build a robot...
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Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a way to manipulate light with a “synthetic” Lorentz force — which...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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Vermont-based manufacturer of optical filters and coatings for spectroscopy is going for growth.
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A new way of measuring the temperature of the seas could fill in gaps left by limited direct monitoring --...
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In the final keynote talk at the OSA Quantum 2.0 Conference, Harvard University’s Mikhail Lukin touched on work in diverse...
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A special two-part session at FiO+LS 2020 focused on the ways that optics and photonics are being used to combat...
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A keynote talk at OSA’s Quantum 2.0 meeting highlighted that, even in the absence of universal quantum computers, quantum algorithms...
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China International Optoelectronic Expo is one of the first major in-person photonics exhibitions to take place since March.
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Oak Ridge project offers easier generation of electrons for nanoscale imaging and sensing.
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Crowding, connections among communities and other factors seem to better explain infection and mortality rates -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A FiO 2020 Visionary Speaker describes the state of the field and where it’s headed next.
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Boston-based private equity firm Artemis Capital Partners has acquired Omega Optical, developers of custom precision thin-film filters and optical coatings....
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and,...
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Glass and technology group SCHOTT AG has announced that Pawan Kumar Shukla will serve as its new managing director for...
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Researchers at Stanford University are looking at AI and infrared sensing to save lives in smart hospitals and at-home care,...
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Aim is to include the Einstein Telescope in the European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructures roadmap.
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...and a Trumpf TruPrint 3000 laser AM system installed at UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre.
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OPN talks with Nergis Mavalvala, whose FIO+LS plenary talk recounted some amazing recent improvements to the LIGO and Virgo laser-interferometer...
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A panel at OSA’s Quantum 2.0 meeting looked at the issues involved in moving from an academic to an industrial...
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Our cover story in this edition relates how Raman imaging allows for the examination of cells and tissue, which can...
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Stanford project based on confocal diffuse tomography could also assist autonomous driving.
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Device paves the way to mass-manufacturable single-photon sources for large-scale quantum computing.
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Beating bacteria in food production by a combination of UV laser treatment and bacteriophages is the aim of ODLAB project.
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The state went after the disease with widespread testing and science-based targets. Now it is in better shape than its...
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SunDensity, a developer of photonic smart coatings (PSC) technology, has earned $1 million in funding as the winner of the...
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror has been completed, NASA announced. The telescope will have a field of...
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Using a single-photon avalanche diode that can detect the arrival times of photons down to a single photon, with precision...
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Optical communications and test and measurement company Coherent Solutions has announced a new name. The company is now operating as...
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Ball Aerospace satellite to monitor climate-heating gas emissions passes critical design review.
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Denselight and Advanced Micro Foundry developing highly integrated approach for both data center and sensing applications.
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A U.N. report reveals that countries worldwide have failed to meet key conservation targets set for 2020 -- Read more...
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Lab on a Chip and Dolomite are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship, Professor...
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At OSA’s Quantum 2.0 conference, the founder of a European firm that helped pioneer quantum cryptography looked at data security...
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Speakers at OSA’s Quantum 2.0 conference looked at the state of the art in trapped-ion, trapped-atom and superconducting-qubit systems.
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Members of The Optical Society (OSA) have elected Michal Lipson, the Eugene Higgins Professor at Columbia University and pioneer in...
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An expert explains how automation enables quick deliveries—which will include ballots for November’s election -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers at the University of Washington have modified the standard process of OCT (optical coherence tomography) to detect minute changes...
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Researchers from the University of South Australia, in conjunction with Australia’s Department of Defence, have developed a range of lightweight...
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Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a method of reconfiguring microwave photonic filters without the need...
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Fotona d.o.o. has acquired A.R.C. Laser GmbH’s dental division. The acquisition encompasses Fotona’s purchase of the Fox III and Fox...
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Cristiano Cordeiro, a researcher and professor at the University of Campinas’ Physics Institute, has developed a method for fabricating optical...
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The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology...
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Record-setting blazes fueled in part by climate change have destroyed homes and upended live across the West -- Read more...
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An FiO 2020 Visionary Speaker describes her career creating immersive-reality systems—both before and after she acquired stereoscopic vision.
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To kick off OSA’s new Quantum 2.0 conference, a key member of the web giant’s quantum-computing squad recounted the road...
