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Cash-plus-stock deal to buy Colorado firm adds beam-combining knowledge; also boosts fiber laser firm's stock price.
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Growing evidence from mouse studies suggests that a healthy microbiome might improve poststroke outcomes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Research team in Italy proposes a single-photon approach for real-time tracking of enzyme activity that could overcome some problems in...
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A new photonic integrated circuit device, developed by researchers in Japan, can be placed at the front end of a...
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Scientists aim to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence academically respectable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have used ghost imaging to capture an image of a moving...
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This year's event marked by world premieres, strong dynamic growth, and a partner country program with USA.
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Society honors 23 distinguished award recipients from wide field of light-based science and technology.
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Partnership with EVG’s NILPhotonics to support materials development for optical sensor manufuring.
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Forming lasting memories appears to depend on an interaction between glial cells and brain waves that are produced during sleep...
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A slick coating, inspired by the carnivorous pitcher plant, could halve the liquid needed for flushing -- Read more on...
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Scientists aim to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence academically respectable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Gas-filled cavity pumped by a quantum cascade laser emits a broad spectrum of terahertz radiation.
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Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and the U.S. Army have built a compact device able to...
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To observe quantum phenomena on a macroscopic scale, researchers at the Center for Macroscopic Quantum States (bigQ) and the Technical...
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Researchers at Drexel University are using MXene, a 2D transition metal carbide (Ti3C2), to fabricate photodetectors with improved sensitivity for...
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Researchers from Delft University of Technology demonstrated a swarm of tiny drones equipped with optical sensors that can explore unknown...
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The Awards Committee of SPIE has announced the recipients of its annual awards. Honoring transformative advancements in multiple areas including...
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Lab Innovations celebrated its eighth edition on Oct. 30 and 31. The event saw 3860 attendees — a 24% increase...
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For the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and other neurological disorders.
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More intense heat waves can destabilize the components of munitions, particularly where explosives are not properly stored -- Read more...
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Compact switch is first to operate at voltages low enough to be integrated in silicon chips; redirects light with very...
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Researchers from Duke University have developed a way to use optical coherence tomography (OCT) in hard-to-reach areas of the body...
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The Optical Society’s (OSA) board of directors has elected 94 members across 23 countries to its 2020 Fellows Class. Fellows...
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University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers have explored how UV, blue, and red light affect the central brain neurons that...
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A research collaboration from Poland, the United Kingdom, and Russia has created a two-dimensional system in which they trapped photons....
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Collecting and analyzing data about your customers is an important step in any marketing plan. Every July, Photonics Media has...
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Sensor and software developer Hexagon has announced a collaboration with the University of Rhode Island (URI) to provide manufacturing technologies...
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Researchers at the University of Sussex have built a device that uses LEDs and ultrasound waves to levitate a polystyrene...
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Addition of Finisar business offers new opportunities in InP lasers, but Texas VCSEL fab is hit by shipment delay.
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The MEDPHOT consortium is aiming to develop light-based molecular imaging solution for pulmonary diseases.
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Scheduled for launch in 2028, CASE will be sensitive to NIR, to complement ARIEL's other IR spectrometer.
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Solid demand in North America also helps offset wider macroeconomic weakness at German photonics firm.
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An ability to read and write, even with little or no schooling, could offer protection -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Findings fuel hopes for improved food-crop efficiency -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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An interactive system produces levitating images by projecting color onto a tiny bead as it zips around a darkened box...
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Scientists have demonstrated a low-voltage light-emitting screen that adheres to skin and stays functional as it stretches with movement.
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In the project MOLOKO (Multiplex phOtonic sensor for pLasmonic-based Online detection of contaminants in milK), 12 partners from seven countries...
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Headwall, a designer and manufacturer of complete spectral instrumentation solutions for remote sensing and advanced machine vision, and geo-konzept, a...
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Shortlist for third round of $25M initiative - the world's largest program for photonics and imaging startups.
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CEO of lighting technology giant says that employees in German factories would be protected from merger-related layoffs for three years.
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Starting in the early 2030s, the project could become our first purposeful step out of the solar system—if it launches...
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A new, noninvasive optical imaging system promises to improve diagnosis and treatment for dry eye disease. Called the Tear Film...
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A University of Delaware (UD) research team has designed an integrated photonics platform using metasurfaces. To limit the loss of...
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Camera distinguishes valuable plants then a laser zaps the weeds; on show at Hannover farming expo, until November 16th.
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One hundred years ago this month, physicist Elmer Imes published his dissertation, “Measurements on the Near-Infrared Absorption of Some Diatomic...
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A research team at Rutgers University has developed a biosensor technology that could benefit applications for the treatment of neurological...
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RoboSense, a supplier of lidar for autonomous vehicles, announced that it has won the CES 2020 Innovation Award for autonomous...
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NKT Photonics has expanded its facilities in Shenzhen, China, in response to increasing demand in the region. The company has...
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The Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) in Switzerland is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the appointment of a new executive...
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Cytek Biosciences Inc. announced that its advanced flow cytometry systems have been purchased by scientists in over 20 countries across...
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The Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) in Switzerland is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the appointment of a new executive...
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Irish start-up is developing photodiode sensor for use in 3D cameras to improve range and accuracy.
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Their data will also bolster climate models that forecast extreme weather where we all live -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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To address a potential problem for next-gen, diffraction-limited synchrotron light sources, a U.S. research team throws a little AI into...
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MVTec Software GmbH is expanding its partner network in Southeast Asia, bringing two new distributors from Thailand and Vietnam. SP...
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A technique to restructure liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next-generation displays and...
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A team of researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have...
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Australia-based firm Baraja to expand in Japan to support Macnica’s self drive and IoT strategy.
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A team from Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed rewritable optical components...
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Researchers have developed a printer that is able to produce digital 3D holograms with an unprecedented level of detail and...
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Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, has announced the establishment of its new Chinese company,...
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The UAV launches straight up from the deck of the USS Midway, its operator carefully maneuvering it in front of...
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Satellite-based Earth observation is key to globally monitoring oceanic carbon absorption levels, according to a study led by researchers at...
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Researchers from Zhejiang University in China and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden report that they have fabricated...
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Empire State Development has announced its list of 10 finalists for the Lightning Round of Luminate NY, the world’s largest...
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...while the European Southern Observatory's ELT telescope will be powered by the sun.
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Optical sensor and network test developer buoyant, after revenues of $18.4M for latest three months' trading, up 72% on 2018.
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Automaker becomes industry’s first to feature thermal sensing to boost the safety of its autonomous vehicles.
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Researchers link a Catholic Church ban on cousins marrying in the Middle Ages to the emergence of a way of...
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Reusing clothes saves on emissions and water use, but researchers have lingering questions on exactly how much it can contribute...
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Written by Darius Rackus Do you know which country has an airport with an IATA code of “OMG”? How about when...
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Researchers have drawn silica optical fiber from a 3-D-printed preform, potentially disrupting traditional fiber manufacturing.
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Researchers from the University of Washington (UW) have developed a method that could make reproducible manufacturing at the nanoscale possible....
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Engineers at MIT have developed a system that can detect minute changes in shadows on the ground to determine if...
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German optoelectronics manufacturer Carl Zeiss AG (ZEISS) and Kyoto University in Japan have signed a new strategic research agreement and...
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Amazon will construct a 350,000-sq-ft Amazon Robotics innovation hub in Westborough, Mass., with plans to open it in 2021. The...
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Weak materials processing market and aggressive fiber and laser diode pricing hit sales in latest quarter.
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The limited system made a notable advancement on the road to beating classical machines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Fraunhofers and partners including a dairy work on "MOLOKO" project to make microfluidic chip and optics to test samples in...
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French firm’s Chimera printer obviates costly lasers, slow printing, limited fov, and unsaturated color.
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The surveillance of viral changes persists to keep the blood supply safe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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FocalSpec has been acquired by TKH Group NV, where it will join the LMI Technologies Group under TKH. The FocalSpec...
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Thirty years ago, Pierre Coullet et al. proposed that a special optical field exists in laser cavities bearing some similarity...
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Are you using an off-the-shelf objective lens for your imaging project? If so, how do you model the optical performance...
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US firm launches two new 'Corona' products and a fiber laser welding portfolio as trade tariffs bite into profits.
