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Researchers to Build Optical Communications Station in Australia

Scientists are set to build an advanced optical communications station in Western Australia. The new station will be able to receive high-speed data transmissions from space.

12 Oct 2020

Close-Up Monitoring of Radioactive Processes

The Model 214 Non-Browning fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics is designed for close-up monitoring of radioactive processes in nuclear power, reprocessing and waste storage plants.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 12 Oct 2020

New Breakthrough in Developing Miniaturized Organic Semiconductor

Field Effect Transistors are the core building blocks of modern electronics such as integrated circuits, computer CPUs and display backplanes.

9 Oct 2020

Researchers Find a Way to Generate Single, Identical Photons

Secure telecommunications networks and rapid information processing make much of modern life possible.

9 Oct 2020

Scientists Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across the Earth Using Signals from Distant Stars

Using radio telescopes observing distant stars, scientists have connected optical atomic clocks on different continents.

9 Oct 2020

UNSW Researchers Create Semiconductor Qubits with Lowest Noise Level on Record

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have demonstrated the lowest noise level on record for a semiconductor quantum bit, or qubit. The research was published in Advanced Materials.

9 Oct 2020

World's Fastest UV Camera can Record Photons in the UV Range

The team of Professor Jinyang Liang, a specialist in ultrafast imaging at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, has developed the fastest camera in the world capable of recording photons in the ultraviolet range in real time.

8 Oct 2020

Researchers Engineer Optical Fibers with 2D Materials

At the latest since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research on graphene in 2010, 2D materials - nanosheets with atomic thickness - have been a hot topic in science.

8 Oct 2020

New Method to Squeeze Light and Peer Inside Memory Devices

Scientists have designed a novel technique to “squeeze” visible light in an effort to peer inside small memory devices.

7 Oct 2020

Introducing the OpenStand® Motorized Optical Stand from Prior Scientific

The OpenStand is a unique modular platform that allows for easy customization. It is a fully configurable and motorized optical stand, when combined with a range of readily available optics, light sources and accessories, creates a complete customizable optical microscope.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 7 Oct 2020