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Avantes BV has appointed Pierre Warffemius CEO. Warffemius previously served as CEO of SynCo Bio Partners. Outgoing CEO Benno Oderkerk,...
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Researchers at the University of Washington have modified the standard process of OCT (optical coherence tomography) to detect minute changes...
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A novel combination of structured light and spectroscopy enables quality assessment of spirits without removing the cork.
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Rush Limbaugh and other conservative pundits’ “hurricane skepticism” in 2017 may have influenced individuals’ decision to pack up the car...
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Habaneros deliver an antioxidant boost in a eco-friendly, low-cost method for creating nanomaterials.
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For the first time, Luminate NY is holding its Innovation Finals Competition in a virtual format, at an event on...
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A team of researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Russian Quantum Center, Saratov State University,...
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Researchers at Ghent University have detected protease using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) performed with a tiny waveguide. The work moves...
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Researchers at the Physical Research Laboratory at Gujarat University have developed a compact and ultrafast high-power yellow laser. The tunable...
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Quntao Zhuang, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the James C. Wyant School of...
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Scotland's University of St Andrews advances laser spectroscopy to focus on spirits rather than bottles.
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The company’s attempts to dim the spacecraft in its megaconstellation fall short of eliminating disruptions to the world’s ground-based observatories...
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The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during...
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EXFO Inc., a provider of test and service assurance solutions for wire-line and wireless network operators and equipment manufacturers, including...
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Bruker Corp. has appointed Bonnie H. Anderson to its board of directors. Anderson is co-founder, chairman of the board, and...
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A team of researchers has designed a tiny fiber optic force sensor, approximately equal in diameter to a human hair,...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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A device reportedly 100 times faster than current dual-comb spectrometers could open up applications in chemistry and beyond.
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Photonics Leadership Group and Parliamentary association identify 70 topics as focus of research objectives.
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San Francisco lidar firm says sales and bookings are up sharply following January launch of 128-beam products.
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Epiwafer foundry delivers record first-half revenues and now expects to post full-year growth of nearly 20%.
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Imec artificial iris based on liquid crystals is capable of dynamically changing pupil size.
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Concerns about costs and safety remain, however -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Imec and CMST, an imec-affiliated research group at Ghent University, along with their partners Instituto de Investigación Fundación Jiménez Díaz...
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The University of Strathclyde announced it is heading an £8 million research program to reduce the environmental impact of power-generating...
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A team from Purdue University has received a patent for a 2D nanomaterial that has potential for use in nanoelectronics,...
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An Australian research team has demonstrated that the molecules 4-tert-butylpyridine (tBP) and 1-methyl-benzimidazole (NMBI) play a role of crucial importance,...
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2018 SPIE Startup Challenge Winner gets $5.2M series A round, including backing from Sony, plus $2.1 M SBIR grant from...
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Microchannels strategically carved in chips could help meet demand for ever-smaller devices and cut energy use -- Read more on...
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Researchers demonstrated a multi-user QKD technology that could be scaled up fairly cheaply—a step toward a secure quantum internet.
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The next VISION conference will take place Oct. 5-7, 2021. The new date in the odd year — in parallel...
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Imec and CMST, an imec-affiliated research group at Ghent University, along with their partners Instituto de Investigación Fundación Jiménez Díaz...
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Though few studies have investigated the connection specifically, cigarette smoke and vaping aerosol are linked to lung inflammation and lowered...
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Optical networking systems company says it has started to see a Covid-related slowdown in spending.
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Three-year venture between silicon photonics foundry and Singapore's NTU to develop new sources for comms and more.
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Tokyo University of Science links proton flow to emitted light.
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Topography may contribute to the formation of regional temperament -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Gravitational interactions among the moons could offer new insights on the liquid layers lurking in their depths -- Read more...
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China–U.S. team develops approach to creating structural color that enables simultaneous, ultrasmooth tuning of color and brightness—for Vermeer-like control of...
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A two-dimensional array of tantalum disulfide containing microscopic crystals possesses distinct optical characteristics that can be controlled in ambient conditions...
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Researchers from the University of Chicago have found an easy, inexpensive, and scalable method for fabricating bioelectronics components using lasers....
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A team of researchers from Kyushu University in Japan and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry in China has demonstrated stable,...
