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Scientists Develop Flexible Organic LED for a Candlelight Effect

Candles create a warm light ideal for an unforgettable dinner or a relaxing evening at home. However, other illumination options, such as electric candles, emit harmful blue wavelengths that disrupt the circadian cycle.

25 May 2022

Teledyne to Present Advanced Industrial and Scientific Imaging Technology at Automate 2022

Teledyne will display their newest products and solutions at Automate 2022 exhibition taking place June 6-9, in Detroit, Michigan.

25 May 2022

Experts Identify a New Effect in Two-Dimensional Conductive Systems

A group of researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory along with their co-workers at the Universities of Augsburg (Germany) and Lancaster has discovered a novel physical effect when two-dimensional electron systems are subjected to terahertz waves.

24 May 2022

Scientists Propose LiDAR Laser Scanners to Enhance 3D Mapping

Three-dimensional (3D) mapping can be used to monitor building sites, track the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, and assess the safety of roads and bridges, among other things.

20 May 2022

Study Investigates the Effects of Turbulence on the Resulting Distortions in a Propagating Light Beam

Researchers looked at how grid sampling, or the simulation’s resolution, affects the number of observable branch points in a wave-optics simulation. They also wanted to learn more about the effects of a non-zero inner turbulence scale on simulation results.

19 May 2022

Scientists Build Photonic Materials for Potent, Effective Light-Based Computing

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are working on new photonic materials that could someday aid in the development of low-power, ultra-fast light-based computing.

19 May 2022

New Approach to Develop Large-Scale Metasurfaces Autonomously

Metasurfaces are a potential technology for wearable electronics, especially virtual and augmented reality systems, since they use carefully designed and structured nanostructures on a flat surface to target, shape, and manipulate light.

18 May 2022

Researchers Design New Efficient Metal-Free X-Ray Polymeric Scintillators

X-ray detection is critical in a variety of situations, including radiation detection, medical diagnostics, and security inspection.

18 May 2022

Researchers Demonstrate the First-Ever Electrically Tunable Photonic Metasurface Platform

Optical lens advancement has long been regarded as a significant indicator of human scientific progress. Eyeglasses, cameras, telescopes, and microscopes have all enabled to see the world in a new light, both literally and metaphorically.

17 May 2022

Terahertz Near-Field Microscopy Achieves THz Sub-Wavelength Imaging

The advancement of terahertz (THz) imaging technology has attracted much interest in past years as a novel far-infrared inspection method.

16 May 2022

Nanotech Imaging Device Helps Detect Diseases Using a Smartphone, a New Study Reveals

According to Australian scientists who created a nanotech imaging device small enough to fit on a smartphone camera lens, it can make the detection of some diseases accessible and inexpensive for individuals in rural and isolated areas.

13 May 2022

Researchers Develop a Small Microring Chip That Supports Large Matrix Multiplication Operations

By combating the inherent limitations of electrons, optical computing utilizes photons rather than electrons to conduct computations, which can substantially enhance the speed and energy performance of computations.

13 May 2022

Laser-Enabled Bursts of Electricity Trigger the Fastest-Ever Logic Gates

In the domain of science and technology, an enduring mission has been to design electronics and information processing that function closest to the fastest timescales permitted by the laws of nature.

12 May 2022

Launch of PULSATE Open Call for LBAAM Technology in Production

On 2 May 2022, the EU-funded PULSATE project launched the Technology Transfer Experiments (TTE) Open Call for LBAAM technology in production environments.

12 May 2022

Unique Insights into Solid-state Batteries Through New Research Collaboration

Batteries are essential to achieve a fossil-free and climate-neutral society. Solid-state batteries are considered to be the future within battery technology, although further research is necessary.

12 May 2022