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Radiant Vision Systems Introduces New VIP™ (Vision Inspection Pack) Software License

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for illuminated components and displays, announces a new software extension for its TrueTest™ Automated Visual Inspection Software for photometric measurement and analysis.

From Konica Minolta Sensing Americas 19 May 2020

Scientists Demonstrate First Chemically Synthesized Optical Switch

Today, scientists from all over the world face the task of creating optical switches. These devices will allow for transmitting information in binary code with the help of light, which in the future will be useful for the development of ultrafast optical memory cells.

19 May 2020

Clean Air Series: UVC Lighting that Actively Reduces the Bacterial and Viral Charge

humanlumen, the lighting brand with a uniquely human-centric approach, introduces the Clean Air Series, a range of UVC Air Sterilisation Units, providing a safe, reliable and sustainable solution for a safe ‘Return to Work’ for many employers and employees.

From humanlumen 19 May 2020

Protect Your Assets: New Thermal Imaging Camera Enables Highly Accurate Human Body Temperature Measurements in COVID-19 Fever Screening

Viral epidemics such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) have created a global demand for infrared cameras that are able to screen for a fever condition in humans.

From Micro-Epsilon USA 19 May 2020

Autofocussing Electronic Autocollimator

LASER COMPONENTS’ partner PLX Inc release the ACT-25FO autofocussing electronic autocollimator. The ACT-25FO combines the functionality of an autocollimator and an alignment telescope in one unit, using a motorised focussing knob controlled by the supplied software.

From Laser Components (UK) Ltd. 19 May 2020

Optical Fibers Tool to Monitor Glacier Movement and Composition

Seismic tracking of glaciers is crucial to gain improved insights into their development and to forecast risks.

18 May 2020

Synchrotron-Generated X-Rays Used to Probe Glass-Transition Dynamics

Four physicists from RIKEN have demonstrated the capability of an X-ray spectroscopy method to help understand the puzzling phenomena that take place when a liquid approaches a glass-like state.

18 May 2020

Scientists Develop Modular Bridge Design for Nanoscale Photonic Chip

Light is emerging as the leading vehicle for information processing in computers and telecommunications as our need for energy efficiency and bandwidth increases.

18 May 2020

Using Light to Control a Component of Cells

Photopharmacology investigates the use of light to switch the effect of drugs on and off. Now, for the first time, scientific teams from Jena, Munich, and New York have succeeded in using this method to control a component of cells that was previously considered inaccessible.

18 May 2020

Researchers Use Light to Track Individual Molecules in Real Time

A research team at the Living Systems Institute of the University of Exeter has established a method for real-time monitoring of the properties and structure of individual molecules using light.

18 May 2020

Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation; High-Precision UVC Exposure Measurements

Gamma Scientific announces the release of its Germicidal Ultraviolet Irradiation measurements system to perform irradiance and radiant exposure measurements in the UVC region of the spectrum.

From Gamma Scientific 18 May 2020

Using Intense Synchrotron Radiation to Produce Higher-Quality CT Images

Several people would have undergone a CT scan at a certain point in their life—sliding in and out of a tunnel, with a huge machine rotating around. X-ray computed tomography, well-known by its acronym CT, is a technique extensively used to capture cross-sectional images of objects.

15 May 2020