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Scientists Use Industrial Laser to Produce Attosecond Light

Scientists from the University of Central Florida are rendering the groundbreaking field of attosecond science more accessible to investigators from all fields of disciplines.

24 Aug 2020

Liquid Crystal Technology Produces Reconfigurable Metalenses

Human beings have learnt the art of refracting light for over five centuries—by molding glass into lenses and then integrating or bending those lenses to enlarge and clarify images either far-off or close-up.

21 Aug 2020

High-Q Nanoresonators Could Lead to Novel Ways of Manipulating and Using Light

Light is notoriously fast. Its speed is crucial for rapid information exchange, but as light zips through materials, its chances of interacting and exciting atoms and molecules can become very small.

21 Aug 2020

New Nontoxic Scintillator Enables Low-Dose X-Ray Imaging in Real Time

Scientific research, medical diagnosis, and industrial material inspection are the main fields where X-ray imaging is actively being used.

19 Aug 2020

Low-Cost Radiative Cooling System can Produce Energy at Nighttime

An off-grid and low-cost modular energy source designed by Stanford scientists can efficiently generate power even at night.

14 Aug 2020

New Light-Switchable, Highly Adaptable Molecular Tools can Control Cellular Activities

A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly adaptable molecular tools with new capabilities to control cellular activities.

14 Aug 2020

Laser Light and X-Rays Help Reveal Water Behaves Like a Two-State Liquid

At Stockholm University, researchers have identified that water can have similar behavior as that of a liquid crystal upon illumination with laser light.

12 Aug 2020

Premier Philippines Airport Enhances Passenger Throughput and Experience with Smiths Detection

Smiths Detection today announced its collaboration with Philippines' Office for Transportation Security (OTS) and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to boost passenger throughput and experience at terminals 1, 2, and 3 of the country's premier cosmopolitan airport, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

From Smiths Detection Group Ltd. 12 Aug 2020

Alluxa Develops Thin Films for COVID-19 Detection Devices

Alluxa, Inc., the global leader in high-performance optical coatings and filters, has extended its industry-leading Ultra Series to include high-performance polymerase chain reaction specific filters.

From Alluxa 10 Aug 2020

Google Healthcare Relies on BitFlow CoaXPress Frame Grabber for Augmented Reality Microscope

BitFlow frame grabber technology has been incorporated into a prototype Augmented Reality Microscope (ARM) platform that researchers at Google AI Healthcare (Mountain View, CA) believe will accelerate the adoption of deep learning tools for pathologists around the world in the critical task of visually examining both biological and physical samples at sub-millimeter scales.

From Bitflow, Inc. 10 Aug 2020