From its beginnings in the mid-1980s, 3D printing, or as it is also increasingly referred to, additive manufacturing, has promised many advantages over conventional manufacturing methods.
There are many different components within lasers that enable them to function effectively, and many of these parts can be made from a choice of materials. One key component is the active laser medium, otherwise known as gain medium (or gain media for plural).
By Liam Critchley
13 Feb 2020
Last June, scientists from research company Forschungszentrum Jülich, alongside those at the University of Magdeburg, both in Germany, created an innovative technique for measuring electric potentials of atoms.
By Sarah Moore
12 Feb 2020
The staple of high-powered lasers was established in 1996 when the method of chirped-pulse amplification was used to create the world's first petawatt pulse with the Nova laser. Scientists have since been working on increasing the energies achievable with this process, seeking to generate laser-driven fusion.
By Sarah Moore
12 Feb 2020
Thin-film optics is the branch of optics that focusses on thin, structured layers of different materials. These layers range from a fraction of a nanometer up to several micrometers thick but are usually in the order of the wavelengths of ultraviolet light, which is about 500nm.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
13 Feb 2020
Three scientists based at POSTECH in Korea have enhanced the photoacoustic microscopy method, creating new 'super-resolution' photoacoustic microscopy that they have proven to be 500 times fast than the conventional method, with a resolution that is 2.5 times better.
By Sarah Moore
12 Feb 2020
Recent research using electron microscopes has revealed insights into how North American hunter-gatherers created the ochre paint used in their pre-historic rock art at Babine Lake, British Columbia.
By Sarah Moore
12 Feb 2020
Neutron radiography’s first facility was founded in 1984 at a Malaysian site. The facility was built and established between 1984 and 1985 and titled as NUR-2.
By Sydney Luntz
12 Feb 2020
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has enhanced current nanoscopy techniques by creating an advanced imaging approach.
By Sarah Moore
12 Feb 2020
Guanine crystals exist in nature and are the substance that gives fish scales their mirror-like sheen. They produce vivid colors in animals and also act as vital components in the visual systems of many species.
By Sarah Moore
11 Feb 2020