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Tufts University researchers have shown that glucose levels can be controlled in a mouse model of diabetes through optogenetics. When...
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Intel, Sony, and NTT establish a new 'innovation forum' targeting 100-fold improvements to traditional optical networks.
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A cooling device insulated with a polyethylene aerogel exploits the chill of outer space to refrigerate without electricity.
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Researchers at Duke University have trained a computer to identify bird species through deep learning and show its reasoning. The...
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In optoacoustics, image quality depends on the number and distribution of sensors used by the device; the more sensors and...
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U.S. space mission aims to demonstrate technology that could someday help clean up space junk -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has revealed that a higher quantity of the microscopic, mushroom-shaped hairs that...
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Sydney, Australia-based team also reports creation of “first” silica glass fibers drawn from additively manufactured preforms.
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The first scientific results from the spacecraft’s exit into interstellar space have been published, revealing a simpler departure than its...
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The U.S. space mission aims to demonstrate technology that could someday help clean up space junk -- Read more on...
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Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a compact sensor that...
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The FRAMOS Group’s spinoff FRAMOS AI has been renamed cubemos. The entity, part of FRAMOS Holdings, focuses on deep learning...
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Researchers from the University of Witswatersrand (Wits) have reported on progress made in the use of structured light in quantum...
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10th February 1989 Dear Amy, I must write a special letter and thank you for the dream in a bottle....
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Slow-wave activity during dreamless slumber helps wash out neural detritus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A multi-institutional group of researchers from Denmark and Norway has developed a laser-based system that can detect fires in challenging...
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CEO hails "increased scale resulting from organic growth, market share gains and the Oclaro acquisition."
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IPG Photonics Corp., a maker of industrial lasers, announced this week that 300 positions will be eliminated from its global...
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new mechanism to speed up the...
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Newly-signed contract details “nine years of work and 1,300 tons of structural steel” before structure ready to accept mirrors.
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Some experts are alarmed by plans to launch tens of thousands of revolutionary telecommunications satellites in coming years -- Read...
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The finding that the virus causes “immune amnesia” further highlights the importance of vaccination -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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“Synthetic chiral light” could expand applications for using light to determine molecular chirality, a potential plus in the chemistry and...
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Researchers from the Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a virtual walking system. The system records a person walking and...
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A stretchable light-emitting device that operates at low voltages and is safe for human skin, developed by researchers at Nanjing...
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Power Transmitted Over Laser field demo earlier in 2019 has implications for remotely powering drones and more.
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Stock price approaches record high as the diversified industrial equipment firm prepares for CEO switch.
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Laser Melting Innovations' system for LPBF using metal powder enables SMEs to deploy affordable metallic 3D printing.
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Sales down 20% year-on-year as machine vision company targets growth areas in logistics and deep learning.
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Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A quarter of surveyed Latino patients said they knew someone who did not go to the hospital because of fear...
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As European green crab populations balloon in warming waters, New England scientists work to develop a commercial fishery -- Read...
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Age-related differences in color perception are not factored into how light sources are designed.
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A team led by University of Arizona materials scientist Jeffrey Pyun is using a sulfur-based polymer made from waste generated...
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A team of researchers from the U.S. and China, led by Robert Alfano from City University of New York, has...
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A consortium of 31 European electronics packaging, optics, and photonics key players; equipment suppliers; and testing experts have launched a...
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Swiss research center aims to meet future challenges in predictive imaging and the needs of developing countries.
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Stock price down sharply as the Nasdaq-listed company reports subdued demand for industrial fiber laser tools.
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Laser-sensor combination mounted on “dune buggy” all terrain vehicle undergoing overseas field testing.
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In one deposition laser head, Optomec’s LENS LDH 3.X offers versatility to building, repairing and coating metal parts.
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A team composed of researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), the Israel...
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Cognex Corp. has acquired vision software specialist SUALAB, strengthening the company’s position within the machine learning space. The addition of...
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A prototype of a large-scale quantum processor made of laser light has been created by a team from Australia, Japan,...
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Strathclyde quantum technology partnership secures funding to support commercial collaboration with M Squared.
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Light bulbs tied to home automation networks could allow leakage of sensitive information to remote snoopers.
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UAVenture Capital Fund II LLC (UAVC), the University of Arizona's (UA's) in-house venture capital fund, announced it has invested in...
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Raytheon Co., a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions, delivered the first high-energy laser...
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Genetic evidence traces our origins to a hunter-gatherer community that lived 200,000 years ago, but the study has generated controversy...
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The popular heartburn drug may produce potentially unsafe levels of NDMA when its active ingredient breaks down -- Read more...
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A study performed at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) revealed that some smart light bulbs purchased for...
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Regulations governing the responsible exploration of Mars and other worlds require regular, frequent updates, according to a new NASA review...
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Sales up by 6% to €3.8B; orders down 3% to €3.7B. Company working towards CO2-neutral production by end of 2020.
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Australian semiconductor developer BluGlass Ltd. has announced a direct-to-market business unit that will enable higher brightness and higher efficiency GaN...
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have devised a strategy for uncooled, tunable, multispectral infrared (IR) detection. The...
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Research at Penn State University finds that adding protein to perovskite cells significantly raises conversion efficiency.
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Stealing Ur Feelings sounds an alarm about how companies could use emotion-recognition technology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Black patients lose out on critical care when systems equate health needs with costs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Staking its claim for “quantum supremacy,” the company pulls back the curtain on its landmark Sycamore chip -- Read more...
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A research team that includes scientists from Google AI Quantum; NASA Ames Research Center; University of California, Santa Barbara; Oak...
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In an advance for smartphone spectroscopy, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a chip about 2 cm2 in size that...
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The British Machine Vision Association and Society for Pattern Recognition will host a meeting Jan. 29, 2020, titled “3D Worlds...
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Co-development by SUTD, Singapore, and Southern University of Science & Technology, Shenzhen, China.
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Enables high-resoultion applications in shortwave and near infrared surveillance, biometric ID, VR automation and more.
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Korean car parts giant also invests $50M in the Silicon Valley lidar firm.
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TU Wien two-photon polymerization platform embeds cells into bioinks.
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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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A common gene-editing enzyme could be used to disable RNA viruses such as flu or Ebola -- Read more on...
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New type of cavity, which can tie single-photon sources to nanoscale photonic circuit elements, could be mass produced in a...
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An international team led by researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has shown that the nonlinear...
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The optical interactive sensing technology company Neonode announced Oct. 23 that its board of directors has appointed Urban Forssell as...
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Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have uncovered the source of a special type of quantum light...
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International research partnership says its prototype opens "new avenue to quantum computing".
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Nanyang Technological University platform offers long-distance analysis of the environment.
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Spin-outs from Imperial College, London, and the University of Oxford among winners at Institute of Physics event.
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Investments in three new companies covers the spectrum from deep-UV to far-infrared sources.
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Dr. Ye Ai is currently an Associate Professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He obtained his...
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Two research groups demonstrate massive entangled light states that could provide an alternative—and potentially more scalable—route to universal quantum machines.
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A team at Nagoya University’s Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules has developed a marker molecule that bypasses the problem of photobleaching...
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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a phototherapy strategy that was highly effective in removing carbon dioxide (CO)...
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Northwestern University researchers have developed a stereolithographic 3D printer that can print an object the size of an adult human...
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Researchers at Bielefeld University have demonstrated improvements in superresolution structured illumination microscopy (SR-SIM), demonstrating that the technique is possible in...
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Cepton Technologies and MechaSpin collaborate to deliver laser-based traffic monitoring and billing system.
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Spatial division multiplexing approach promises technology to enable petabit-class backbone networks.
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“Prime editing” can potentially correct almost any type of mutation, but it requires much more testing before clinical use --...
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Security experts say that lawmakers’ bills fall short of needed protections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Finland-based research team sees potential for nanoscale bolometer design in terahertz photon counting and quantum computing.
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Robotics supplier FANUC America has opened a 461,000-sq-ft robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. The facility was constructed...
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Four months after launch, the lidar laser aboard NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), in conjunction with the...
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Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), working with Tehran’s Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), have shown theoretically...
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Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China...
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Researchers at Tampere University have experimentally demonstrated that studies in quantum photonics can be scaled up to encompass a broader...