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The antiviral interferon might help early but exacerbate disease in later stages -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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After neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture, scientists at the University of Costa Rica are proceeding with human testing -- Read...
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Strathclyde leading UK project Laser Imaging of Turbine Engine Combustion Species to improve combustion modeling.
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A research team from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the Autonomous University of Madrid has applied periodic arrays...
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PhotoniCare Inc. has announced it is receiving more than $7 million in funding to commercially expand its ear imaging technology,...
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PhotoniCare Inc. has announced it is receiving more than $7 million in funding to commercially expand its ear imaging technology,...
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The two could come together, making things worse—or our new hygiene habits may actually reduce the flu’s spread -- Read...
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The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed program is backing six efforts with the ambitious goal of delivering an effective vaccine...
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Bringing students back into classrooms or keeping them home can both have negative consequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A downsized version of the company’s Sycamore chip performed a record-breaking simulation of a chemical reaction -- Read more on...
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Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have described a method for easily tuning the luminescence of a newly modified...
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Allegro MicroSystems, a developer of sensing and semiconductor technology, has acquired Voxtel Inc. Voxtel, located in Beaverton, Ore., specializes in...
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new CMOS-compatible silicon photon source that satisfies all the requirements necessary...
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Capable of connecting eight or more users across distances of 17 kilometers, the demonstration is another milestone toward developing a...
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Terahertz emissions allowed researchers to reconstruct the ultrafast magnetization dynamics of laser-excited iron.
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The high-resolution, 3D-viewing capabilities provided by a new microscopy method from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)...
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Researchers at Texas A&M University have invented a technology that can drastically downsize the apparatus used for Raman spectroscopy. “Raman...
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By coating droplets of an aqueous solution of hydroxopropyl cellulose with silica nanoparticles, and placing these “liquid marbles” inside an...
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Fraunhofer has opened a quantum application laboratory in Erfut, funded by the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society....
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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New prediction from analysts at Yole Développement suggests $3.8BN market by 2025 - much lower than its earlier estimates.
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Achieved by coating powder grains with nanoparticles made of silver.
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Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term...
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The high-resolution, 3D-viewing capabilities provided by a new microscopy method from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)...
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When Moez Adatia and Craig Hodgson woke up early Thursday morning (July 30, 2020), they were excited to witness a...
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The results of a trial that found dexamethasone reduced the risk of death in extremely ill coronavirus patients have yet...
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Previously, it was not possible to melt copper for complex 3D-printed parts using an infrared laser.
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TUAT project reconstructs holographic stills into moving image at 30 frames per second.
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The unexpected finding gives astronomers their first good look at previously missing “intermediate”-size black holes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Finding cosmic civilizations might require a more innovative approach than listening for radio transmissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and SM Instruments have developed a deep learning-based cough-recognition model that...
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Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas and their international colleagues have developed a method to create micro-LEDs that...
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a technique to drastically increase the speed of infrared spectroscopy. The technique,...
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TruLifi to be deployed in manufacturing industries, including oil and gas, logistics and more.
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Finisar co-founder Frank Levinson among early backers in Albuquerque startup's planned $3M series A round.
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His start-up Neuralink is not the first to develop a wireless brain implant. But the considerable resources behind the effort...
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Laser-based visualization shows that face shields and masks with exhalation vents still allow substantial spread of aerosol-sized droplets.
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Oxford Instruments NanoScience announced that it will partner with a £10 million consortium to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing...
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In its most practical form, photonics isn’t such a complicated industry. It has three basic components: the generation, manipulation, and...
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LASER-TEC is the Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, founded in 2013 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and...
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Avocados are one of the most popular and versatile fruits today, and spreading them on toast is much easier than...
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LZH project aims to develop platform for imaging and removal of cement during arthroplasty.
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Chinese communications equipment giant accounts for nearly half the sales of the US company.
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Physicians are comparing ad hoc solutions for reducing massive inflammation that can cripple organs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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TechInvest Holding AG, parent company of laser scan system manufacturer SCANLAB GmbH, has taken over a 25% stake in HOLO/OR...
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Researchers in the lab of professor Jennifer Dionne at Stanford University have structured ultrathin silicon chips into nanoscale bars to...
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A collaboration led by Cornell University has created mass-producible microscopic robots with semiconductor components that allow them to be controlled...
