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New Webinar on “Getting Precise”

Current restrictions have seen a significant increase in the usage of digital communication formats.

From Optris GmbH & Co. KG 3 Sep 2020

New Device can Electronically Replicate the Way Human Skin Senses Pain

Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.

2 Sep 2020

Optically Transparent Glass Material Enables Efficient Sound Transmission Without Airflow

Glass windows typically offer some amount of soundproofing, sometimes unintentionally. In general, ventilation is required to achieve large sound transmission.

2 Sep 2020

New Way to Determine Cathode Emittance of Electron Beams for Wakefield Acceleration

The generation of a bright electron beam with unique properties is one of the most crucial challenges faced in an extensive range of high-powered scientific instruments, such as electron microscopes, free-electron lasers, and wakefield accelerators.

2 Sep 2020

World-Leading Pharmaceutical Developer Turns to TorqSense

TorqSense transducers are used to ensure caps are being properly fitted to pharmaceutical bottles in a high speed packaging line run by the Almac Group at its global headquarters in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, UK.

From Sensor Technology, Ltd. 2 Sep 2020

Researchers Demonstrate Photoluminescence Imaging with Sub-Nanometer Resolution

Prof. DONG Zhenchao and Prof. HOU Jianguo from University of Science and Technology of China of Chinese Academy of Sciences improved the spatial resolution from 8 nm to ~8 Å of photoluminescence imaging.

31 Aug 2020

Researchers Develop Optimized Tunable Two-Channel Vortex Beam Generator

Optical vortices are defined by a helical phase front and doughnut-shaped intensity distribution.

31 Aug 2020

Images from High-Speed Camera Help Predict the Behavior of Jet Breakups

A special kind of helium that is capable of flowing without being impacted by friction has now allowed a team of researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to gain a deeper insight into the conversion of quickly moving liquids into small droplets.

31 Aug 2020

A Major Breakthrough in Miniaturizing Photonic Chips

Photonic integrated circuits that use light instead of electricity for computing and signal processing promise greater speed, increased bandwidth, and greater energy efficiency than traditional circuits using electricity.

28 Aug 2020

New Imaging Technique Provides an Unprecedented Look Inside Cell Membranes

For those not involved in chemistry or biology, picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete, blob-shaped objects; maybe the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes and the like.

26 Aug 2020

New Metalens Helps Produce High-Resolution Images with Wide Field of View

At the University of São Paulo’s São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC-USP), Brazil, scientists have designed a lens that is a thousand times thinner when compared to a strand of human hair.

25 Aug 2020

New Molecular Coupling Tool Employs Green Light and pH Triggers

Queensland University of Technology researchers have created a new molecular coupling tool employing both green light and pH triggers that has potential for use in applications such as drug delivery and 3D cell culture platforms.

25 Aug 2020

Combination of Twisted Light and Frequency Combs can Produce Dynamic Light Structures

It is not every day that scientists are able to produce an entirely new kind of light, but when they do the implications can be dramatic.

25 Aug 2020

Immervision Introduces Industry’s Highest-Performing Off-the-Shelf 125 Degree Wide-Angle Lens for Smartphones

Immervision, the Montreal-based developer and licensor of patented, wide-angle optics and imaging technology, today announced the industry’s highest-performing off-the-shelf 125 degree wide-angle lens, enabling smartphone OEMs to improve image capabilities in next-generation phones.

From ImmerVision 25 Aug 2020

Top Layer of Light-Dependent Plastic Film Causes Shape-Shifting Movement

Azobenzene-containing plastic film is a peculiar material; its surface can change shape when exposed to light, making it a valuable component in modern technologies/devices like TV screens and solar cells.

24 Aug 2020