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A new laser technology vastly improves pretransfusion testing, cutting blood incubation time from the current standard of five minutes to...
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A team led by University of Warwick researchers is using light to activate a cancer-killing compound that attacks a vital...
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German research project DEFLAG reports successful field trial of 2kW laser decommissioning process.
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Researchers in China offer a method for shaping mirror symmetry in polarized light fields that they believe could prove useful...
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If you had an unlimited advertising budget, what would you say in your advertising campaign? It would probably sound something...
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An international research team will test Einstein’s twin paradox using quantum particles in a superposition state — an experiment that...
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Laser physics graduate Carol Monaghan MP praises industry at Photonex but tells it to take more positive recruitment action.
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Record-breaking quarterly orders for lithography giant, as customers book 23 extreme ultraviolet tools.
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$1M award intended to accelerate commercial deployment of laser-cooled atomic systems.
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U.C.S.F. researchers find a gene for flourishing with less shut-eye -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A small study tested the approach for treating a common bacterial infection by restoring a healthy microbiome -- Read more...
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Planned barriers along the Rio Grande could trap debris and send floodwaters into nearby communities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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We are delighted to announce a new thematic collection in Lab on a Chip, focusing on multimodal single cell analysis,...
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U.S. hospital researchers devise “CO photo-remover” that could allow fast rescue from the poisonous gas.
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Using a 3D virtual reality model to prepare for kidney tumor surgery could substantially improve the outcome of the procedure....
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Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers have mapped a region of the human genome that was once uncharted. This could prompt...
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The 2019 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes three individuals for their contributions to understanding Earth’s place within the known universe....
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$1M award intended to accelerate commercial deployment of laser-cooled atomic systems.
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...while NKT Photonics delivers lasers for 20 kW Rheinmetall anti-drone defense project.
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University of Strathclyde spin-out looking to launch commercial blood serum technique from 2022.
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Focus of investment by Zeiss is on the joint development of specialized sensor technology.
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Researchers trapped in the central Arctic Ocean for a year prepare to unlock secrets of the region’s changing climate --...
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University of Utah researchers have developed a new kind of flat optical lens that is much thinner and lighter than...
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NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite launched at 9:59 p.m. EDT Oct. 10 from the Kennedy Space Center. Northrop Grumman’s...
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A major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas --...
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A new biophotovoltaics (BPV) system developed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Microbiology has proven more...
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Vertex Optics is celebrating the grand opening of its 8500-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Victor, N.Y. The facility is equipped with...
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Optics, electronics and software on robust chassis are foundation for "game-changing" battlefield capability, says defense giant.
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Latest clinical studies support benefits of Cellvizio but company profits remain elusive.
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Companies sign partnership to provide ultrafast laser sources for multiphoton imaging applications
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A robotics technology startup from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has introduced a new robot that can pick up...
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UK start-up Grobotic Systems using F-CAP knowhow to develop LED-driven plant growth chambers.
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Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers at the University of Göttingen have developed a new technique that exploits the unusual properties of graphene to optically...
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Ophthalmologists have known for more than a decade that thinning of retinal tissue has been associated with the onset of...
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The notoriety of “Shark Week” may be getting a flashy new upgrade, thanks to the phenomenon of glowing sharks. Certain...
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Optics and microscopy have always played important roles in neuroscience. The innovations brought by optogenetics and fiber photometry, in the...
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Market analyst Digi-Capital to make global trends predictions at European AWE "XR" conference in Germany, next week.
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Center designed to be a major research and development hub for molecular spectroscopy.
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A deficit arises in molecules needed for neurons to communicate efficiently -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole might reveal the existence of long-hypothesized tunnels through spacetime...
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A near-infrared spectrometer can be calibrated to prescreen bone samples for their collagen content in seconds, without damaging delicate samples.
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Using an inverse design approach, a team led by researchers at the University of Washington designed and tested a 3D-printed...
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The VR/AR Association (VRARA) has announced its program of over 120 global speakers that will be featured at its flagship...
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New approach points towards scalable quantum photonic components.
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A new study suggests a dose of “acting extroverted” could boost your mood—but some researchers caution there is a cost...
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The boom in microfluidic total analysis systems is spurred by the use of microscale fabrication techniques. In 1999, Agilent Technologies...
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James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz recognised for contributions to understanding of the evolution of the universe.
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The power packs drive mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and solar panels -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Superposition of huge molecules puts pressure on some alternatives to standard quantum theory.
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Agilent Technologies has opened a state-of-the-art facility for spectroscopy research and development at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in...
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Deal with UAS pioneer, formerly called CyPhy Works, includes intellectual property, and multiple patents.
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The first patient for the procedure in the Nordic region was discharged one day after the procedure.
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Italian fabricator deploys further additive manufacturing system for oil and gas applications.
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AdOM platform directly images the muco-aqueous tear layer with nanometer resolution
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James Peebles, who helped found the field of cosmology, shares the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, discoverers of...
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As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a way to secure sensitive information -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Swedish Academy gives a nod to both theoretical and observational science in honoring work in physical cosmology and exoplanet discovery.
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In an interview with OPN, Ursula Gibson reflected on changes and progress during her year as OSA President.
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have developed photoacoustic technology that can precisely locate and distinguish all...
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Researchers at Northwestern University have created a nanolaser that can be used in living tissues without harming them. Developed in...
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have developed photoacoustic technology that can precisely locate and distinguish all...
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Researchers at Northwestern University have created a nanolaser that can be used in living tissues without harming them. Developed in...
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Research by William Kaelin, Jr., Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza led the way for applications in treating anemia, cancer and...
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Outlawing possession does not appear to stem the release of alligators, snakes and other problematic species -- Read more on...
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Optogenetic study illuminates neural pathways governing how birds learn by imitation—and could ultimately aid understanding of human speech acquisition and...
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Group to soon present an update to the latest Osram strategy; new "anchor shareholder" ams is invited to talks.
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Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect — that, simply put, a single atom is irradiated with...
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OPN talks with scientist Saša Bajt about the growth of photon science at Germany’s DESY research complex—and about the cutting-edge...
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AngioDynamics has acquired Eximo Medical and its proprietary 355-nm wavelength laser technology platform. The transaction came in a $46 million...
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Alluxa Inc. has promoted Kevin Nolen to director of engineering. Nolen has served in a variety of engineering and operations...
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Plessey’s new patented growth technology achieved by extending capability of proprietary GaN-on-Si process.
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Alta Devices solar tech expected to power Stanford’s car 3000km in trans-Australia rally.
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The Donald Danforth Plant and Science Center is accelerating its research and discovery with the expanded capacity of its integrated...
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Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia are now able to analyze OCT images of the eye closer...
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Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have integrated a microheater and a microring resonator onto a silicon carbide...
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Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia are now able to analyze OCT images of the eye closer...
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AngioDynamics has acquired Eximo Medical and its proprietary 355-nm wavelength laser technology platform. The transaction came in a $46 million...
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The object 2I/Borisov has the same composition as comets in the solar system, suggesting its system of origin might resemble...
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HUBER+SUHNER have signed a purchase agreement to acquire German fiber optic specialist BKtel for approximately $50 million. The deal is...
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Eximo’s 355nm Laser Atherectomy system has received 510(k) clearance to treat Peripheral Artery Disease.
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In the first global estimate of its kind, researchers tally an incredible 5,600 species harvested for commercial use—and predict which...
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NIST scientists enlist photobleaching rate of fluorophore dyes as a speedometer for tough-to-measure, nanoliter-per-minute flows in microfluidic applications.
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Many antitumor drugs used in chemotherapy move around in the patient’s blood after intake. Healthy cells may be killed along...
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Elbit Systems’s U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, was awarded an order valued at approximately $23 million for the supply...
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A City College of New York (CUNY) research team has demonstrated an LED based on half-light, half-matter quasiparticles in atomically...
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Whether for sentiment, wonder, or weirdness, humans seem inexplicably interested in creating and displaying wax figures. Some ancient civilizations made...
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Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have shown that optical modulation can be exploited to directly control the fate...
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Many antitumor drugs used in chemotherapy move around in the patient’s blood after intake. Healthy cells may be killed along...
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The MAFIn project will develop a module suitable for attachment to existing LSM platforms.