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Physicists have precisely measured the ultrafast change in a magnetic state in materials by observing the emission of terahertz (THz)...
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It’s been 43 years since audiences heard those famous words “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope” from a...
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As the industry inches closer to reality, scientists probe potential environmental harms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Photonic integrated circuits promise greater speed, bandwidth, and efficiency than traditional electrical circuits, but they’re not yet small enough to...
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A new Raman spectroscopic system designed by Jacobs and IS Instruments is able to detect a weak laser signal even...
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The robotic component of a human-robot team designed by the U.S. Army is capable of detecting physical changes in 3D...
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In telecom networks connected by fiber optic cable, transmitted photons tend to be absorbed by the material that comprises the...
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U.S. researchers demonstrate laser-controlled, 40-micron-wide walking robots that can be built a million at a time from a silicon wafer,...
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Tom Fallon will be stepping down as Infinera’s CEO. David Heard, the company’s current COO, will succeed Fallon in the...
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A joint effort from HyperLight and Harvard University has achieved a technical milestone for lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits (PICs)....
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Three research teams at Clemson University joined forces to study the phase transition in nanocrystal (NC) perovskites and the correlation...
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No one can accuse Michael Cumbo, the new CEO of AIM Photonics, of being risk-averse. In the middle of a...
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Based on thin film of lithium niobate bonded on silica, chip offers potential in datacoms, microwave- and quantum photonics.
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A study reveals the Pac-Man-like strategies adopted by different cell types when making long journeys through an organism -- Read...
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In an era of COVID-19 and remotely run experiments, can the challenge of display calibration be overcome for out-of-lab vision...
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Luminar, an automotive lidar company, has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gores Metropoulos Inc. Upon completion of...
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Sometimes when many groups agree to look at a problem through the same lens, it can make all the difference....
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The former front-runner in the lunar space race aims to rekindle its exploration after nearly half a century -- Read...
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A team from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), working with scientists from the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the...
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have shown that industrial-grade lasers can be used to generate attosecond pulses....
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A team from Stanford University has won the top prize at the National Institutes of Health’s ninth annual Design by...
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The University of Rochester has received $12.96 million in federal funding to host a National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontier...
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German Space Agency scientist explains how laser space-earth comms system is miniaturised and performance maximised.
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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Researchers generated an XUV supercontinuum by using molecular gases to compress light from an industrial laser—a step toward attosecond applications.
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A team from Stanford University has won the top prize at the National Institutes of Health’s ninth annual Design by...
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IDEX Health & Science, LLC, the global leader in life science fluidics, microfluidics, and optics, has a long history of...
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Korean firm looks beyond LCD and OLED, with new generation of screens based on direct quantum-dot emitter layers.
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Online conference with 7,000 attendees NOW engaging with on-demand presentations, live plenaries, and other interactive sessions.
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People with anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating disorder report suffering relapses related to the stress of staying at home -- Read...
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Researchers operated a plasma device continuously for more than a day, revealing how the driving laser affects beam quality.
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Scantinel Photonics GmbH has named Michael Richter its commercial managing director. Scantinel Photonics is a developer of FMCW lidar sensors...
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Scientists at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine (LSU Health New Orleans) showed that 3D segmented digital models of...
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Olympus Corp. announced it will acquire Arc Medical Design Ltd., a subsidiary of Norgine BV. Under the terms of the...
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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have combined twisted light and optical frequency combs to produce a new,...
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Hitachi group develops more economical, compact lidar system for the growing ADAS technology market.
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University of Toronto team's optically pumped device is one of many avenues of research into next-generation LEDs and lasers.
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University of Virginia tackles the current challenges in understanding the brain.
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Members of one of the world’s largest and oldest tree species have likely been damaged. But they are incredibly resilient...
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People with anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating disorder report suffering relapses related to the stress of staying at home -- Read...
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Olympus Corp. announced it will acquire Arc Medical Design Ltd., a subsidiary of Norgine BV. Under the terms of the...
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KAIST project combines intravital imaging and new labelling dye to show cellular mechanisms.
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SPIE on Monday announced that Bernard Kress, a partner optical architect on the HoloLens Team at Microsoft and former principal...
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A new technique for identifying and quantifying viral RNA in living cells, based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and developed...
