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XCAM Specialist Digital Cameras to Reach Space First to Help Improve Space Missions

Thanks to significant UK Government funding for innovation in space technology, XCAM Ltd working with the Open University, developed new enhanced performance imaging technology to help enable the Open University conduct research support as part of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope (Roman Space Telescope/NASA) and as a flagship for space applications in the future.

From XCAM Ltd 17 Sep 2021

Researchers Develop a THz Time-Domain Ellipsometry System for Wide-Gap Semiconductors

In semiconductor device applications, there is an increasing demand for semiconductors with very high carrier concentrations.

16 Sep 2021

New Laser-Driven Method for Simultaneously Generating Neutrons and X-Rays

Fetching the snapshots of systems and processes at accurate time points is key to research and development in several sectors, including material science, biology, and engineering.

16 Sep 2021

Princeton Infrared Technologies Announces $1M Award from Air Force Armament Directorate to Develop Uncooled SWIR Camera Integrated with BAE Systems’ Open Seeker Architecture for Advanced Precision Tar

Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc., specialists in indium gallium arsenide imaging technology and affordable shortwave-infrared linescan cameras, visible-SWIR science cameras, and 1- and 2-D imaging arrays, announces a $1 million, 1-year award from the Air Force Armament Directorate to fund the development of a 640x512 uncooled SWIR camera integrated with BAE Systems’ Open Seeker Architecture for low cost targeting and tracking applications.

From Princeton Infrared Technologies, Inc. 16 Sep 2021

Study Shows a Rapid Increase in Global Light Pollution

Global light pollution has increased by at least 49% over 25 years, new research shows.

15 Sep 2021

Study Advances Understanding of Perovskite's Ferroelectric Nature and Photovoltaic Properties

Perovskite is one of the most widely studied materials because of its many potential applications. A particularly promising field is photovoltaics, which involves devices that efficiently convert light into electricity.

15 Sep 2021

Researchers to Build an Optical Sensor for Decoding Skyrmion Swirl's Direction

A team of researchers at Aarhus University has received DKK 2.8 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark, IRFD, to develop an optical sensor to decode the direction of a skyrmion swirl: Incredibly small, stable swirls in magnetic materials created by electrons rotating around themselves.

15 Sep 2021

New Ophir® Laser Power Sensor Measures High Repetition Rate, Short Pulse Industrial Lasers for Micomachining up to 120W

MKS Instruments, Inc. has announced the Ophir® F80(120)A-CM-17, a state-of-the-art thermal sensor for measuring high repetition rate lasers with very short pulses in the nano, pico, and femtosecond ranges.

From MKS Instruments, Inc. 15 Sep 2021

New Technique Enables Human Organs to be Studied with Micrometer Precision

A team of scientists at Umeå University has recently proven a technique by which particular cell types in human organs can be examined with micrometer precision.

14 Sep 2021

Researchers Combine Microscopy and AI to Develop a Rapid COVID-19 Test

Beckman researchers paired microscopy with artificial intelligence to develop a COVID-19 test that's fast, accurate, and cost-effective.

14 Sep 2021

Low Price Point InGaAs SWIR Camera for R&D and Industrial Applications

NIT has designed a low price point SWIR camera, the WiDy SenS 320, which integrates our latest dual-mode NSC 2001 InGaAs focal plane array, QVGA resolution, delivering up to 1K fps full-frame, available both with USB3 and CamLink video output.

From New Imaging Technologies (NIT) 14 Sep 2021

A New WiDy SenS Camera Compatible with most Video Platforms used in UAVs and PZTs

NIT is pleased to introduce its latest member of the popular SWIR WiDy SenS family. The WiDy SenS 640H-STE was designed for UAV gimbal and PZT manufacturers who want to integrate a SWIR channel in their systems.

From New Imaging Technologies (NIT) 14 Sep 2021

Researchers Uncover New Approaches to Manipulating Light Absorption in Optical Resonators

Natural and manmade physical structures all lose energy, and scientists work hard to eliminate that loss or compensate for it. Optical and photonic devices lose energy through light scattering, radiation or material absorption.

13 Sep 2021

Study Provides Atomic-Scale Insight into How Chlorine Stabilizes Next-Generation Solar

A team of researchers led by Professor Yabing Qi in the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan have imaged the atoms at the surface of the light-absorbing layer in a new type of next-generation solar cells, made from a crystal material called metal-halide perovskite.

13 Sep 2021

Reprogrammable Optical Metasurfaces for Achieving Nanoscale Light Control

Researchers have designed electromechanically reconfigurable ultrathin optical elements that can be controlled and programmed on a pixel-by-pixel level.

13 Sep 2021