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New Imaging Technique Offers Clearer, More Detailed Lymphatic Vessel Images

In a recent study published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, researchers studied the shape and function of lymphatic vessels in vivo using SWIR fluorescence imaging.

1 Oct 2024

AI-Powered Hyperspectral Imaging for Accurate Food Quality Assessment

A group of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has created a technique that uses deep machine learning to recreate hyperspectral images from RGB standard photographs.

1 Oct 2024

New Device Tracks Brain Blood Flow for Stroke Prevention

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have created a laser-based gadget that can be worn on the head to monitor changes in brain blood flow and volume non-invasively.

1 Oct 2024

Advancing Optical Nonreciprocity Using Silicon and Vanadium Dioxide

In a recent Nature Communications study, researchers developed a metasurface using silicon and vanadium dioxide nanoresonators to achieve nonreciprocal light transmission. This advancement paves the way for miniaturized, low-power optical systems crucial for future photonics technologies.

By Muhammad Osama 1 Oct 2024

Inverse Design Cracks the Code for Computational Spectrometers

Researchers from Zhejiang University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics have presented a novel method for creating on-chip computational spectrometers in a study published in the journal Engineering, signaling the beginning of a new era of dependable and high-performance integrated spectrometers.

30 Sep 2024

Harnessing the Power of Excitons and Trions for Quantum Technologies

An international team of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf has successfully induced a rapid switching process between neutral and charged particles in a 2D material using terahertz pulses.

30 Sep 2024

New Upgrade Will Supercharge Atomic Vision of the World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser

The Department of Energy (DOE) has given the green light for construction to begin on a high-energy upgrade that will further boost the performance of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world’s most powerful X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

From SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 30 Sep 2024

Compact CableMaster VFL Offers Continuity Testing and Fault Location for Fiber Optic Cables

The CableMaster VFL provides continuity testing and fault location for optical fibers in both single mode and multimode. By emitting a pulsed or continuous visible laser, this device can detect mechanically damaged fibers and fiber ends.

27 Sep 2024

Proprietary technique produces ultra smooth laser mirrors

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has pioneered a pitch-polishing technique, that produces consistently low surface microroughness on off-axis parabolic mirrors used as key focusing elements for high power laser experiments. Dist...

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 26 Sep 2024

Attosecond Science Unlocks New Understanding of Molecular Processes

Researchers from IMDEA Nanociencia used attosecond extreme-ultraviolet press to reveal new insights into the ultrafast dynamics of molecular systems in a study that was published in Nature Chemistry.

26 Sep 2024

Single-Lens AR Platform Offers Promise for Mainstream Adoption

Researchers describe in ACS Photonics how to combine two optical technologies into a single, high-resolution augmented reality display, making the technology easier to integrate into everyday personal devices.

26 Sep 2024

OGP Announces Smartscope M-Series, The Next Evolution Of The World’s Most Popular 3D Multisensor Metrology Systems

Optical Gaging Products (OGP®), a world-leading manufacturer of optical and precision multisensor metrology systems for industrial quality control, is proud to announce the next evolution of SmartScope® 3D Multisensor Metrology systems: SmartScope M-Series. Offered in two benchtop and two floor model options to handle nearly any sized part, SmartScope M-Series systems usher in the next generation of enhancements in image accuracy, optics, and throughput to the world’s most popular 3D multisensor video measurement platform.

From Optical Gaging Products, Inc. (OGP) 26 Sep 2024

IDS Showcases Groundbreaking 2D, 3D, and AI-Based Vision Systems at SPS 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany

Detecting the smallest errors, increasing throughput rates, preventing wear – industrial cameras provide important information for automated processes. IDS will be demonstrating which technologies and products are particularly relevant at SPS / Smart Production Solutions in Nuremberg, Germany, from 12 to 14 November.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 26 Sep 2024

Up to 20 IDS Cameras Support Munich-Based Start Up, Marvel Fusion GmbH in Their Research

Nuclear fusion is seen as a possible visionary solution to the energy problems of the future - clean and comparatively low-risk. Small atomic nuclei are fused at extreme temperatures and pressures instead of being split as in the reactors of conventional nuclear power plants.

25 Sep 2024

REIMS: Improving Breast Cancer Surgery with Real-Time Tissue Analysis

In a recent British Journal of Cancer study, researchers demonstrated the potential of REIMS technology for real-time tissue classification during breast cancer surgeries, offering significant improvements in surgical precision and patient outcome

By Muhammad Osama 25 Sep 2024