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Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by stacking two layers together and rotating one slightly in relation to the other.

1 Mar 2021

New Models for xiJ Family of sCMOS Cameras

Continuous progress in scientific fields places ever higher demands on the tools used in various research application areas. To meet these increased requirements XIMEA has integrated the newest technologies improving the parameters important for the scientific community.

From XIMEA GmbH 26 Feb 2021

New Optical Antennas Could Exponentially Increase Data Transmission

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a new way to harness properties of light waves that can radically increase the amount of data they carry. They demonstrated the emission of discrete twisting laser beams from antennas made up of concentric rings roughly equal to the diameter of a human hair, small enough to be placed on computer chips.

26 Feb 2021

New Laser Number Generator System Could Enable More Secure Data Encryption

A new system created by an international group of researchers exhibits the ability to generate random numbers more than 100 times quicker than existing technologies, thus opening the door to quicker, cost-effective, more secure data encryption in the present-day’s digitally connected world.

26 Feb 2021

Atik Cameras Supports the COVID-19 Fight with Wide Range of Advanced Imaging Solutions for Use with PCR Instruments

Atik Cameras, a specialist designer and manufacturer of advanced scientific imaging solutions, has further expanded its collaboration with leading global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) DNA amplifiers, securing multiple new contracts to supply high-performing cameras for reliable COVID-19 testing.

From Atik Cameras 26 Feb 2021

Teledyne Imaging to Present its Latest Vision Solutions for Scientific and Industrial Imaging at Photonics West Digital Forum

Teledyne Imaging, a Teledyne Technologies company [NYSE: TDY], represented by Teledyne’s Princeton Instruments, Photometrics, e2v, DALSA, Acton Optics and Lumenera will showcase their newest technologies at the SPIE’s Photonics West Digital Forum taking place March 6-11, 2021.

25 Feb 2021

Researchers Synthesize Organic Light-Harvesting Supramolecule Based on DNA

Organic molecules that capture photons and convert these into electricity have important applications for producing green energy. Light-harvesting complexes need two semiconductors, an electron donor and an acceptor. How well they work is measured by their quantum efficiency, the rate by which photons are converted into electron-hole pairs.

25 Feb 2021

UV Light can Mitigate the Spread of Swine Virus

Let there be (ultraviolet) light. That is the indication provided by a study performed at Iowa State University (ISU) relating to the use of ultraviolet light(UV) to stop the spread of the virus that is responsible for causing the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

25 Feb 2021

Researchers Discover Fast-Switching Photochromism in an Inorganic Material

Isn't it convenient when office building windows adaptively darken according to the intensity of sunlight- Or when standard glasses turn into sunglasses under the sun and switch back as you enter a building- Such feats are possible thanks to photochromic materials, whose optical (and other) properties change radically when irradiated by visible or ultraviolet light.

24 Feb 2021

Hemoglobin Estimation Using Microfluidic Chip and AI-Powered Automated Microscope

One of the most performed medical diagnostic tests to ascertain the health of patients is a complete blood count, which typically includes an estimate of the hemoglobin concentration. The hemoglobin level in the blood is an important biochemical parameter that can indicate a host of medical conditions including anemia, polycythemia, and pulmonary fibrosis.

24 Feb 2021

Teledyne Imaging Expands Its Lt Camera Series with New 20-Megapixel Models

Teledyne Imaging, a group within Teledyne Technologies, and manufacturer and developer of digital cameras for industrial and scientific imaging, is pleased to announce the release of its new 20 megapixel Lt Series USB3 cameras. Like all Lt Series models, these newest cameras have a robust and compact enclosure, fully locking USB3 connectors, and are built for rugged 24/7 use. They are available from Teledyne Lumenera, a part of the Teledyne Imaging Group.

24 Feb 2021

Optical Measurement Technology and Space Data can Help Increase Efficiency of Forestry's Value Chain

The joint project researches how increasing the efficiency of forestry's value chain can benefit from optical measurement technology and satellite data. The partners are researching concrete applications and mapping which actors would be able to utilise the new technologies in their operations.

23 Feb 2021

Promising Laser-Based Technique to Study Exosomes

Despite our great progress in understanding various cellular mechanisms over the last decades, many of them remain unclear. Such is the case for exosomes, small vesicles released by cells that contain genetic materials called "RNA" and various proteins.

22 Feb 2021

A New Technique to Enhance Spin Hall Effect of Light with Near 100% Efficiency

A POSTECH-KAIST joint research team has successfully developed a technique to reach near-unity efficiency of SHEL by using an artificially-designed metasurface.

22 Feb 2021

New Laser Approach May Improve Effectiveness of Anti-Tumor Therapies

A cosmetic laser newly developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) can be used to enhance the effectiveness of specific anti-tumor therapies and expand their use to more different types of cancer.

18 Feb 2021