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TOPTICA Photonics has appointed Holger Quast as senior director of biophotonics and materials. Quast will take over the strategic and...
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Laser-based process to shape glass sheets could be used in medical technology and industrial design.
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BMBF-funded 3D printing project led by Fraunhofer ILT, will be showcased at next month's formnext expo.
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Significantly improved sales enhanced by income from acquisition of Ross Optical, which grew customer base and defense sector capabilities.
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Denmark's DFM develops detection method for harsh environments.
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A miniaturized single-chip near-field imager could lead to next-gen, handheld microwave cameras for tumor detection or seeing through walls.
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SEMI has announced Alertgy and Okmetic Oy as winners of the SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit Technology Showcase. The...
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Monroe Community College (MCC) has been awarded a $4.4 million grant by the Office of Naval Research for its Defense...
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SEMI has announced Alertgy and Okmetic Oy as winners of the SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit Technology Showcase. The...
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A new analysis adds to existing evidence for a racial disparity in wait times at polling places -- Read more...
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Dr. Jacqueline Linnes is an Assistant Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. She received her...
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Munich-based private equity firm PINOVA Capital has acquired all shares in Sill Optics along with Christoph Sieber, managing director. Sieber...
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Vision systems giant’s revenue up 8.3% to €109M despite challenging market conditions.
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Carbon dioxide laser-based sub-system is designed for treating organic substrates, ceramics and glass combinations.
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Iowa State University scientists are developing a machine learning system that could automate farmers’ ability to diagnose a range of...
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Canon Medical Systems USA has acquired Toshiba's Imaging Systems Division, which will be integrated into the company as the Video...
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SPIE Optifab 2019, North America’s largest optical manufacturing conference and exhibition, will be held Oct. 14-17 at the Rochester Riverside...
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SPIE’s Photonics West 2020 (Feb. 1-6) already boasts two Nobel Laureates as confirmed presenters, and is on track to match...
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Munich-based private equity firm PINOVA Capital has acquired all shares in Sill Optics along with Christoph Sieber, managing director. Sieber...
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Approaches for boosting the body’s immune system are being tried for autoimmune and heart conditions, but it is too early...
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Stemmer Imaging AG has published its final figures for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, which show revenue grew 8.3% to €109...
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The Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton has further advanced hollow-core fiber technology, a potential alternative to...
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Southampton experts say future looks bright for hollow-core fiber, while presenting breakthroughs at ECOC 2019.
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A study suggests the phenomenon may have evolved from a mechanism for triggering ovulation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Chemists devise reusable “security paper” on which images can be printed invisibly using ordinary H20, recovered using UV light, and...
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Technique combining far-field and near-field optical focusing could provide flexible approach to manipulating subwavelength-scale colloidal particles in fluids.
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'Lyteus' service including roll-to-roll laser cutting intended to support development of innovative lighting products.
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The Optical Networks Group at University College London celebrates its 25th anniversary, and looks at some of the questions that...
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined two current spectroscopy techniques — infrared (IR) absorption and Raman scattering spectrometry...
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Using a machine-learning approach, scientists from the Universities of Oxford, Basel, and Lancaster are automating the process of characterizing and...
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Mary Paladino will join Photronics Inc.’s board of directors as an independent director, effective Oct. 1. Paladino is a certified...
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined two current spectroscopy techniques — infrared (IR) absorption and Raman scattering spectrometry...
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Projected guide lines on the floor in front of patient achieve clear reduction in symptoms.
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Small tweaks, not deep physical insight, can lead to a better mousetrap -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A Duke University engineering team has used machine learning to design dielectric metamaterials that absorb and emit specific frequencies of...
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Lidar satellite already providing vital insights into the effects of climate change, say scientists interpreting first tranche of data.
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Israel-based provider of optical modules for data center connectivity benefits from investment led by Intel Capital.
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Alice Gorman argues for preserving more of humanity’s off-world heritage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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$3.2BN deal creates giant photonics company employing 25,000 people across 70 locations.
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PEARLS consortium is using quantum dot technology to integrate lasers onto electro-photonic silicon chips.
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New data do not support a theory that favors relativity over quantum mechanics.
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed soft, microscopic, swimming biohybrid robots powered by skeletal muscle tissue...
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The Mount Sinai Health System has established the Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, which will create biomedical engineering research and...
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Karl Lamprecht will assume the role of president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, effective April 1, 2020. He will...
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed soft, microscopic, swimming biohybrid robots powered by skeletal muscle tissue...
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Karl Lamprecht will assume the role of president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, effective April 1, 2020. He will...
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Nanotechnologies research hub is this week making 12 presentations at ECOC.
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New data suggest the New York Railroad Storm could have surpassed the intensity of the famous Carrington Event of 1859...
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Replacement announced for Prof. Reinhart Poprawe, the outgoing previous chairholder and director.
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Prototype based around OEwaves seed laser said to be close to meeting stiff reliability demands of ambitious 'LISA' mission.
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New research grant supports development of retinal prosthesis technology.
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€4M funding tranche will enable fabless company to accelerate industrialization of silicon photonics technology.
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Scientists from Linköping University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Science and Technology Beijing have developed organic...
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The University of California, Santa Barbara will be the home of the nation’s first Quantum Foundry, a center for developing...
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Photon etc. received the fifth annual Commercial Innovation of the Year Award at the 2019 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC)...
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David H. Zald has been appointed director of the new Rutgers Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research at the...
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Photon etc. received the fifth annual Commercial Innovation of the Year Award at the 2019 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC)...
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Inventor and technologist Haresh Sippy urged those seeking to solve thorny problems to “tackle the root cause, not the effect.”...
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A team from Yokohama National University has developed oxygen heterocycles using green light as a photocatalyst. Their sustainable approach to...
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Scientists at Columbia University have developed an on-chip, tunable photonic delay line to miniaturize imaging technology. Using their on-chip technology...
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NKT Photonics will celebrate the grand opening of their Boston office on Oct. 30. The facility, announced earlier in the...
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Patterns show places where people who intend to kill themselves go—and give health workers better chances to stop them --...
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New 'ZEUS' facility will become the highest-power laser in the US when completed.
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We are very happy to announce a new thematic collection in Lab on a Chip on immunotherapy with Professor James...
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A plenary talk at FiO+LS 2019 dug into the potential, and challenges, in creating a worldwide network of quantum information.
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The benefits of optical coherence tomography (OCT) have long been known as an imaging tool in ophthalmology, enabling the examination...
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Some forms of the drug ranitidine—including Zantac—have been shown to contain low levels of NDMA, which causes cancer in rats...
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Though waterfowl and raptor populations have made recoveries, bird populations have declined since 1970 across nearly all habitats -- Read...
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A new finding limits how much the bizarre particle can weigh, shedding light on a physics quandary -- Read more...
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A key member of Microsoft’s AR research team offered a whirlwind tour of the optical components in cutting-edge headsets like...
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A showcase floor demonstration at FiO+LS 2019 allowed attendees to interact with 3-D holographic displays.
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A two-session symposium at the close of FiO+LS 2019 looked at the long-term scientific influence of optical tweezers and chirped-pulse...
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The Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation has endowed a chair in optical sciences at the University of Arizona (UA), named in...
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JILA physicists have demonstrated a new atomic clock design that uses laser tweezers to trap, control, and isolate atoms. The...
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NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite (ICON) is scheduled to launch next month for a two-year mission to gather information on...
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Compact optical parametric oscillators to be developed specifically for three-photon microscopy.
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Digital camera optics for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope leave LLNL ready for integration.
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Invicro has appointed Evan Morris vice president of scientific imaging research at their New Haven, Conn., location. Morris serves as...
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Glass giant warns that disruption in displays and communications sectors will hit sales in current quarter.
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Georgia Tech professor and wearable-computing pioneer Thad Starner spoke about the social implications of augmented reality and related technologies at...
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At FiO+LS 2019, three leaders in VR/AR research looked at the elements that will define market-leading displays for virtual and...
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A presentation at FiO+LS 2019 recounted progress toward a device to help aging persons regain the ability to dynamically refocus...
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Going with the flow is rarely a bad thing. Unless you’re talking about the notorious pathogen Pseudomonas. The bacterium is...
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Fluorescence microscopy is a very broadly used term covering numerous applications. It ranges from basic life science applications such as...
