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Camera-Based Separation System Could Increase the Use of Recycled Plastics

A new research project is aiming to develop a camera-based separation system that can separate plastic waste according to type.

1 Oct 2020

New Free-Space Optical Transmission System for Space Communications

Communications in space demand the most sensitive receivers possible for maximum reach, while also requiring high bit-rate operations.

1 Oct 2020

Scientists Discover Why Disordered Light-Harvesting Nanotubes Produce Ordered Outcomes

Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems.

30 Sep 2020

Detection Technology Launches X-Panel 1412 to Enhance Industrial and Dental Imaging

Detection Technology, a global leader in X-ray detector solutions, today launched the X-Panel 1412 to enhance advanced industrial and dental X-ray imaging applications.

30 Sep 2020

EnPro Industries to Acquire Alluxa, Inc.

EnPro Industries, Inc., a leading technology company which uses materials science to push the boundaries of the semiconductor, life sciences, and other technology industries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alluxa, Inc., a privately held, California-based company.

30 Sep 2020

Radiant Webinar Presents Standard Measurement Method for Quantifying “Sparkle” in Anti-Glare Displays

Radiant Webinar - Quantifying “Sparkle” in Anti-Glare Displays

From Radiant Vision Systems 30 Sep 2020

High-Power LED Driver Supplies Up to 40A of Constant Current, 50A Pulsed

Innovations in Optics, Inc. introduces the Model 5000H switched-mode LED Driver/Controller for powering its patented and patent-pending High-Power LED Light Engines.

29 Sep 2020

New System Provides 3D Images of Structural Defects

A new system, developed by Tohoku University researchers in Japan in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, takes 3D images that can detect defects in metallic structures.

28 Sep 2020

New Technique Enables Accurate Gene Control by Blue Light

With a new optical switch, scientists can now accurately control the lifespan of genetic “copies.” Such genetic “copies” are used by the cell as building instructions for protein synthesis.

28 Sep 2020

GeoImage™: Fast and Accurate Energy Grading of Coal, Kerogen and Petroleum Source Rock from CRAIC Technologies

Coal, kerogen and petroleum source rock are vital in our search for sources of energy.

From CRAIC Technologies, Inc. 28 Sep 2020

Molecular Impurities Enhance the Efficiencies of Polymer LEDs

Polymer LEDs (PLEDs) are devices that contain single layers of luminescent polymers, closely packed between a pair of metal electrodes.

25 Sep 2020

Optical Windows for Wind Tunnel Aerodynamic Testing

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a producer of large diameter, high precision windows for wind tunnel aerodynamic testing.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 24 Sep 2020

New Interface Allows Users to Interact with a Drone to Light-Paint Patterns

Skoltech researchers have designed and developed an interface that allows a user to direct a small drone to light-paint patterns or letters through hand gestures.

24 Sep 2020

Physicists Achieve Ultrastrong Coupling Between Light and Matter at Room Temperature

Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultrastrong coupling between light and matter at room temperature.

24 Sep 2020

Lens-Free Imaging Technology can Enable Faster Disease Diagnosis

Scientists from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) are developing a new type of imaging system that does not necessitate the use of a lens but instead uses configurable particle-based masks to capture multiple images of an object.

24 Sep 2020