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New Technique may Lead to Flexible, More Efficient Light-Emitting Materials

An international research team has devised a new method that could be used for making low-cost, more efficient light-emitting materials that are flexible and can be printed using ink-jet methods.

8 Jun 2021

Iridian Spectral Technologies Supplies Filters to UoT Dragonfly

Iridian Spectral Technologies congratulates the team at the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto on securing nearly $2 million in support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for the development and expansion of their Dragonfly Telescope.

From Iridian Spectral Technologies 8 Jun 2021

European Photonics Industry Consortium Forms Partnership with IEEE Photonics Society

The IEEE Photonics Society and the European Photonics Industry Consortium have announced that their associations have entered into a multi-year agreement to promote joint activities, cross-disciplinary technical dissemination and cooperative programs between membership bodies.

8 Jun 2021

European Photonics Industry Growing at more than Double Global GDP Rate, New Analysis Finds

New research published today shows European photonics is growing at more than double the rate of global GDP – outperforming EU GDP and EU industrial production by three and five times, respectively.

7 Jun 2021

Next-Generation Lasers can Help Achieve 800 Gigabit Ethernet

With the massive proliferation of data-heavy services, including high-resolution video streaming and conferencing, cloud services infrastructure growth in 2021 is expected to grow to a 27% CAGR.

7 Jun 2021

SEC Offers X-ray Systems for Inspecting Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Mobile Phones

X-ray inspection specialist, SEC Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has succeeded in developing automatic 3D CT systems for the inspection of batteries for electric vehicles and mobile phones.

7 Jun 2021

New, Improved Imaging Technology Helps Study Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is known to be a genetically inherited group of red blood cell disorders. The CDC has reported that around 90,000 to 100,000 individuals in the United States suffer from this disorder, and it disproportionately impacts Black or African Americans. SCD occurs in around 1 in every 500 people in this demographic.

4 Jun 2021

Atomic Force Microscopy Provides New Insights into Mechanical Properties of Cancer Metastases

A team at the University of Sheffield, UK, present the findings of its latest research prior to peer review that demonstrate the efficacy of a novel method of characterizing metastatic breast tumors with atomic force microscopy (AFM).

By Sarah Moore 4 Jun 2021

Raman Spectroscopy: New Strategy of Evaluating Metastatic Risk in Breast Cancer

A new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, gives us one new tool for the rapid diagnosis and analysis of tumors by making use of Raman spectroscopy.

By Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D 4 Jun 2021

Laser-Driven Technology Enables Creation of Nanoparticles

In the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces presents for the first time a laser-driven technology that enables them to create nanoparticles such as copper, cobalt and nickel oxides.

3 Jun 2021

Photonis Launches State-of-the-Art Device for Critical Missions: TacFusion

After Photonis and Device ALab joined forces, Photonis is proud to release the TacFusion, the newest handheld binocular combining low light camera core and thermal imaging sensor.

From PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S. 3 Jun 2021

RIT and SPIE Partner on 2021 Photonics for Quantum Event

On 12-16 July, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will present the 2021 Photonics for Quantum Digital Forum.

3 Jun 2021

AMETEK Land Displays Solutions for the Iron and Steel Industry at AISTech 2021

AMETEK Land, the world leader in high accuracy, non-contact temperature measurement systems, is bringing its solutions for the steelmaking industry to the AISTech’s 2021 Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition this summer.

From AMETEK Surface Vision 3 Jun 2021

New Technology Improves Resolution of Ordinary Light Microscope

Electrical engineers from the University of California San Diego have now designed a novel technology that enhances the resolution of a normal light microscope so that it can be utilized to directly visualize the intricate details and structures in living cells.

1 Jun 2021

New Structured, Multi-Part Nanocrystals with Superfluorescent Properties

Researchers have developed new types of materials that combines two or three types of nanoparticles into structures that display fundamental new properties such as superfluorescence.

31 May 2021