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Heriot-Watt University is collaborating with laser specialist Chromacity Ltd. and microscope manufacturer Scientifica on the development of a laser designed...
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Invicro has appointed Evan Morris vice president of scientific imaging research at their New Haven, Conn., location. Morris serves as...
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New system is aimed at optical stimulation and neuroscience in large animal models.
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Aim is to develop and integrate all QKD key components in a single silicon-photonics chip to counter quantum-based threats.
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TKH Group has announced the acquisition of machine vision company SVS-Vistek GmbH. The acquisition strengthens TKH’s position in the machine...
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Elbit Systems subsidiary Elbit Systems America has acquired Harris Night Vision for $350 million. The company was previously owned by...
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Ultra-thin detector layer improves thermal imaging sensitivity with dramatically reduced dark current, says Sandia development team.
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Inactivating this protein in human cells and mice provided immunity to a range of viruses, but an effective treatment is...
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The leading hypothesis for the appearance of deadly lung problems does not fit with all presentations of the illness --...
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The technology co-chair of a 2019 ultrafast laser workshop gave audiences a sneak peek into an upcoming report, identifying future...
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OPN talks with U.K. researcher and FiO+LS 2019 invited speaker Silvia Vignolini about her work engineering structural colors based on...
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Stanford University’s Jelena Vuckovic sketched out her team’s machine-learning-driven approach to designing tiny photonic components—and making them semiconductor fab–ready.
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A new laser-based sensor, developed by a team at the University of Mississippi, can detect buried objects such as land...
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An interferometric, single-molecule localization method for superresolution fluorescence microscopy, developed by scientists at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese...
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University of Colorado Boulder phase-control technique is an order of magnitude faster than other technologies.
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New home for former Concept Laser additive manufacturing division expected to employ 700 once complete.
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Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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To enhance the imaging speed of two-photon microscopy without compromising resolution, researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong combined...
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Vision systems company Foresight Autonomous Holdings has announced a collaboration with infrared camera manufacturer Wuhan Guide Infrared. The companies will...
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23% efficiency achieved for flexible perovskite and CIGS-tandem design development.
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Group works council believes identified 'synergies' will mean significant job cuts in Germany.
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A professional-development session at FiO+LS 2019 covered the top 40 jobs for STEM Ph.D.s—and how to score them.
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Talks at FiO+LS 2019 offered different perspectives on the prospects for optical sensors in self-driving cars, drones and other platforms.
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In a “Visionary Speakers” talk at FiO+LS 2019, Jeremy Baumberg of Cambridge University looked at the emerging discipline of “picophotonics”—and...
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MIT engineers have developed a material they say is 10× blacker than any ultrablack material that has previously been reported....
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Nanotronics and New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul have announced a high-tech manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The...
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Optical lace — lacings of stretchable optical fibers distributed throughout 3D-printed elastomer frameworks — could be used to create a...
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To enhance the imaging speed of two-photon microscopy without compromising resolution, researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong combined...
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Nanotronics and New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul have announced a high-tech manufacturing center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The...
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As the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias grows, so too does the pressure on...
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FiO+LS 2019 kicked off with a rich survey of the state of the art in atom interferometers and other quantum...
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Even trees that look as if they survived will die in the coming years, because they did not evolve fire-resistant features...
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II-VI Inc. has signed a strategic partnership agreement with optoelectronic specialist LITE-ON Technology Corp. The partnership will enable the volume...
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The “fluke” find of a possible visitor from another star after the 2017 discovery of ‘Oumuamua offers thrilling scientific opportunities...
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Quantum dots (QDs) are an efficient interface between matter and light and could potentially form the basis of quantum communications....
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An inexpensive thermoelectric device demonstrated the ability to power an LED at night by harnessing the cold of space to...
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An implantable microLED optrode array, developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Utah, is capable...
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An implantable microLED optrode array, developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Utah, is capable...
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Hospital is first in US to use AR to help plan a surgical operation, improving accuracy and shortening operating and...
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Non-lethal incident prevents lift-off of optical communications system, developed by Japanese team.
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As the fourth anniversary of the first detection approaches, the field continues to mature—with a bright future ahead -- Read...
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Preliminary data suggest that trapping and controlling individual strontium atoms with light beams yields better performance.
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Neonicotinoids may be partly responsible for declines in songbird populations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A protein released from bone is involved in triggering the body’s reaction to stress -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A deep neural network algorithm for separating mixed X-ray images of the Ghent Altarpiece could have far-reaching applications in art...
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Modulight Inc. has named Seppo Orsila as president and CEO, effective immediately. Petteri Uusimaa will assume the roles of vice...
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The rise of image-based metrological systems has helped drive the development of sensors and the optical technology that supports them,...
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Modulight Inc. has named Seppo Orsila as president and CEO, effective immediately. Petteri Uusimaa will assume the roles of vice...
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Designer of diffractive waveguides for augmented reality closes out oversubscribed series C venture round.
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Out-of-band key delivery over optical networks makes existing encryption infrastructure quantum-safe and overcomes limitations.
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Breakthrough at Chalmers University of Technology to “revolutionize sensors used in next-gen space telescopes.”
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Headwall Photonics technology one of eight technologies that will be evaluated for detecting opioids in mail packages.
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Water vapor in the skies of the world K2-18 b may make it “the best candidate for habitability” presently known...
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Researchers have observed light–matter quantum entanglement over a 50-km stretch of optical fiber, a step toward future quantum networks.
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a terahertz (THz) detector made from graphene for use in next-generation astronomy...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has improved the accuracy and speed of its calibration service for assessing...
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The development of anticancer metastatic therapies for human clinical trials requires meticulous evaluation of efficacy and optimization of small animal...
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An assay that measures 28 variables could identify individuals who need further treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Experts warn that new technology makes it easier to covertly produce WMDs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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European development project leads to more energy-efficient, less costly embedded image processing systems for monitoring, medicine and more.
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System shows how concentration of combustion gases differs, depending on the type of explosive used in a bomb.
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Rochester Institute of Technology graduate previously worked on several Earth observation programs, spearheading lidar development for space applications.
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An assay that measures 28 variables could identify individuals who need further treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Lorne Trottier, co-founder of Matrox, has acquired full ownership of the Matrox group of companies, including its three divisions: Matrox...
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The emergence of innovative imaging techniques has enabled several medical applications in detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of diseases. However, there...
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Salty fluid sinks and puts pressure on rock, potentially triggering faults in Oklahoma for years to come -- Read more...
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LBP Optics has announced the purchase of Symons Mirror Technology, an optical and mechanical component diamond machining company. The acquisition...
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An international research team showed that a material created using tellurium nanorods, which are produced by naturally occurring bacteria, could...
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) scientists have bypassed light-bending losses that can occur when light pulses exit an optical...
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Equations developed by physicist James Clerk Maxwell have helped to reveal how crystals can be manipulated to produce a distinctive...
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a microspectrometer based on a single, compositionally engineered nanowire that is independent...
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An international research team showed that a material created using tellurium nanorods, which are produced by naturally occurring bacteria, could...
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Shortly before Alexander Graham Bell’s death in 1922, the Scottish American scientist and inventor said the telephone was not what...
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Spin-offs from space science and exploration offer eco-friendly benefits for Earth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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We are very pleased to announce a new Thematic Collection on Wearable and Implantable sensors! A ‘super-team’ of Lab on...
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Harvard Bioscience Inc. has elected Alan Edrick to its board of directors, effective Sept. 3. Edrick, 51, serves as executive...
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The Chandrayaan-2 mission’s Vikram lander is presumed lost after falling silent in the final moments of its descent -- Read...
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SemiConductor Devices has been awarded a number of contracts in North America and Europe, totaling more than $40 million, for...
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Tip-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (TERRS) has been demonstrated by a research team at Fritz-Haber Institute. The results suggest that TERRS...
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Equipment from ID Quantique and Toshiba Research Europe to be deployed across the continent.
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Intestinal bacteria in mice on the space shuttle and International Space Station underwent changes similar to those of astronaut Scott...
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Researchers examine the interactive effect of implicit and explicit gender biases on scientific hiring committees, finding that fewer women are...
