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REYEDR's Holographic Heads-Up Display for Smarter and Safer Motorcycling

A New Zealand-based technology start-up REYEDR is pioneering improved motorcycle safety with their smart heads-up display (HUD) technology.

From REYEDR 22 Jun 2020

Advancements in Evanescent Wave Fiber-Optic Sensors for Water Monitoring

The evanescent wave (EW) sensing technique arises through the combination of thin optical fibers with sensitive coatings. These can significantly enhance the sensitivity and selectivity of traditional fiber-optic sensors while simultaneously offering a lower limit of detection (LOD).

17 Jun 2020

Next-Generation LiDAR for Massively-Parallel 3D Rangefinding

New research demonstrates how a solid-state microresonator can be used to generate complex frequency-modulated laser beams at multiple wavelengths that permit parallel distance and velocity measurements at an equivalent rate of three megapixels per second.

15 Jun 2020

Spectroscopy Methods Used to Combat Food Fraud

Spectroscopic techniques can be used to test food products at various stages of the supply chain and to prevent fraud.

5 Jun 2020

How Can Coded Light-Sheet Array Microscopy Improve 3D Imaging?

A newly-developed imaging technique called Coded Light-Sheet Array Microscopy (CLAM) improves upon existing 3D imaging approaches.

27 May 2020

How the ICESat-2 Earth-Observing Laser Scanner Measures Ice Sheet Elevation

Scientists at the US space agency have made detailed measurements of ice sheet elevations in Greenland and Antarctica using a state-of-the-art laser instrument onboard NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2).

21 May 2020

Exploring Cell Walls and Plant Protein Regulation with Microscopy

The evolution in microscopy, for example, fluorescence microscopy, makes it possible for the detailed study of the cell wall and various plant protein interactions.

5 May 2020

Ultraviolet LEDs and their Role in COVID-19 Decontamination

UC Santa Barbara’s Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) have been working on using new materials to produce UV LEDs optimized to emit in the UV-C region, and these are now being adapted for the purpose of destroying COVID-19 on surfaces.

29 Apr 2020

New Optics System May Make Table-Top Particle Accelerators a Reality

Table-top particle accelerators could be poised to move from fantasy to reality thanks to a novel optical lens system.

28 Apr 2020

CryoEM MicroED Methods to Determine Crystalline Structure

A newly developed analytical method called microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED), which is based on the well-established cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM) technique, can rapidly determine the molecular structure of crystalline materials with nearly-atomic resolution.

24 Apr 2020

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REYEDR's Holographic Heads-Up Display for Smarter and Safer Motorcycling

Advancements in Evanescent Wave Fiber-Optic Sensors for Water Monitoring

Next-Generation LiDAR for Massively-Parallel 3D Rangefinding

Spectroscopy Methods Used to Combat Food Fraud

How Can Coded Light-Sheet Array Microscopy Improve 3D Imaging?

How the ICESat-2 Earth-Observing Laser Scanner Measures Ice Sheet Elevation

Exploring Cell Walls and Plant Protein Regulation with Microscopy

Ultraviolet LEDs and their Role in COVID-19 Decontamination

New Optics System May Make Table-Top Particle Accelerators a Reality

CryoEM MicroED Methods to Determine Crystalline Structure

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