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A robust, low-cost imaging platform using lab-on-a-chip technology, created by University of California, Irvine (UCI) scientists, could be available for...
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Developer of automotive lidar hardware and software expects $1 billion order backlog by the end of the year.
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Meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains Hurricane Laura in the Gulf of Mexico and the ingredients for tropical cyclones -- Read...
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It could be the second human disease we eradicate—but if we don’t finish the job, resurgence is possible -- Read...
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An old technique, schlieren photography, finds new use and relevance highlighting the importance of face coverings in battling the coronavirus.
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Meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd explains Hurricane Laura in the Gulf of Mexico and the ingredients for tropical cyclones -- Read...
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An analysis of 391 skulls shows that birds evolved surprisingly slowly, compared with their dinosaur forerunners -- Read more on...
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A team of researchers at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) has run a laser plasma accelerator for more than a day while...
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A noninvasive digital biomarker is being developed at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for detecting Type 2 diabetes...
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Dover Corp. has acquired Solaris Laser SA, the Warsaw, Poland-based supplier of laser coding and marking systems. Solaris Laser joins...
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An effort led by Federico Capasso of Harvard University and Giuseppe Strangi of Case Western Reserve University is using liquid...
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Low-cost optical fiber isotope detectors developed at ORC are target of new fellowship at University of Southampton.
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New vice president is technology industry leader in augmented, virtual and mixed reality development.
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With a five-year, $26 million grant, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established the Engineering Research Center for the Internet...
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Researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have developed an instrument that has measured tiny, light-evoked deformations in...
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Hamamatsu Photonics has completed a new building for research and development, replacing an old location at the Toyooka Factory site...
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A team of researchers from Tokai University and Tokyo Motors has developed a fully planar solar-pumped laser. The laser does...
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In addition to trapping oil with booms, residents of Mauritius have evacuated endangered plants and animals -- Read more on...
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Perovskite and organic photovoltaics reached their expected energy performance on a suborbital rocket flight.
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A team of researchers from Tokai University and Tokyo Motors has developed a fully planar solar-pumped laser. The laser does...
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Researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have developed an instrument that has measured tiny, light-evoked deformations in...
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Final three Maxar-produced SkySat orbiters launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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UC Davis platform promises more accurate imaging and earlier detection of diseases.
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An international team from the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology (IEMN), the Polytechnic University of Turin, Empa, and the...
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A research team led by Lihong Wang of the California Institute of Technology has developed a two-dimensional multifocal optical resolution...
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Schneider Optics has named Jim Sullivan its vice president of sales and marketing. Sullivan has experience in the metals measurement...
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As flames once again rage across the state, officials embrace a counterintuitive firefighting approach -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A new saliva-based diagnostic does not require a “brain-tickling” swab, and it can be used with a range of chemical...
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Multifocal optical-resolution photoacoustic tomography (MFOR-PACT) scans biological samples 400 times faster than traditional methods.
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A research team led by Lihong Wang of the California Institute of Technology has developed a two-dimensional multifocal optical resolution...
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New manufacturing method uses femtosecond laser to create surface structures on monolayers.
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New annual prize marks 60th anniversary of Ted Maiman's demonstration of a ruby crystal laser.
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A statistical study of more than 8,000 compositions shows how the flow of time distinguishes music from noise -- Read...
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WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary to accelerate the development of its holographic-vision intelligent...
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Laser-based time distribution and synchronization systems manufacturer Cycle has named Daniel Seiler its CEO. Seiler, former managing director for IDS...
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A display technology developed at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) produces 3D pixels with nanoscale dimensions by 3D-printing quantum...
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A technique for fabricating multilayered liquid crystals could potentially replace the color-shifting ink used for preventing forgery of bank notes,...
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Numerous photonic devices and applications are contributing to the pursuit of microbial life on Mars, or, more accurately, the quest...
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Optical packaging firm reports solid growth in telecom applications but industrial laser business continues to shrink.
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New annual prize marks 60th anniversary of Ted Maiman's demonstration of a ruby crystal laser.
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A rooftop system based on radiative cooling and a thermoelectric power generator could enable nighttime energy production.
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Novel device architecture able to generate far more power than conventional designs in near-ultraviolet spectrum.
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French team analyzes results from the first optical seismometer installed on an active volcano.