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Laser sensing and infrared imaging company Attollo Engineering LLC recently won a $24 million OTA (Other Transaction Authority) contract as...
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Scientists at the University of Arizona and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories used a broadly tunable swept-wavelength external cavity quantum cascade...
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Semiconductor sector crash continues in the first half of 2019 as market posts worst figures for a decade.
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Capitano research project at Karlsruhe investigates benefits of mixing perovskite with CIGS to boost photovoltaic efficiency.
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U.C. San Francisco researcher and Breakthrough Prize–winner David Julius talks about capsaicin, opioids and snake vision -- Read more on...
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Optics manufacturer Satisloh has named Peter Lothes as the company’s president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Lothes became Satisloh’s worldwide...
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Optics manufacturer Satisloh has named Peter Lothes as the company’s president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Lothes became Satisloh’s worldwide...
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At next week's IAA, Fraunhofer ISE will present "invisible" solar panels that can charge batteries and extend drive range by...
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Lumotive, a startup funded in part by Bill Gates, has announced a collaboration with Himax Technologies Inc. to jointly develop...
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‘HIPERION’ effort to establish concentrating module pilot line capable of harvesting solar energy under cloudy conditions.
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Fraunhofer ILT-developed EHLA technique is reliable, efficient, and greener. To be presented at Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Researchers have demonstrated a two-layer all-optical neural network with both tunable linear operations and nonlinear activation functions.
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Berliner Glas welcomed 22 apprentices on Sept. 2, 16 of whom will work in Berlin and six at SwissOptic AG...
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Improvements to an optical neural network being designed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) take advantage of the...
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In 1950, the physicist Enrico Fermi casually asked the now-famous question, “But where is everybody?” while in a conversation about...
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$13.7 million earmarked over next few years to help extend range of quantum-encrypted networks.
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Washington University in St. Louis and University of Birmingham use phase data to boost image quality.
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A new study combining astronomical and geologic data hints at an extraterrestrial cause for extreme climate change 56 million years...
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Luxinar Ltd., previously Rofin-Sinar UK, has opened a regional office near Hamburg, Germany. The official opening took place Aug. 28....
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No mammalian photoreceptor can effectively detect light that exceeds 700 nm, and mammals are unable to see near-infrared (NIR) light...
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Photonics and quantum technology development firm M Squared is opening a quantum research facility in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Clinical trial evaluates Nanospectra Biosciences technology in latest anti-cancer application.
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Data acquisition at multiple angles, coupled with computational model to map refractive-index variations, sharpens OCT images and could expand the...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $60.7 million in funding to advance the development of quantum computing and...
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Two recent studies explore parameters for constructing nanoscale optical antennas used in devices for detecting infrared signals and the “handedness”...
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. has announced the appointment of Penny Herscher as chair of its board of directors. She has served...
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The floating shelf of volcanic stone more than twice the size of Manhattan will nonetheless bring a fascinating array of...
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Radiant Vision Systems will host a half-day educational seminar on “Light and Color Measurement” in the Detroit area Sept. 26....
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A team from the University of Innsbruck and the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy...
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In a step toward making the use of large-scale optical neural networks practical, researchers at The Hong Kong University of...
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Glass giant partners with lithography equipment firm to mass produce high-refractive-index material.
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Sentinel-3 spots 4000 fires between 1st-24th August, 2019, compared with 1110 in same period in 2018.
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San Diego researchers devise an approach that could solve a key problem in materials processing.
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Anthony Levandowski left Google’s Waymo division to set up self-driving startup subsequently acquired by Uber.
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Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer being built under University of New Hampshire contract.
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Sensor maker ams cleared to bring forward its €4.3 BN offer, but influential German union criticizes the potential deal.
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New investment in optical transceiver developer led by Intel Capital plus new backers Swisscom and AJU IB.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that intense light amplifies a specific gene — Period...
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Culmination of longstanding collaboration between Lumibird subsidiary and Slovenian firm.
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Researchers demonstrate interference of photons from sources 150 million km apart and teleportation of 3-D quantum information, expanding the toolkit...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have completed a 3.2-gigapixel sensor array for the camera...
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Cooke Optics Ltd. has officially opened its new office in Shanghai, China. The office will provide full lens servicing and...
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New 200,000 square-foot factory at site in McKinney will create 500 jobs.
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Delta Optical Thin Film A/S celebrated the start of construction on a new facility with a cornerstone laying ceremony on...
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Technique using ultrafast pulses and nonlinear optics opens path for low-temperature joining of tough-to-weld materials, potentially expanding applications of ceramics.
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Researchers at Iowa State University, led by professor Jigang Wang, are using quantum terahertz spectroscopy to explore and control quantum...
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Thirty years after a probe visited Neptune, many scientists say now is the time to finally return to that world...
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New Scale Technologies has promoted Heidi Quinlivan to vice president of sales and marketing. Quinlivan has more than 25 years...
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Rheinmetall AG and MBDA Deutschland will collaborate on high-energy laser effector systems for the German navy. The two companies will...
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Partners will construct and test a high-energy laser demonstrator for new “K130” corvette.
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Huawei-related supply chain disruption and weaker industrial laser sector hit near-term outlook at photonics packager.
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A new study provides an extraordinary close-up of the menagerie of neural cell types, yielding possible leads for neurological and...
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A new study identifies the network dynamics that help neo-Nazis and other extremists survive and thrive on social media—and suggests...
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At-home video sessions and apps could reduce costs and expand treatment in rural areas -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $200 million order for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support from the...
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Optical communications for CubeSats and solar-sail propulsion projects each get $400,000 for nine-month study.
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To become Society’s President in 2022, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is leader in biomedical engineering and biophotonics.
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California firm claims that imported Chinese auto lidar systems violate US competition law.
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With millions of tokay geckos trapped each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine, conservationists are calling for international protections...
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Although alternatives such as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy exist, the space agency is legally required to launch its Europa Clipper spacecraft...
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Gregory Quarles, CEO of laser guided energy specialist Applied Energetics, has been appointed to serve as a member on the...
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Robert Alfano received the 2019 SPIE Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the society, during the awards banquet at...
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A survey of nine large mammals found fragmented habitats throughout the country, suggesting the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor is failing --...
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System using upconversion nanoparticles as “super-linear” fluorophores reportedly could allow imaging below the diffraction limit on ordinary confocal microscopes.
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Giant components fabricated at the Caris Mirror Lab will take astronomy to the next level.
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Embedded vision company Vision Components and its Austrian partner SL Solutions have founded Carrida Technologies GmbH. The new company will...
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Scientists from Arizona State University are leveraging the tools of data science to study molecular activity more quickly than is...
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This fall, scientists and researchers from around the world will gather at the Neuroscience 2019 conference to hear lectures such...
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Process exploits interaction of light and sound waves to suppress the scattering by material defects.
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A new study helps solve the puzzle of why the continent’s western glaciers are melting so fast -- Read more...
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New technologies help companies monitor their workers’ every move. But do those data tell them anything useful? -- Read more...
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Team of U.K. chemists devises a low-cost, environmentally friendly approach to deposition of patterned copper and silver, a possible boon...
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Thorlabs has acquired Coda Devices, a manufacturer of Raman-based products for chemical analysis. The company, which is based in Menlo...
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Synopsys has announced the winners of the 2019 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. The annual competition is open...
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A genetic therapy that increases or lowers levels of a protein raises hopes for a treatment for neurological disorders --...
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The fourth annual European Machine Vision Forum is set to take place on Sept. 5-6 in Lyon, France. On the...
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Applied Energetics and the Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona have signed a research agreement for...
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Using household bleach and light, MIT researchers have created fluorescent quantum defects in carbon nanotubes. The defects can be synthesized...
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For photonics, forward progress may start by going in reverse — when it makes sense. That was a theme in...
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A new spectroscopic method developed by researchers at Heidelberg University could enable scientists to study the physical principles of organic...
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Mercury-free technology also suitable for disinfecting brew water, and tops for bottled beer and other drinks.
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Huge mirror components fabricated at Tucson mirror laboratory are destined for the Giant Magellan Telescope.
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NinePoint Medical instrument cleared for use in the pancreas and bile duct.
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Inaugural grant of $500,000 creates chair in optical sciences at the University of Arizona.
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Tiny plastic particles have turned up in samples of Arctic snow, pointing to their ubiquity in the environment -- Read...
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Stationed beyond the moon, the proposed “terrascope” would use our planet’s atmosphere to magnify light from distant objects -- Read...
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To control backscattering and reduce energy loss during optical data transmission, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign exploited...
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Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire automotive software simulation company Qtronic GmbH. The transaction is subject to customary...
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First reported in 1991 by Huang and colleagues1, OCT has become an important imaging tool for ophthalmology following innovations over...
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First direct weld method for car seat components; increases manufacturing efficiency.
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Electronics giant says it is taking mobile photography “to the next level”.
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Project can digitize materials' reflectance properties more rapidly than previously possible.
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The technology that produced a global scandal in China last year has entered into clinical trials to treat sickle cell...
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Model suggests that photovoltaic panels are at their most efficient and productive not in sun-soaked desert installations, but in more...
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Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) and transfer learning are being applied to just-in-time crop disease detection, through a smartphone tool...
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In new research, scientists from the lab of professor Aydogan Ozcan at UCLA have demonstrated distinct improvements to the inference...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is training next-generation cameras called dynamic vision sensors to interpret live information. Unlike a traditional...
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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a waveguide that is more than 10,000 times thinner than...
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Canon Marketing Japan Inc. has made an investment in Äpre Instruments to develop metrologic technology to evaluate and measure advanced...
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Austrian firm says €4.2 BN proposal, with 'fully committed' funding, would create global leader in sensing and photonics.
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Plenary talk from ESA's Martin Gehler outlines plan to launch giant laser interferometer in space.
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Research shows conflicting data on the impact of the intervention, but a major new study confirms it can work --...
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Researchers in China and the U.S. create an inexpensive film that could passively add bright, shifting and attention-grabbing colors to...
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IDEMIA Identity & Security USA has licensed an optical array for identifying individuals in challenging outdoor conditions from the U.S....
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IPG Photonics and the Brose Group, a supplier of automotive components, has announced a collaboration for what the companies say...
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People who feel shame readily are at risk for depression and anxiety disorders -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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“Nautilus” concept devised by U.S. astronomers and optical scientists would replace costly mirror-based space telescopes with a distributed array based...
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A new two-photon microscope from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus can record footage of brain activity...
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Stock price rises sharply despite swing to net loss in the photonics company's latest fiscal year.
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Six-month update shows revenue of €383 M mirroring prior-year figure; order intake dips but firm still expects growth in 2019.
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Moving away from meat would reduce fertilizer use, cropland and carbon dioxide emissions. Yet it alone will not save the...
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Researchers examine the old adage that birth order plays a significant role in shaping who we are -- Read more...
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A surgeon removing a malignant tumor1, a security agent detecting harmful molecules at a stadium2, an autonomous car avoiding a...
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System designed to defeat drones and other threats with combination of laser and microwave technologies.
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Geostationary satellite forms part of optical network enabling near-live observation of activity on Earth.
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Laser giant posts first decline in annual orders since the global financial crisis a decade ago.
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University of Washington project should benefit studies of color perception and vision testing.
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A new study suggests the last field reversal 773,000 years ago took 22,000 years to occur, which could explain some...
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Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor discusses her experience in microgravity and doing biological experiments in space -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ricardo Galvão discusses his dismissal after Amazon deforestation data rankled President Bolsonaro -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers in Spain and France report ingenious wavefront-shaping system that uses tiny electrical heating coils embedded in a thermally responsive...
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Blanks produced by Schott will be polished by Safran-Reosc, cut into hexagons then final-polished by ion beam figuring.
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The proof-of-concept demonstrations herald a major step forward in quantum communications -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Astronomers could soon learn whether or not the nearest neighboring star system harbors habitable worlds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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U.S. research team offers a clever tool to correct for the eye’s chromatic aberration, on a patient-by-patient basis.
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Agilent Technologies Inc., a research, development, and manufacturing company, has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to acquire BioTek Instruments Inc.,...
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Improved data analysis could substantially increase the total known planets from NASA’s K2 mission, revealing fascinating new worlds and intriguing...
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Psychologists launch a clinical trial to gauge whether virtual reality can quell the fears of patients with the mental disorder...
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“Structural-color films” embedding silica nanospheres move and shift colors in the presence of vapors, with possible implications in camouflage and...
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Block MEMS LLC, a developer of quantum cascade laser-based IR detection systems, has been awarded a $3.5 million contract from...
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Objective of SIGMA+ is to protect cities against diverse chemical threats, expanding on earlier SIGMA’s nuclear focus.
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Lighting and photonics technology firm posts a net loss of €35M as quarterly revenues tumble.
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Numerous reports documenting lucid moments at the end of life spur Alzheimer’s researchers to explore the phenomenon -- Read more...
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SPIE Optics + Photonics 2019, scheduled for Aug. 11-15 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., is...
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Prellis Biologics, developer of a holographic organ printing system, has received an $8.7 million investment led by Khosla Ventures. The...
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Using multiphoton microscopy (MPM), researchers at Kyoto University showed that the collagen fibers in the skin are arranged in a...
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Scientists from Osaka University have demonstrated how information encoded in the circular polarization of a laser beam can be translated...
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Prellis Biologics, developer of a holographic organ printing system, has received an $8.7 million investment led by Khosla Ventures. The...
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US laser firm consolidates fiber laser operations in Europe, and pivots away from cutting applications.
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Support will supplement Glasgow firm’s £7M quantum research program, creating 24 new jobs.
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Cheaper, smaller satellites could help more precisely sniff out sources of methane -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A purportedly non-invasive optical imaging technique uses ultrasonic waves to create a virtual relay lens inside of the body, potentially...
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The Optical Society (OSA), the Materials Research Society (MRS), and SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics) have selected...
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Simultaneous slowdown in automotive and consumer electronics sectors hits machine vision firm's financial results.
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Caltech project uses photoacoustic-guided and infrared-activated micromotors for drug delivery in the intestines.
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Fiber laser giant says recovery in China has been reversed by geopolitical tensions, with Brexit complications only adding to the...
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Princeton develops frequency comb-based technology with promising applications in pharma discovery, medical diagnoses.
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Researchers break a fundamental symmetry of physics in a light-based diode design that is small enough for consumer electronics.
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Engineers at Duke University have developed a method for extracting a color image from a single exposure of light scattered...
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A Sept. 12 biophotonics workshop in Brussels looks to improve health care by sharing insights on how to make medical...
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Scientific American presents the winner and runners-up of the ninth annual Art of Neuroscience contest, along with other notable entries...
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Researchers hoped new data would resolve the most contentious question in cosmology. They were wrong -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Work by Australian team improves prospects for combining stable single-atom-based qubits with scalable silicon platforms in future quantum computers.
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Deal to buy Massachusetts-based infrared lens specialist revealed during latest earnings call.
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Canon U.S.A. Inc., has selected Critical Link LLC, to develop new evaluation kits for three of Canon’s CMOS image sensors:...
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Researchers at Stanford University are designing a way to make a photon diode, a device that allows light to flow...
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TOPTICA Photonics has been named one of the 50 best companies in Bavaria by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic...
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Direct measurements reveal a glacier is melting 10 to 100 times quicker than previously thought, with implications for sea-level rise...
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System uses optical-acoustic imaging to track self-propelled, drug-containing microparticles in the body, and to set them loose at the right...
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An imaging system developed at Princeton University uses lasers small enough to fit on a microchip, and emits and detects...
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An augmented reality (AR) environment is being tested as a training tool for sailors and marines who must train and...
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Using a technique called light-activated dynamic looping, or LADL, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are investigating the role that...
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Using a technique called light-activated dynamic looping, or LADL, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are investigating the role that...
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Original ultraviolet laser on board wind-monitoring satellite suffered significant dip in energy levels laser month.
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Despite an impartial selection process, the space agency’s plans for robotic interplanetary missions lead to biases in our knowledge of...
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SCANLAB GmbH, an OEM manufacturer of laser scan systems, has appointed Christian Sonner head of research and development to strengthen...
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Thomas Hümmer, a doctoral student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich and Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has been awarded...
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Cepton Technologies Inc., a provider of 3D lidar solutions, has appointed T.R. Ramachandran executive vice president of marketing. Ramachandran joins...