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WaveFront Dynamics announced that Jeff Kolberg has been appointed as the company’s chief commercial officer. Kolberg previously worked for Johnson...
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Delta Optical Thin Film is moving into a new 2300-sq-m facility. The custom-designed two-story building contains a cleanroom, ultrasonic cleaning...
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Using microscopic LEDs in a laboratory setting, a team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and...
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The breakdown of water has long been conceived as a clean way to produce hydrogen fuel, but the process has...
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Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found a new method to assess oil contamination in soil by using VIS-NIR...
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RMIT University process paves the way for field-deployable quantum metrology applications.
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CompoundTek and STAr Technologies aim to speed development of standard processes from design through to test and inspection.
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Search a 4,000-word database to see how language in the magazine evolved over time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Cepton Technologies has announced the promotion of T.R. Ramachandran to chief marketing officer. In his new position, Ramachandran will take...
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Sheaumann Laser Inc. has opened a new 57,800 sq ft facility in Billerica, Mass. The manufacturer of semiconductor lasers announced...
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An international team of researchers has developed a method of fabricating high-performance lenses in monolayer two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenide (TMDC)...
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Boris Neubert and Benedikt Stender have been appointed as managing directors of Multiphoton Optics. Neubert and Stender take the place...
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Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology are designing a photocatalyst capable of breaking down water into hydrogen fuel. The...
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Sales of photonics components for datacom, telecom, and 3D sensing grow fast as the digital transformation accelerates.
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A laboratory demonstration of the classic “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality -- Read more on...
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Novel 3D-printing method builds up pillars of polymer doped with luminescent nanoparticles, potentially enabling a fivefold increase in resolution—with no...
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Today's digital tools dominate our marketing programs; however, the principles of marketing remain the same. Think of marketing like a...
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The artificial night sky brightness could harm creatures that dwell in the ocean depths -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has developed a framework to study how easily ultraviolet communication (UVC) systems can be...
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Researchers at Purdue University have built an imaging application to detect suspended dust concentrations that pose a risk of exploding...
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Scientists at RMIT University and the University of Adelaide have developed a diamond sensor using conventional fibers. They embedded μm-scale...
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It will certainly place in the top five—a marker of how much the world has warmed -- Read more on...
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A U.S.-based research team develops nanoscale LEDs that don’t lose brightness as driving current increases—and that become lasers at sufficiently...
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A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.
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The legacy of the 20th century’s deadliest pandemic shows how large groups remember—and forget—their shared past -- Read more on...
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LASEA, a designer and manufacturer of precision lasers, has purchased majority shares of the OPTEC company. OPTEC, based in San...
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An inexpensive, ultrathin spray-on window coating for blocking heat and conducting electricity could further reduce energy costs for smart windows...
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A team of materials science researchers led by Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu of the University of Arkansas has demonstrated use of...
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A research team from Xi’an Jiaotong University has demonstrated weakly nonlinear waveguides that guarantee the stable propagation of vortex beams...
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A rare cracked fossil shows the world through ancient eyes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Clever Fabry-Pérot interferometer setup, and a long optical cable, let geologists track fumarole activity from a safe distance.
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II-VI has announced its fourth-quarter and fiscal year results. The company reported record quarterly revenues of $746.2 million (up $119.2...
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Contamination of soil, air, and drinking water by microplastics is a growing focus of attention around the world. Environmental agencies...
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By revealing the chemical composition of samples, Raman microscopy has proved to be useful in many fields, including medical diagnosis,...
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Imaging plays an important role in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and new technologies are helping to overcome many limitations...
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As diagnostic testing kits are designed to make test procedures as straightforward and robust as possible, point-of-care solutions have become...
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Photonic component maker recovers from Covid-related constraints; reports strong demand across its communications portfolio.
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Indiana University and partners develop new route to fluorescent polymers.
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Final results from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft suggest a brine reservoir exists within the dwarf planet, but some experts remain unconvinced...
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They bear a greater proportion of childcare and household responsibilities, making it much harder for them to publish their work...
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Lake Shore Cryotronics, a provider of instruments and systems for measurement and control solutions, has acquired Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics...
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Research collaborators from Fraunhofer Institute of Laser Technology (ILT), KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH, Amphos GmbH, and Pulsar Photonics GmbH have...