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Thomas Hümmer, a doctoral student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) Munich and Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has been awarded...
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Technique developed at Carnegie Mellon University enables noninvasive imaging of delicate organs through turbid media.
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Customer in Russia plans to ramp production of titanium alloy cages used as treatment for herniated discs and degenerative spinal...
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The Ising model, now almost a century old, shows how natural systems can behave in related ways -- Read more...
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Jenoptik’s flight lenses designed for the Mars Rover 2020 mission have been delivered to NASA and will provide the first...
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Researchers from Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV (DLR), Germany’s national center for aerospace, energy, and transportation research, have...
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Hubs at Birmingham, Glasgow, Oxford, and York aiming to “revolutionize sensing, timing, imaging, computing, secure comms.”
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With the new system, a prosthetic wearer can do delicate tasks, such as pluck grapes from the stem -- Read...
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French company iXblue SAS, which provides photonics solutions for maritime technologies, has appointed Fabien Napolitano chief executive officer and named...
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Indian space agency launches Chandrayaan-2, featuring Lynred-built hardware to search for lunar water.
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Technology developed at EPFL uses refractive index information to compile 3D images of cells.
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The president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene talks about how the designation could help fight the...
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Droplets filled with nanoparticles behave just like bar magnets -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Phase shift deflectometry technique locates the topographical defects that other optical metrology tools cannot.
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US government continues to invest heavily in military camera and sensing technologies for aircraft and warfighters.
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A new study demonstrates it is surprisingly easy to ID an individual within a supposedly incognito data set -- Read...
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The spacecraft is set to harness the power of sunlight alone to alter its orbit around Earth -- Read more...
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Hong Kong researchers have designed a highly sensitive accelerometer, which incorporates polarization-maintaining photonic-crystal fiber, for monitoring potential train derailment.
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An efficient, stable OLED based on a single layer of a neat, thermally activated, delayed fluorescence emitter has been demonstrated...
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The University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering has been awarded $802,400 to find an effective quality assurance method for...
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Quantum interference can be used to process large data sets quickly and accurately, according to a study done by the...
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Ignoring the connections between climate and security poses risks for the U.S. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Montana State University integrates MEMS device into microscope objective for a high-NA platform.
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Dutch university spin out Quix says its "Swiss army knife" photonic chip also works as a quantum processor.
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The egg-bound developing animals are more attuned to the outside world than previously thought -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The interaction between graphene and light suggests that graphene could be used to control infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) waves....
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Quanergy Systems Inc., a provider of light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors and smart sensing solutions, has appointed Enzo Signore...
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Why are VR companies launching their mental health care programs in the nation? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The 14th “Pioneers of Miniaturization” Lectureship, sponsored by Dolomite and Lab on a Chip , is for early to mid-career scientists who have made extraordinary or outstanding...
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UK's Institute of Physics accolade is presented annually for “world-leading contributions to physics.”
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A real-time capture of brain-circuit activity shows how simple it is to change what an animal sees -- Read more...
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Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” shaped a generation of future explorers—and even the first tweet sent from space -- Read...
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Improved quantum logic clock from NIST scientists drives down systematic uncertainty to unprecedented 10–19 range.
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Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are using nanoparticles to build fiber lasers that are safer for the...
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The process for designing metamaterials could be improved by using data-driven approaches based on deep learning, according to researchers at...
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Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a multifunctional device that captures the excess heat...
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UK's Institute of Physics accolade is presented annually for “world-leading contributions to physics.”
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Intevac Photonics Inc. has received a $40 million contract for the multiyear production of digital night vision cameras for the...
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Researchers are still optimistic about finding disease-altering medicines—just not anytime soon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Safer sources, at 85 per cent efficiency, achieved using laser-pumped silica fiber doped with holmium.
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Brain cells that tick at regular intervals may coordinate neural activity like the conductor of an orchestra -- Read more...
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The result is not the final word, as findings will likely turn up the heat on questions of divergent sexual...
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow have photographed quantum entanglement, capturing for the first time visible evidence of the phenomenon...
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A new optical sensor developed by scientists and engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,...
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Researchers are still optimistic about finding disease-altering medicines—just not anytime soon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Safer sources, at 85 per cent efficiency, achieved using laser-pumped silica fiber doped with holmium.
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'iCrx' laser phoropter can automatically determine visual prescriptions in just 20 seconds.
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Zeiss recalls developing its bespoke camera lenses that recorded first visit to the Moon, 50 years ago.
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Eye tracking, facial recognition system to be applied to commercial vehicles in Korea to boost safety.
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Ed Boyden, Peter Hegemann, Gero Miesenböck and Karl Deisseroth share $500,000 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize.
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Sending atmospheric CO2 into underground methane hydrates could clean the air and create revenue -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Nedo, Sharp and Toyota collaborate on photovoltaic car based on solar cell and battery combination; road testing, later this month.
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Lithography giant says strong EUV orders and demand for logic devices is helping it buck the downward trend.
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Neuralink says it can robotically implant more than 3,000 flexible-polymer electrodes in a rat or monkey brain. The device is...
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Researchers use tunable light to activate biomedical imaging and drug-release applications in multifunctional nanoparticles.
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A new super class of photons called “Majorana photons” could lead to enhanced information on quantum-level transition and imaging of...
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Qiang Lin, an expert in integrated quantum photonics and nonlinear photonics at the University of Rochester, has been awarded the...
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Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $17.6 million award from the U.S. Army to upgrade the Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder...
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Glass for displays, tablets, laptops, smartphones, and solar cells needs to allow light to pass through, but could benefit from...
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Researchers at TU Dresden achieve external quantum efficiency of 76.3% with scalable, lithography-free method.
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On the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, NASA backs a plan to deploy more retroreflectors on the lunar...
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Proposed setup to solve a version of the mathematical N-queens problem could offer a test of “quantum supremacy” for computational...
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Launch of 'Iris' product sketched out as Californian startup passes $250 million funding milestone.
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A large, correlation-based study identifies eight genome regions associated with the eating disorder -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A Rhode Island program to prevent ex-inmate relapses and deaths is working -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Ever since the debut of the series Star Trek, people have wanted to create technologies that mimicked or surpassed those...
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A team of researchers from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) has introduced a novel...
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My time with BioPhotonics magazine and Photonics Media has come to an end. After nearly six years, I’m moving toward...
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An international research team led by Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) has found a way to significantly boost OLED efficiency...
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High-performance sensor supplier ams AG and artificial intelligence developer MEGVII have signed a partnership agreement to jointly create and promote...
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Precision Optics Corp. Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and defense industries, has completed...
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Precision Optics Corp. Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and defense industries, has completed...
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Elastomer core-cladding fiber structure, with embedded upconversion nanoparticles, could provide a platform for developing wearable monitors for health care.
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Rains from the system will prolong the already historic flooding along the Mississippi -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, lander and rover will seek out water ice and other potentially valuable resources near the lunar south...
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Research groups develop ultrasensitive detector and quantum cascade laser for THz band that eliminate need for cryogenic cooling, expanding application...
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Superresolution has been a hot topic within the microscopy community since the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded. Breaking...
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A protocol for storing and releasing a single photon in an embedded eigenstate — a quantum state that is virtually...
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Industrial laser company Rofin-Sinar UK has rebranded as Luxinar Ltd., effective June 25, marking a new chapter in the company’s...
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Photonic sensors from Velodyne used for real-time navigation in 'Viggo' road sweepers.
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A new program outperforms professionals in six-player games. Could business, political or military applications come next? -- Read more on...
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Several designs could find uses in tiny robots and biomedical devices -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Climate change is already rotting archaeological sites in the Arctic, and Norse Viking-era settlements are at high risk -- Read...
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Spectral Evolution has moved operations to expanded facilities in Haverhill, Mass., to provide more space for engineering, test, and manufacturing....
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The Eye Clinic at the University Hospital Bonn and the Sankara Eye Foundation in India are collaborating to introduce smartphone-based...
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A technique for squeezing quantum dots, developed at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), could enable many quantum dots to...
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Ministry of Defence aiming to develop three new directed energy weapon demonstrators, with trials planned for 2023.
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Lunar ice could be a crucial resource for future explorers. It could also be an astrobiological treasure trove. Can it...
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Dr. Joo H. Kang is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences at...
